id: 168755
accession number: 2010.457
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url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.457
updated: 2024-03-26 02:01:24.599000
Half-Figure, late 1800s–early 1900s. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, probably Kusu-style maker. Wood and iron; overall: 20 x 6.8 x 8.5 cm (7 7/8 x 2 11/16 x 3 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 2010.457
title: Half-Figure
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creation date: late 1800s–early 1900s
creation date earliest: 1880
creation date latest: 1920
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creditline: René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture: Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, probably Kusu-style maker
technique: Wood and iron
department: African Art
collection: African Art
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 20 x 6.8 x 8.5 cm (7 7/8 x 2 11/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Fragments of the Invisible: The Rene and Odette Delenne Collection of Congo Sculpture
opening date: 2013-10-27T00:00:00
Fragments of the Invisible: The Rene and Odette Delenne Collection of Congo Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 2013-February 9, 2014).
title: Striking Iron: The Art of African Blacksmiths
opening date: 2018-06-03T04:00:00
Striking Iron: The Art of African Blacksmiths. Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA (organizer) (June 3-December 30, 2018); National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC (February 10-October 20, 2019); Musée du quai Branly, Paris, France (November 10, 2019-August 16, 2020).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
(Marcel Dumoulin, Brussels, BE, before 1967, sold to René and Odette Delenne)
date: ?-1967
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René [1901-1998] and Odette Delenne [1925-2012], Brussels, BE, 2010, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: 1967-2010
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 2010
date: 2010
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CITATIONS
Petridis, Constantine, et al. Fragments of the Invisible: The René and Odette Delenne Collection of Congo Sculpture. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art. Milan: 5 Continents Editions, 2013, 84.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 81, 114; reproduced: p. 85, cat. 29
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