id: 168756
accession number: 2010.458
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Janus Figure, late 1800s-early 1900s. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Hemba-style maker. Wood; overall: 30.8 x 7.9 x 7.3 cm (12 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 2 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 2010.458
title: Janus 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, Hemba-style maker
technique: Wood
department: African Art
collection: African Art
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 30.8 x 7.9 x 7.3 cm (12 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 2 7/8 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).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Exposition Universelle. Internationale de Bruxelles, Belgium (October-April 1958)', 'opening_date': '1958-10-01T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
(Marcel Dumoulin, Brussels, BE, 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, 86-87.
page number: Reproduced: pp. 86-87; mentioned: p. 114, cat. 30
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