id: 168757 accession number: 2010.459 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.459 updated: 2025-08-08 02:14:33.837000 Pair of Figures, late 1800s-early 1900s. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, probably Ngbandi-style carver. Wood, iron alloy, copper alloy, glass beads, plant fiber, and cloth; part 1: 45 x 15.5 x 9.2 cm (17 11/16 x 6 1/8 x 3 5/8 in.); part 2: 41 x 13 x 11.5 cm (16 1/8 x 5 1/8 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 2010.459 title: Pair of Figures title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: late 1800s-early 1900s creation date earliest: 1880 creation date latest: -1920 current location: 108A Sub-Saharan creditline: René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund copyright: --- culture: Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, probably Ngbandi-style carver technique: Wood, iron alloy, copper alloy, glass beads, plant fiber, and cloth department: African Art collection: African Art type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Part 1: 45 x 15.5 x 9.2 cm (17 11/16 x 6 1/8 x 3 5/8 in.); Part 2: 41 x 13 x 11.5 cm (16 1/8 x 5 1/8 x 4 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Afrikanische Kunstwerke: Kulturen am Niger opening date: 1971-03-25T05:00:00 Afrikanische Kunstwerke: Kulturen am Niger. Villa Hügel (March 25-June 13, 1971). title: Fragments of the Invisible: The René and Odette Delenne Collection of Congo Sculpture opening date: 2013-10-27T00:00:00 Fragments of the Invisible: The René and Odette Delenne Collection of Congo Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 2013-February 9, 2014). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland (October 31, 1970 - February 10, 1971)', 'opening_date': '1970-10-31T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Société des Expositions du Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, BE (March 25-June 5, 1988)', 'opening_date': '1988-03-25T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany (July 7-September 30, 1990)', 'opening_date': '1990-07-07T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands (November-January 1991)', 'opening_date': '1991-11-01T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Paris, FR, June 2000', 'opening_date': '2000-06-01T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Jef and René Vanderstraete, Lasne, BE, sold to René and Odette Delenne date: ?–1959 footnotes: citations: René [1901-1998] and Odette Delenne [1925-2012], Brussels, BE, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: 1959–2010 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2010– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Leuzinger, Elsy. Afrikanische Kunstwerke: Kulturen am Niger, exh. cat. (March 25-June 13, 1971), Villa Hügel, Essen, Belgium. Recklinghausen: Verlag Aurel Bongers, 1971 [p. 335, cat. X27] page number: url: Leuzinger, Elsy. Die Kunst von Schwarz-Afrika, 331. Exh. Cat. Recklinghausen: Verlag Aurel Bongers, in association with Kunsthaus Zürich, October 31, 1970-February 10, 1971. page number: Reproduced: p. 331, cat. x27 url: Bastin, Marie-Louise, et al. Utotombo. L'Art d'Afrique noire dans les collections privées belges: Société des Expositions du Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles, 25 mars-5 juin 1988, 248, 309. Exh. Cat. Brussels: Société des Expositions du Palais des Beaux-Arts, March 25-June 5, 1988. page number: Reproduced: p. 248; mentioned: p. 309, cat. 257-258 url: Grootaers, Jan-Lodewijk, ed. Ubangi. Art et cultures au Coeur de l'Afrique, 154-155. Exh. Cat. Brussels: Fonds Mercator, in association with Afrika Museum, October 13, 2007-March 31, 2008. page number: Reproduced: 154-155, fig. 4.17 url: Petridis, Constantine. "René and Odette Delenne." In Tribal Art XV-4, no. 61 (Autumn 2011): 120. page number: Reproduced: p. 120, fig. 5 url: Franklin, David. "Recent acquisitions (2005-11) at the Cleveland Museum of Art." In The Burlington Magazine 154, no. 1312 (July 2012): 525. page number: Reproduced: p. 525, fig. I url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/23232806 Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 53 no. 05, September/October 2013 page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 10-11 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2013-05/page/10 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, 26, 89, 94-95. page number: Mentioned: pp. 12, 26, 89-91, 108, 114 ; reproduced: pp. 33, 94-95, cat. 32 url: Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 38 url: Bangerter, Walter, and Elsy Leuzinger. Afrikanische Kunstwerke: Kulturen am Niger, 335. Exh. Cat. Recklinghausen: Verlag Aurel Bongers, in association with Villa Hügel, March 25-June 13, 1971. page number: Reproduced: p. 335, cat. no. X 27 url: Heymer, Kay, and Siegfried Gohr. Afrikanische Skulptur: Die Erfindung der Figur, 200. Exh. Cat. Cologne: Museum Ludwig, July 7-September 30, 1990. page number: Reproduced: p. 200, fig. 95 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2010.459/2010.459_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2010.459/2010.459_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2010.459/2010.459_full.tif