id: 168761
accession number: 2010.460
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.460
updated: 2024-03-26 02:01:24.636000
Pair of Figures, late 1800s–early 1900s. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo or Central African Republic (most likely), possibly Monzombo-style maker. Wood and iron; part 1: 145 x 31.8 x 23.2 cm (57 1/16 x 12 1/2 x 9 1/8 in.); part 2: 145 x 26.8 x 23.3 cm (57 1/16 x 10 9/16 x 9 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 2010.460
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:
creditline: René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
copyright:
---
culture: Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo or Central African Republic (most likely), possibly Monzombo-style maker
technique: Wood and iron
department: African Art
collection: African Art
type: Sculpture
find spot:
catalogue raisonne:
---
CREATORS
---
measurements: Part 1: 145 x 31.8 x 23.2 cm (57 1/16 x 12 1/2 x 9 1/8 in.); Part 2: 145 x 26.8 x 23.3 cm (57 1/16 x 10 9/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
state of the work:
edition of the work:
support materials:
inscriptions:
---
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).
---
LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
---
PROVENANCE
French missionary, before 1914, collected from Ubangi region.
date: ?-1914
footnotes:
citations:
(Unidentified art dealer, Nice, France, 1961, sold to Paul Elsas)
date: ?-1961
footnotes:
citations:
Paul Elsas [1896-1981], Saint-Paul de Vence, FR, 1962, sold to René and Odette Delenne
date: 1961-1962
footnotes:
citations:
René [1901-1998] and Odette Delenne [1925-2012], Brussels, BE, 2010, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: 1962-2010
footnotes:
citations:
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 2010
date: 2010
footnotes:
citations:
---
fun fact:
digital description:
wall description:
---
RELATED WORKS
---
CITATIONS
Grootaers, Jan-Lodewijk, ed. Ubangi. Art et cultures au Coeur de l'Afrique, fig. I.4. Exh. Cat. Brussels: Fonds Mercator, in association with Afrika Museum, October 13, 2007-March 31, 2008.
page number: Reproduced: p. 18; mentioned: p. 20, fig. 1.4
url:
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, 27, 88, 92-93.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 27, 88-89, 114; reproduced: pp. 92-93, cat. 31
url:
---
IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2010.460/2010.460_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2010.460/2010.460_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2010.460/2010.460_full.tif