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