id:			168762
accession number:	2010.460.1
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.460.1
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:24.642000

Figure of a Pair, 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; overall: 145 x 31.8 x 23.2 cm (57 1/16 x 12 1/2 x 9 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 2010.460.1

title:				Figure of a Pair
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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 or Central African Republic (most likely), possibly Monzombo-style maker
technique:	Wood and iron
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 145 x 31.8 x 23.2 cm (57 1/16 x 12 1/2 x 9 1/8 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
	<i>Fragments of the Invisible: The Rene and Odette Delenne Collection of Congo Sculpture</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 2013-February 9, 2014).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	French missionary, before 1914, collected from Ubangi region
	date: ?-1914
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	(Unidentified art dealer, Nice, FR, 1961, sold to Paul Elsas)
	date: ?-1961
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	Paul Elsas [1896-1981], Saint-Paul de Vence, FR, 1962, sold to René and Odette Delenne
	date: 1961-1962
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	René [1901-1998] and Odette Delenne [1925-2012], Brussels, BE, 2010, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1962-2010
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 2010
	date: 2010
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Grootaers, Jan-Lodewijk, ed. <em>Ubangi. Art et cultures au Coeur de l'Afrique</em>, fig. I.4. Exh. Cat. Brussels: Fonds Mercator, in association with Afrika Museum, October 13, 2007-March 31, 2008.
	page number: 	p. 18
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	Petridis, Constantine, et al. <em>Fragments of the Invisible: The René and Odette Delenne Collection of Congo Sculpture.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art. Milan: 5 Continents Editions, 2013, 27, 88, 92-93.
	page number: 	p. 27, 88-89
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