id:			170462
accession number:	2012.67
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2012.67
updated:		2024-07-25 11:10:52.842000

Fountain of Blood, 1961. Malangatana Ngwenya (Mozambican, 1936–2011). Oil on fiberboard; framed: 119.4 x 147.3 cm (47 x 58 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd H. Ellis Jr. 2012.67 © Malangatana Ngwenya / DALRO, Johannesburg / ARS, NY

title:				Fountain of Blood
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creation date:			1961
creation date earliest:		1961
creation date latest:		1961
current location:		229A Contemporary
creditline:			Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd H. Ellis Jr.
copyright:			© Malangatana Ngwenya / DALRO, Johannesburg / ARS, NY

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culture:	Africa, Mozambique, 20th century
technique:	oil on fiberboard
department:	Contemporary Art
collection:	CONTEMP - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Malangatana Ngwenya (Mozambican, 1936–2011)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 119.4 x 147.3 cm (47 x 58 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in black on back of fiberboard: "Malangatana Valente/Ngwenya/20. The fountain of bood/BALOYI/aod aloim quedis Lourenco Marques"

Signed in lower left corner of recto: "MALANGATANA/61"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Malangatana: Mozambique Modern
	opening date:   2020-03-21T04:00:00
	<i>Malangatana: Mozambique Modern</i>. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (organizer) (March 21-November 15, 2020) https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/9169/malangatana-mozambique-modern.

	title:		Contemporary Gallery Reinstallation 2021
	opening date:   2021-04-20T04:00:00
	<i>Contemporary Gallery Reinstallation 2021</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Malangatana, and Júlio Navarro. <em>Malangatana Valente Ngwenya</em>. translated from the Portuguese by Harriet C. McGuire, Zita C. Nunez and William P. Rougle. Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota, 2003.
	page number: 	Mentioned pp. 9-15
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	<em>Exhibitions on the occasion of the First International Congress of African Culture. </em>Salisbury: National Gallery of Rhodesia, 1962.
	page number: 	Reproduced, cat. 322
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	African-American Institute. <em>African Art Today: Four Major Artists</em>. New York: African-American Institute, 1974.
	page number: 	Mentioned pp. 5-6
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	Morrill, Rebecca, Simon Hunegs, and Chika Okeke-Agulu. <em>African Artists: From 1882 to Now</em>. London: Phaidon Press Limited, 2021.
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	"New Take on the New: A comprehensive reinstallation of the galleries of contemporary art offers fresh viewpoints on the art of our time<em>.”</em> <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>61, no. 2 (Spring 2021): 4-9.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 8.
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