id:			286015
accession number:	2016.33
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2016.33
updated:		2025-02-09 07:28:16.176000

Male Figure (Ofika), late 1800s or early 1900s. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mbole-style carver. Wood, colorant, and upholstery studs; 42.2 cm (16 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2016.33

title:				Male Figure (Ofika)
title in original language:	
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			late 1800s or early 1900s
creation date earliest:		1875
creation date latest:		1925
current location:		108A Sub-Saharan
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mbole-style carver
technique:	Wood, colorant, and upholstery studs
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Sculpture
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: 42.2 cm (16 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Recent Acquisitions
	opening date:   2018-03-17T04:00:00
	<i>Recent Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 17-June 7, 2018).

	title:		African art rotation
	opening date:   2019-02-20T05:00:00
	<i>African art rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 20, 2019-October 5, 2020).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art (03/17/2018-06/06/2018): "Recent Acquisitions 2014-2017"', 'opening_date': '2018-03-17T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Utotombo, The Art of Black Africa in Belgian Private Collections</em>, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium (03/25/1988-06/05/1988)', 'opening_date': '1988-03-25T05:00:00Z'}

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PROVENANCE

	Field-collected by Pierre Dartevelle
	date: 1971
	footnotes: 	
			
			* <div><!--block-->Sales invoice November 24, 1995, Curatorial Files</div>
			
			
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	Phillipe Guimiot, Brussels, BE, sold to Atlantic Art Partners
	date: 1971–1995
	footnotes: 	
			
			* <div><!--block-->Sales invoice November 24, 1995, Curatorial Files</div>
			
			
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	Atlantic Art Partners I, LLC, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1995–2016
	footnotes: 	
			
			* <div><!--block-->Sales invoice November 24, 1995, Curatorial Files</div>
			
			
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2016–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Petridis, Constantine. “Acquisition Highlights 2016: African Art.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> vol. 57, no. 2 (March/April 2017): 17.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 17; Mentioned: P. 7, 17.
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	Lemonedes, Heather. “Acquisition Highlights.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>vol. 58, no. 2 (March/April 2018): 6-7.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 7.
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	<em>African Arts</em> (Winter 1996, XXIX, 1). Back cover.
	page number: 	Back cover
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	Bastin et al, <em>Utotombo. L'art d'Afrique noire dans les collections privées belges. </em>Brussels: Société des expositions, 1998. Cat. 250, p. 244
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IMAGES

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