id: 286015
accession number: 2016.33
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2016.33
updated: 2024-04-20 11:00:33.505000
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)
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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
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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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measurements: 42.2 cm (16 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Recent Acquisitions
opening date: 2018-03-17T04:00:00
Recent Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 17-June 7, 2018).
title: African art rotation
opening date: 2019-02-20T05:00:00
African art rotation. 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'}
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PROVENANCE
Field-collected by Pierre Dartevelle
date: 1971
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Atlantic Art Partners I, LLC, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: ?–2016
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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.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 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.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 58, no. 2 (March/April 2018): 6-7.
page number: Reproduced: P. 7.
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2016.33/2016.33_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2016.33/2016.33_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2016.33/2016.33_full.tif