id:			284545
accession number:	2016.40
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2016.40
updated:		2025-10-07 11:18:21.920000

Somnyama II, Oslo, 2015. Zanele Muholi (South African, b. 1972). Gelatin silver print; image: 49.5 x 43.2 cm (19 1/2 x 17 in.); framed: 52.2 x 45.2 x 4.4 cm (20 9/16 x 17 13/16 x 1 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 2016.40. © Zanele Muholi. Courtesy of the artist, Yancey Richardson Gallery, and Stevenson Cape Town / Johannesburg

title:				Somnyama II, Oslo
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creation date:			2015
creation date earliest:		2015
creation date latest:		2015
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creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
copyright:			© Zanele Muholi. Courtesy of the artist, Yancey Richardson Gallery, and Stevenson Cape Town / Johannesburg

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culture:	South African
technique:	gelatin silver print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - Misc. 21st Century
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Zanele Muholi (South African, b. 1972)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 49.5 x 43.2 cm (19 1/2 x 17 in.); Framed: 52.2 x 45.2 x 4.4 cm (20 9/16 x 17 13/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
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edition of the work: 	Edition of 8

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Beyond Truth: Photography after the Shutter
	opening date:   2019-02-10T05:00:00
	<i>Beyond Truth: Photography after the Shutter</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-May 26, 2019).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Zanele Muholi (the artist) [1972-]
	date: 2015-2016
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	(Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY)
	date: 2016
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: June 9, 2016
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CITATIONS

	Tannenbaum, Barbara. “Acquisition Highlights 2016: Photography.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> 57, no. 2 (March/April 2017): 26-27.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 26; Mentioned: P. 7, 26
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2017-02/page/n13/mode/2up

	Tannenbaum, Barbara. “Beyond Truth: The camera may never lie but the photographer might.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>59, no. 1 (January/February 2019): 8-9.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 9; Mentioned: P. 8
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2019-01/page/n3/mode/2up

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