id: 286213
accession number: 2016.57
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2016.57
updated: 2025-02-09 07:28:17.889000
Male figure, probably 1800s. Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Benue River Valley, Unidentified maker. Copper alloy; height: 44.7 x 22.7 x 9.6 cm (17 5/8 x 8 15/16 x 3 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2016.57
title: Male figure
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creation date: probably 1800s
creation date earliest: 1800
creation date latest: 1968
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creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Benue River Valley, Unidentified maker
technique: Copper alloy
department: African Art
collection: African Art
type: Sculpture
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measurements: height: 44.7 x 22.7 x 9.6 cm (17 5/8 x 8 15/16 x 3 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Language of Beauty in African Art
opening date: 2022-04-03T04:00:00
The Language of Beauty in African Art. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (April 3-July 31, 2022) https://kimbellart.org/exhibition/language-beauty-african-art; The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (organizer) (November 20, 2022-February 27, 2023) https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/9344/the-language-of-beauty-in-african-art.
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'The Art of Metal in Africa. African-American Institute, New York, NY (October 7, 1982-January 5, 1983); The Institute for the Arts, Rice University, Houston, TX (February 3-April 10, 1983); Charles W. Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA (June 18-September 5, 1983).', 'opening_date': '1983-02-03T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Africa: The Art of a Continent. Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK (October 4, 1995-January 21, 1996).', 'opening_date': '1995-10-04T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Central Nigeria Unmasked: Arts of the Benue River Valley. Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA (February 13-July 24, 2011); National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC (September 14, 2011-February 12, 2012); Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, Stanford, CA (May 16-September 2, 2012); Musee du Quai Branly, Paris, FR (November 12, 2012-January 27, 2013).', 'opening_date': '2011-02-13T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Acquired by Helene Kamer (now Leloup) in Nigeria (Biafra) in 1968 or 1969
date: 1968-1993
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Helene and Philippe Leloup, New York, NY, sold to a private collector
date: 1993-2016
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Private collector, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: 1993-2016
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 2016-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Brincard, Marie-Thérèse, and Evelyn Fischel. The Art of Metal in Africa: New York, N.Y.: African-American Institute, 1982.
page number: cat. no. H5
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Phillips, Tom. Africa: The Art of a Continent. Munich: Prestel, 1995.
page number: cat. no. 5.31
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Grunne, Bernard de. "A Missing Link?: Notes on an Early Proto-Jukun Seated Terracotta Figure". Tribal: the Magazine of Tribal Art. 10 (2) no. 39 (Autumn-Winter 2005): 130-131.
page number: Reproduced: p. 130, fig. 1
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Berns, Marla, Richard Fardon, Sidney Littlefield Kasfir, and Jörg Adelberger. Central Nigeria Unmasked: Arts of the Benue River Valley. Los Angeles: Fowler Museum at UCLA, 2011.
page number: cat. no. 6.20
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Berns, Marla C, and Richard Fardon. “Central Nigeria Unmasked: Arts of the Benue River Valley.” African Arts 44, no. 3 (Autumn 2011): 16–37.
page number: Reproduced: p. 19, fig. 6
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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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"#CMAonthemoveInstagram Contest.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 57, no. 4 (May/June 2017): 15.
page number: Reproduced: P. 15.
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Rondeau, James, Constantijn Petridis, Yaëlle Biro, Herbert M. Cole, Kassim Kone, Babatunde Lawal, Wilfried Van Damme, and Susan Mullin Vogel. The language of beauty in African art. 2022.
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2016.57/2016.57_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2016.57/2016.57_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2016.57/2016.57_full.tif