id:			297929
accession number:	2018.307
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.307
updated:		2025-02-15 12:46:42.509000

Untitled, c.1988–93. Gérard Santoni (Ivorian, 1943–2008). Cotton, bark cloth, and dye (indigo or kola nut); overall: 89.5 x 125.7 cm (35 1/4 x 49 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert and Elizabeth Soppelsa, in memory of the artist Gérard Santoni 2018.307 © Gérard Santoni

title:				Untitled
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creation date:			c.1988–93
creation date earliest:		1983
creation date latest:		1998
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creditline:			Gift of Robert and Elizabeth Soppelsa, in memory of the artist Gérard Santoni
copyright:			© Gérard Santoni

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technique:	Cotton, bark cloth, and dye (indigo or kola nut)
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Textile
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CREATORS

* Gérard Santoni (Ivorian, 1943–2008)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 89.5 x 125.7 cm (35 1/4 x 49 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Stories from Storage
	opening date:   2021-02-06T05:00:00
	<i>Stories from Storage</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Gérard Santoni, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, sold to Robert Soppelsa
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	Robert and Elizabeth Soppelsa, Washington DC, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2018–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	McEvilley, Thomas. <em>Fusion: West African Artists at the Venice Biennale. </em>New York: Museum for African Art; Munich: Prestel, 1993.
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	url:		https://ingallslibrary.on.worldcat.org/oclc/31167850

	Oguibe, Olu. The Culture Game. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2004.
	page number: 	23-24
	url:		https://faculty.risd.edu/bcampbel/readingsforweek11-2.pdf

	Milbourne, Karen. “National Museum of African Art Curator Karen Milbourne talks about the power of water on this #EarthDay2018.” Smithsonian Museum of African Art.
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	url:		https://africa.si.edu/national-museum-of-african-art-curator-karen-milbourne-talks-about-the-power-of-water-on-this-earthday2018/

	Windmuller-Luna, Kristen. “Threads across Time: African Textiles, 500-1993.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>61, no. 1 (Winter 2021): 13.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 13.
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