id: 369885
accession number: 2019.175
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url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2019.175
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Las Meninas, 2019. Simone Leigh (American, b. 1967). Terracotta, steel, raffia, porcelain; overall: 182.9 x 213.4 x 152.4 cm (72 x 84 x 60 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchased with funds donated by Scott Mueller, 2019.175. © 2019 Simone Leigh. All rights reserved.
title: Las Meninas
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creation date: 2019
creation date earliest: 2019
creation date latest: 2019
current location: 229A Contemporary
creditline: Purchased with funds donated by Scott Mueller
copyright: © 2019 Simone Leigh. All rights reserved.
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culture: America
technique: Terracotta, steel, raffia, porcelain
department: Contemporary Art
collection: CONTEMP - Sculpture
type: Sculpture
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CREATORS
* Simone Leigh (American, b. 1967)
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measurements: Overall: 182.9 x 213.4 x 152.4 cm (72 x 84 x 60 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Contemporary Installation
opening date: 2021-04-12T04:00:00
Contemporary Installation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'TEFAF New York Spring 2019. Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York (March 3-7, 2019)', 'opening_date': '2019-03-03T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
(Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 2019
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Simone Leigh. New York, N.Y.: Luhring Augustine, 2019.
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Rhodes-Pitts, Sharife. "Simone Leigh: For Her Own Pleasure and Edification." In The Hugo Boss Prize 2018. New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 2018.
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Leigh, Simone. "Portfolio: Simone Leigh." In Public Servants: Art and the Crises of the Common Good, edited by Johanna Burton, Shannon Jackson, and Dominic Willsdon, 222-227. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2016.
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Conde, Maryse, Jota Mombaca, and Peggy Piesche. We Don't Need Another Hero:10th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art. Berlin: Distanz, 2018.
page number: Mentioned p. 138
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Trigger: Gender As a Tool and a Weapon. Edited by Johanna Burton and Natalie Bell. New York: New Museum, 2017.
page number: Mentioned pp. 108-111
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Elderton, Louisa, and Rebecca Morrill, eds. Vitamin C: Clay + Ceramic in Contemporary Art. London: Phaidon Press Limited, 2017.
page number: Mentioned pp. 160-63
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Cafritz, Peggy Cooper, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, and Charmaine Picard. Fired Up! Ready to Go!: Finding Beauty, Demanding Equity : an African American Life in Art : the Collections of Peggy Cooper Cafritz. 2018.
page number: Referenced p. 169
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Fellah, Nadiah Rivera. “Simone Leigh: The artist's Las Meninas, acquired last year, invites examination of the relationship between artist, subject, and viewer.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 60, no. 4 (Fall 2020): 14-15.
page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 14-15.
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"New Take on the New: A comprehensive reinstallation of the galleries of contemporary art offers fresh viewpoints on the art of our time.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 61, no. 2 (Spring 2021): Cover, 4-9.
page number: Reproduced: P. 9; Mentioned: P. 4, 8.
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Lee, Key Jo, and William Griswold. Perceptual Drift: Black Art and an Ethics of Looking. Cleveland, OH : Cleveland Museum of Art, 2022.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 63-78; reproduced: p. 62, fig. 31
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"Supporter Story: Remembering Toby Lewis.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 64, no. 1 (2024): 33-34.
page number: Reproduced: P. 34.
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