id:			536464
accession number:	2023.5
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2023.5
updated:		2025-05-09 19:16:10.424000

He Was Meant for All Things to Meet, 2022. Amy Sherald (American, b. 1973). Oil on linen; 137.2 x 109.2 x 6.4 cm (54 x 43 x 2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 2023.5. © Amy Sherald. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

title:				He Was Meant for All Things to Meet
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creation date:			2022
creation date earliest:		2022
creation date latest:		2022
current location:		229A Contemporary
creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
copyright:			© Amy Sherald. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

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culture:	America
technique:	Oil on linen
department:	Contemporary Art
collection:	CONTEMP - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Amy Sherald (American, b. 1973)  - artist

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measurements: 137.2 x 109.2 x 6.4 cm (54 x 43 x 2 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Contemporary Art Rotation - Spring 2023
	opening date:   2023-04-07T04:00:00
	<i>Contemporary Art Rotation - Spring 2023</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 7-September 24, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Collection of the artist via Hauser & Wirth Gallery, London
	date: 2022
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	(Hauser & Wirth Gallery, London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 2023
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2023–
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CITATIONS

	<em>Amy Sherald: The World We Make</em>. Exhibition catalogue. (New York: Hauser &amp; Wirth Publishers, 2022), pp. 90-97, 99.
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	Liebert, Emily. "Adding a Work by Amy Sherald: The museum welcomes <em>He was meant for all things to meet</em>.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>vol. 63, no. 2 (2023): 36-37.
	page number: 	Reproduced: Cover, P. 37; Mentioned: P. 36.
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	"Supporter Story: Remembering Toby Lewis." <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> vol. 64, no. 1 (2024): 33-34.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 34.
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