The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Male Figure of a Pair
late 1800s-early 1900s
Overall: 45 x 15.5 x 9.2 cm (17 11/16 x 6 1/8 x 3 5/8 in.)
Location: 108A Sub-Saharan
Did You Know?
Odette Delenne, the collector of this pair, once stated that these figures reminded her of herself and her husband, René.Description
Carving of paired figures is quite well documented among the Ngbandi and its neighbors the Ngbaka-Minagende, where such sculptures are said to represent the mythical ancestor Seto and his sister-wife, Nabo. Field-based research cannot confirm the existence of figurative couples among the Ngbandi.- ?–1959Jef and René Vanderstraete, Lasne, BE, sold to René and Odette Delenne1959–2010René [1901-1998] and Odette Delenne [1925-2012], Brussels, BE, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art2010–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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- Fragments of the Invisible: The Rene and Odette Delenne Collection of Congo Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 2013-February 9, 2014).Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Paris, FR, June 2000Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands (November-January 1991)Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany (July 7-September 30, 1990)Société des Expositions du Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, BE (March 25-June 5, 1988)Afrikanische Kunstwerke: Kulturen am Niger. Villa Hügel (March 25-June 13, 1971).Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland (October 31, 1970 - February 10, 1971)
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