The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of June 2, 2023

Mother and Child Figure

1900s

Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Yorùbá-style maker

Wood, paint, glass beads, natural fiber, and iron

Overall: 59.1 cm (23 1/4 in.)

Gift of Katherine C. White 1972.342

Location

not on view

Provenance
Katherine White Reswick
Citations
Fagg, William. African Tribal Images: the Katherine White Reswick Collection. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1968. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 123
Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1972." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 60, no. 3 (1973): 63-115. Mentioned: p.107 www.jstor.org
Exhibition history

African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 10-September 1, 1968).

Year in Review: 1972. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).

Such Sweet Thunder: African Elements in the Art of Romare Bearden. Kent State University Art Galleries, OH (April 9-May 9, 1997).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1972.342