Art Institute of Chicago
Caryatid Stool
Songye · Late 19th-early 20th century
Provenance
Ownership history
- Mr. and Mrs. Schepens, collected in Lusambo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, from 1924 [Christie's, London, lot 110 information]. Sold, Christies, London, Dec. 3, 1991, lot 110, to the Art Institute.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, Africa: Heads of State, Seats of Power, Sept. 2-Nov. 17, 1995, no cat.
- Kimbell Art Museum, Forth Worth, Texas, "The Language of Beauty in African Art", April 3-July 31, 2022.
Literature
Published references
- Constantine Petridis et al., Speaking of Objects: African Art at the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2020), cat. no. 63, pp. 154-155 (ill.).
- Constantine Petridis, "Making Objects Speak at the Art Institute of Chicago: A New Publication and a Refurbished Arts of Africa Gallery," in Tribal Art magazine (No. 99, Spring 2021), p. 113 (ill.).
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