Art Institute of Chicago
Chair (Chitwamo or Njunga)
Chokwe · Late 19th-early 20th century
Provenance
Ownership history
- Everett D. Rassiga (died 2003), New York, N.Y. [acquisition documentation in curatorial file], by 1968; sold to the Art Institute, 1968.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, Africa: Heads of State, Seats of Power, Sept. 2- Nov. 7, 1995, no cat.
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. 59, pp. 146-147 (ill.).
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