Chair (Kiti Cha Enzi) by Swahili
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Chair (Kiti Cha Enzi)

Swahili · 19th century

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Studio Sanaa, Mombasa, Kenya, by about 1979; sold to unnamed owner, Los Angeles, Calif., about 1979; sold to Davis Gallery, New Orleans, La., 1989; sold to the Art Institute, 2004.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Art Institute of Chicago, The Silk Road and Beyond: Travel, Trade, and Transformation, Sept. 30, 2006–Apr. 22, 2007, cat. pp. 55-56 (ill).

Literature

Published references

  • James de Vere Allen, “The Kiti Cha Enzi and other Swahili Chairs,” African Arts, vol. 22, no. 3 (May 1989), pp. 54–63, 88; 55 (ill.).
  • Kathleen Bickford Berzock, “Chair (Kiti Cha Enzi),” Notable Acquisitions at the Art Institute, Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 32, 1 (2006), pp. 10-11, 94.
  • Kathleen Bickford Berzock, "Chair (Kiti Cah Enzi)," The Silk Road and Beyond: Travel, Trade, and Transformation, Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies, 33, 1 (2007), pp. 55-56.
  • Gary van Wyk. 2013. "Art Practice in Tanzania: Landscape, Soundscape, Engurance." In
  • Shangaa: Art of Tanzania, exh. cat., Gary van Wyk, ed., (Queens Community College Art Gallery Press, 2013), pg. 72, fig. 1.25 (ill.).

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