Cup by Kuba
Art Institute of Chicago

Cup

Kuba · Late 19th/early 20th century

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Ladislas Segy (L. Szecsi; died 1988), Segy Art Gallery, New York, N.Y., by 1957 [this and the following information according to Affinities of Form, pg. 216]; sold to Raymond Wielgus (died 2010) and Laura Wielgus (died 2003), Chicago, Ill.; given to the Art Institute, 1957.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Milwaukee, Wis., Layton School of Art, African Sculpture, Jan. 3-Feb. 9, 1957, cat. 48.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, African Art: Collection of Raymond Wielgus, April 13–June 16, 1957, cat. 41.
  • Knoxville, Tenn., Frank H. McClung Museum, The World Moves, We Follow: Celebrating African Art, Jan. 10–May 18, 2003.

Literature

Published references

  • Allan Frumkin, African Sculpture: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wielgus, exh. cat, (Milwaukee, WI.: Layton School of Art, 1957), cat. 48.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, African Art: Collection of Raymond Wielgus, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1957), n. pag., cat. 41.
  • William J. Dewey, The World Moves, We Follow: Celebrating African Art, exh. cat. (Knoxville, Tenn.: Frank H. McClung Museum, University of Tennessee, 2003), p. 59.

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