
Art Institute of Chicago
Cup
Pende · Late 19th/early 20th century
Provenance
Ownership history
- Julius Carlebach, New York, by 1957 [this and the following information according to Affinities of Form 1996, p. 216]; sold to Raymond Wielgus (died 2010) and Laura Wielgus (died 2003), Chicago, Ill., by 1956 [published as Wielgus Collection, 1957]; given to the Art Institute, 1957.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, African Art: Collection of Raymond Wielgus, April 13–June 16, 1957, cat. 40.
- Milwaukee, Wis., Layton School of Art, African Sculpture, Jan. 3-Feb. 9, 1957, cat. 46.
- West Lafayette, Ind., Purdue University Department of Creative Arts, African Art, April 6-28, 1970, cat. 63.
Literature
Published references
- Allan Frumkin, African Sculpture: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wielgus, exh. cat, (Milwaukee, WI.: Layton School of Art, 1957), cat. 46.
- Art Institute of Chicago, African Art: Collection of Raymond Wielgus, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1957), n. pag., cat. 40.
- African Art, exh. cat. (West Lafayette, Ind.: Purdue University Department of Creative Arts, 1970), n. pag., cat. 63 (ill.).
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