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Fragments of the invisible : the René and Odette Delenne collection of Congo sculpture

Title
Fragments of the invisible : the René and Odette Delenne collection of Congo sculpture / Constantine Petridis.
Publication
  • Cleveland, Ohio : Cleveland Museum of art ; Milan : 5 Continents Editions, [2013]
  • ©2013
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Additional Authors
  • Petridis, Constantijn
  • Franklin, David
  • Herreman, Frank
  • Fromont, Cecille
  • Janzen, John M.
  • Vanhee, Hein
  • Hersak, Dunja
  • Snyder, Colleen K., 1954-
  • Springer, Samantha
  • Roberts, Mary Nooter
  • Grootaers, J.-L. (Jan-Lodewijk)
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, host institution.
Description
120 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map; 31 cm
Summary
Fragments of the Invisible celebrates the acquisition by the Cleveland Museum of Art in 2010 of 35 stellar works of 19th and 20th-century Congolese art from the collection of René and Odette Delenne of Brussels. The book, which accompanies an exhibition at the museum, explores the fragmentary nature of African works in Western collections and sheds light on how, in their original settings, many works connected with the invisible world of spirits and deities. Many of the objects have never been published or exhibited before. - Back cover
Alternative Title
René and Odette Delenne collection of Congo sculpture
Subjects
Note
  • Catalog of an exhibition held at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, Oct. 27, 2013-Feb. 9, 2014.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Foreword / David Franklin -- Preface / Constantine Petridis -- The Delenne Collection and the exhibition Utotombo (Brussels, 1988) : some recollections / Frank Herreman -- Fragments of the invisible : reflections on context and integration / Constantine Petridis -- Map -- Plates -- Fragments of history : arts of the Christian Kongo / Cécile Fromont -- Minkisi at the articulations of individual and societal stress points / John M. Janzen -- Nkisi figures as theater props : tracing the history of seven ritual objects from Congo to Cleveland / Hein Vanhee -- Visible and invisible features of a Songye figure / Dunja Hersak -- Inside out : materials identification and CT imaging of a Songye figure / Colleen Snyder and Samantha Springer -- Conduits to the unseen : Luba arts of spiritual mediation / Mary Nooter Roberts -- Unresolved mysteries : two couples from the Ubangi region / Jan-Lodewijk Grootaers -- A life for African art : the Delenne Collection of Congo sculpture / Constantine Petridis -- Checklist of the exhibition -- Reference list.
Call Number
Sc G 14-43
ISBN
  • 9788874396566 (pbk.)
  • 8874396562 (pbk.)
OCLC
857525401
Title
Fragments of the invisible : the René and Odette Delenne collection of Congo sculpture / Constantine Petridis.
Publisher
Cleveland, Ohio : Cleveland Museum of art ; Milan : 5 Continents Editions, [2013]
Copyright Date
©2013
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
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Added Author
Petridis, Constantijn, curator, author.
Franklin, David, writer of added commentary.
Herreman, Frank, author.
Fromont, Cecille, author.
Janzen, John M., author.
Vanhee, Hein, author.
Hersak, Dunja, author.
Snyder, Colleen K., 1954- author.
Springer, Samantha, author.
Roberts, Mary Nooter, author.
Grootaers, J.-L. (Jan-Lodewijk), author.
Cleveland Museum of Art, host institution.
Research Call Number
Sc G 14-43
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