Composition

1951

Ernest Mancoba
South African, 1904-2002

Status: On loan to Brooklyn Museum in New York City for Sakimatwemtwe: A Century of Reflection on African Art

Artist: Ernest Mancoba
Title: Composition
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1951
Medium: Oil on linen
Inscriptions: Signed, verso; MANCOBA/51
Dimensions: 61.5 × 51.5 cm (24 1/4 × 20 in.)
Credit Line: Barry Sullivan and Ada Turnbull Hertle endowment funds
Reference Number: 2020.62

Sofia Imber, El Movimiento Cobra en la colección Karel van Stuijvenberg, exh. cat. (Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Caracas, 1984), 133. cat. 180.
Jan Jensen, Cobra er mit Spejl: Karel P. van Stuijvenberg/Cobra is My Mirror: Karel P. van Stuijvenberg, exh. cat. (Kusnthallen Brandts Kaledafabrik, 1988), 152, cat. 146 (color ill.); 220, cat. 146 (ill.).
Christine Demazy and Jean Clarence Lambert, Cobra Liège 93, exh. cat. (Musée d’Art Moderne Leige, 1993), 201, cat. 1.
Chris vn der Heijden, Cobra 40 jaar later– 40 years after: collectie J. Karel P. van Stuijvenberg, exh. cat. (SDU, 1988), 161 (color ill.).
Eliza Miles, LIfeline out of Africa: The Art of Ernest Mancoba (Human & Rousseau, 1994), 81, cat. 49.
Briget Thompson, In the Name of Humanity: The Spiritual Expresssion of E. Mancoba, exh. cat. (Gold of Africa Museum, 2007), (color ill.).
Okwui Enwezor, Katy Siegel, and Ulrich Wilmes, eds. Postwar: Art Between the Pacific and the Atlantic, 1945–1965, exh. cat. (Haus de Kunst/Prestel, 2016), 252, cat. 51(color ill.)

Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Caracas, El Movimiento Cobra en la colección Karel van Stuijvenberg, Sept, 1-30, 1984, cat. 180.
Malmö Konsthall, Cobra: speglad i Karel van Stuijvenberg Samling/Cobra: As Reflected by the Karel van Stuijvenberg Collection, Oct. 31–Dec. 17, 1986; Stockholm, Liljevalchs Konsthall, June 12–September 6, 1987.
Odense, Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Cobra er mit Spejl: Karel P. van Stuijvenberg/Cobra is My Mirror: Karel P. van Stuijvenberg, Jan. 1–Jan 31, 1988, cat. 146.
Amsterdam, Nieuwe Kerk, Cobra 40 jaar later, Nov. 9-Dec. 31, 1988. Cat. no. 161.
Musée d’Art moderne et d’Art contemporain, Liége, Cobra Liège 93, Apr 9-May 31, 1993, cat 1, p. 201.
Cape Town, Gold of Africa Museum, In the name of all Humanity, the African Spiritual Expression of Ernest Mancoba, June 26—Mar. 31, 2007, no cat. no.
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Postwar: Art Between the Pacific and the Atlantic, 1945-1965. Oct. 14 2016-Mar. 26, 2017, cat. 51.
Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Ernest Mancoba, June 26–Sept. 23, 2019, no cat.

The artist. Sold to Dr. Karel van Stuijvenberg, Caracas, Venezuela, by 1984 [Caracas 1984]; sold through Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town and Galerie Mikael Anderson, Copenhagen, to private collection, South Africa, 2003; sold through Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, to the Art Institute Chicago, Apr. 14, 2020

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