Cup

Arts of Africa

Late 19th/early 20th century

Kuba
Kasai region, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Central Africa

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Africa

Culture: Kuba
Title: Cup
Place: Democratic Republic of the Congo (Object made in)
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.: 1875–1925
Medium: Wood
Dimensions: H.: 14.3 cm (5 5/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Raymond Wielgus
Reference Number: 1957.106

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.

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.

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.

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