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Title:Seated Figure
Date:16th–20th century
Geography:Mali
Culture:Dogon peoples
Medium:Wood, iron
Dimensions:H. 23 x W. 5 1/8 x D. 5 7/8 in. (58.4 x 13 x 14.9 cm)
Classification:Wood-Sculpture
Credit Line:Gift of Lester Wunderman, 1977
Accession Number:1977.394.14
Lester Wunderman, New York, until 1977
Brooklyn Museum. "African Art of the Dogon: The Myths of the Cliff Dwellers," April 4, 1973–May 20, 1973.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. "African Art of the Dogon: The Myths of the Cliff Dwellers," July 15, 1973–September 2, 1973.
New Orleans Museum of Art. "African Art of the Dogon: The Myths of the Cliff Dwellers," September 22, 1973–October 21, 1973.
Kansas City. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. "African Art of the Dogon: The Myths of the Cliff Dwellers," November 10, 1973–December 9, 1973.
Toledo Museum of Art. "African Art of the Dogon: The Myths of the Cliff Dwellers," January 1, 1974–February 3, 1974.
Austin. Blanton Museum of Art. "African Art of the Dogon: The Myths of the Cliff Dwellers," February 23, 1974–March 24, 1974.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. "African Art of the Dogon: The Myths of the Cliff Dwellers," April 13, 1974–May 12, 1974.
Dallas Museum of Art. "African Art of the Dogon: The Myths of the Cliff Dwellers," June 5, 1974–July 7, 1974.
The Detroit Institute of Arts. "African Art of the Dogon: The Myths of the Cliff Dwellers," August 1, 1974–September 8, 1974.
Dayton Art Institute. "African Art of the Dogon: The Myths of the Cliff Dwellers," September 28, 1974–October 22, 1974.
Utica. Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute. "African Art of the Dogon: The Myths of the Cliff Dwellers," November 9, 1974–December 8, 1974.
Columbus Museum of Art. "African Art of the Dogon: The Myths of the Cliff Dwellers," January 1, 1975–February 9, 1975.
Art Institute of Chicago. "African Art of the Dogon: The Myths of the Cliff Dwellers," March 1, 1975–April 20, 1975.
Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning. "Ceremonies and Spirits," June 1, 1982–April 30, 1983.
Staten Island Museum. "Ceremonies and Spirits," July 1, 1982–April 30, 1983.
Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration. "Ceremonies and Spirits," July 1, 1982–April 30, 1983.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. "Ceremonies and Spirits," July 1, 1982–April 30, 1983.
Lincoln Center Institute. "Ceremonies and Spirits," July 1, 1982–April 30, 1983.
Bronx Museum of the Arts. "Ceremonies and Spirits," July 1, 1982–April 30, 1983.
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Sannes, G.W. African 'Primitives': Function and form in African masks and figures. London: Faber and Faber, 1970, p. 36.
Laude, Jean. African Art of the Dogon: The Myths of the Cliff Dwellers. New York: Brooklyn Museum, 1973, no. 33.
Kamer, Henri. "De L'Authenticité des Sculptures Africaines." Arts d'Afrique Noire vol. 12 (1974), p. 37.
Siroto, Leon. African Spirit Images and Identities. New York: Pace Editions, 1976.
Klobe, Marguerite. "A Dogon Figure of a Koro Player." African Arts vol. 10, no. 4 (1977).
Richardson, John Adkins. "Speculations on Dogon Iconography." African Arts vol. 11, no. 1 (1977), fig. 3.
Imperato, Pascal James. "The art of Mali's Mountain People." In Dogon Cliff Dwellers. New York: L. Kahan Gallery, New York, 1978.
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Leloup, Hélène and Philippe, William Rubin, New York, Richard Serra, Georg Baselitz, and Brunhilde Biebuyck. Dogon Statuary. Strausbourg: Editions Amez, 1994.
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