Feral Benga, Senegalese Dancer
Artist
Richmond Barthé
(American, 1901 - 1989)
Date1935
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: H 19 x W 7 1/2 x D 4 1/2 in. (H 48.3 x W 19.1 x D 11.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr and Mrs Charles W. Engelhard by exchange, 1989
Object number89.125
On View
On viewObject NameSculpture
Title Details
Published Title
Feral Benga, Senegalese Dancer
Remarks
title used in James Graham & Sons 2007 book.
Artist title
Feral Benga
Remarks
Object file
Published Title
Benga: Dance Figure
Remarks
In Alaine Locke's "The Negro in Art: A Pictorial Record of the Negro Artist and of the Negro Theme in Art"
"The Art of American Dance", Detroit Institute of Arts (3/20/2016 - 6/12/2016); The Denver Art Museum (7/10-10/9/2016); Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (11/5/2016-1/30/2017)
"Richmond Barthé: The Seeker", Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, MS, 11/5/2010 - 6/12/2011
"Harlem Renaissance", Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 2/5 - 4/19/2009
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