Seated Male Figure
Datecirca 600
MediumTerracotta
Dimensions21 x 7 3/4 x 11 in. (53.3 x 19.7 x 27.9 cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest)
Object number97.10
On View
On view"Museum Acquires Major African Works," in North Carolina Museum of Art supplement to the Durham Herald-Sun (Winter 1999), discussed and illus. (color) 10.
Cathy Gant-Hill, "African American Art: Some galleries have bigger collections than others," Greensboro, NC: The News & Record (February 26, 1999), illus.
Rebecca Martin Nagy, "New Galleries for the African, Ancient American, and Oceanic Collections," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview and Calendar of Events (January/February 2000), 5, detail illus. (b-w) cover.
Rebecca Martin Nagy and Dennis P. Weller, entry for Seated Male Figure with Beard, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2010), 110, illus. (color) 111.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Objects of Desire: The Museum Collects, 1994-2004," July 18, 2004-February 27, 2005.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Becoming the NCMA: 10 Decades of Collecting, 1924-2022," June 11-August 21, 2022.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement
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