图：坐着的情侣 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	图：坐着的情侣
品名（英）	Figure: Seated Couple
入馆年号	1977年，1977.394.15
策展部门	迈克尔·洛克菲勒之翼（The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing）
创作者	Dogon artist
创作年份	公元 1720 - 公元 1820
创作地区	马里（Mali）
分类	木雕（Wood-Sculpture）
尺寸	高 28 3/4 × 宽 8 5/8 × 深 8 英寸 (73 × 21.9 × 20.3 厘米)
介绍（中）	这项工作的规模和复杂性使学者们认为它可能是为了在有影响力的多贡人的葬礼上展示而创作的。图形构图雄辩地陈述了男性和女性伴侣作为生活单位的独特而互补的角色。凭借低调的优雅和细节的经济，艺术将男人和女人提炼成完美融合和和谐的结合。这种表现最引人注目的方面之一是双边对称的程度，它将男人和女人描述为彼此的反射，微妙而微妙的偏离表明他们独特的身份。人物的细长身体被描绘成一系列平行的垂直线，由水平线穿过，将它们拉在一起。在背面，一个紧贴在雌性背部的小孩被雄性背部的箭袋平衡。最后的一对特征区分了他们各自作为养育者和提供者的角色，共同生育和维持生命。
介绍（英）	This work's scale and complexity have led scholars to suggest that it may have been created for display at the funerals of influential Dogon men. The graphic composition constitutes an eloquent statement concerning the distinct and yet complementary roles of male and female partners as a unit of life. With understated elegance and an economy of details, the artistic distills man and woman to a perfectly integrated and harmonious union. One of the most striking aspects of the representation is the degree of bilateral symmetry that describes man and woman as reflections of each other with delicate and subtle departures that indicate their distinct identities. The figures' elongated bodies are depicted as a series of parallel vertical lines traversed by horizontals that draw them together. On the reverse side a small child clinging to the female's back is balanced by a quiver on the back of the male. That concluding pair of features distinguishes their respective role as nurturer and provider joined together to procreate and sustain life.