Painting Item Number: 3595/58 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Vertical painting of a stylized anthropomorphic figure with the head pointed up, toward the top of the canvas. The figure is primarily hot pink and decorated with orange dots, circles, and lines (u-shaped, v-shaped, zigzagging, curved, and straight). Extending downwards from the figure's head is a long shape that is outlined in orange and filled with pink dots and orange lines. This shape is on the left side of the canvas and curves at the bottom to continue onto the right side, where it connects with another large shape, which the figure is turned towards. This second shape is also outlined in orange and contains pink stripes and curved orange lines. The top of this second shape appears to depict a pink face with orange detailing. The cloth is stretched on a wooden stretcher and held in place by nails. Some paint on the front has bled through to the back, and there are also other paint marks on the back. There is a numbered label written in pen on the lower right corner of the back of the stretcher. There are French and Arabic labels on the upper left and lower right corners (respectively) of the stretcher.
Narrative
Collected by Fred Haack in South Sudan. Haack said he spent "a great deal of time in Juba" from 1979-c. 1982, where he acquired 80 Dinka paintings. Haack wrote that the paintings were made by "a young Dinka tribesman who went to a missionary school for a few months and, with no training, put paint to canvas." The artist's name in unknown. Haack gave 70 of the paintings to the Museum of Civilization in 1994. In 1996 he gave the last 10 to the Kelowna Museum (now Okanagan Heritage Museum).
Item History
- Made
- Collected between 1979 and 1982
- Owned by Fred E. Haack before 1996
- Owned by Okanagan Heritage Museum before September 14, 2022
- Received from Okanagan Heritage Museum (Transferring institution) on September 14, 2022
What
- Name
- Painting
- Identification Number
- 3595/58
- Type of Item
- painting
- Overall
- height 75.2 cm, width 48.3 cm, depth 2.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Dinka
- Previous Owner
- Fred E. Haack and Okanagan Heritage Museum
- Received from
- Okanagan Heritage Museum (Transferring institution)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- “South Sudan” ?
When
- Collection Date
- between 1979 and 1982
- Ownership Date
- before 1996 and before September 14, 2022
- Acquisition Date
- on September 14, 2022
Other
- Item Classes
- paintings
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 3595/0058