Painting Item Number: 3595/49 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Painting depicting an abstract figure composed of many lines and geometric shapes. The outer portion of the figure is primarily red and black lines, dots, and u-shaped lines, in addition to purple and white lines and dots. The central portion of the figure is primarily gold, with black, purple, and white lines, dots, ovals, and other abstract shapes. The cloth this painting is on has uneven edges.
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
- 3595/49
- Type of Item
- painting
- Overall
- height 86.6 cm, width 46.5 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
- 3595/0049