JAG375 | SAHRIS

General

Object Auto ID

57349

Alternate Codes

objectautoid_sahrisv1_80212

Common Name

Bahutu Musicians

Classified Name

Oil on canvas

Quantity

1.00

Object Description

Portrait of a large group of male African musicians, all playing either type of horn air instrument or beating a drum as if on parade or part of a demonstration. Bright colours, vibrant scene

Provenance

Purchased by the Art Gallery Gallery Committee, 1943 from the artist

Current Owner/Responsible Custodian

Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG)

Description

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Technique Types

Colours

Inscriptions

'Irma Stern 1942[?]' painted in brown oil paint along one of the ridges on the drum, bottom right hand corner

Measurement Type	Unit	Value
Length	cm	145.00	View
Height	cm	135.00	View

History

Object Age

1942

Maker

Irma Stern

Production Place

Congo (Zaire at that time)

Date Retrieved	Reference Types	Citation

Site Association

x	y	z

Media

Stern Musicians AF.pdf (440.67 KB)

Stern, I Musicians JAG375 CC.pdf (47.7 KB)

Assessments

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