- Artist:
- Bartimeus, Albert Osabu
- Title:
- Independence Day in Ghana
- Date Created:
- 1968
- Description:
- An impressionistic painting of a closely-grouped crowd of people. A man on the left is carrying a green flag. To the right of him, there is a man shooting a gun into the air. To his right, there is a man playing a flute-like instrument. The people behind them aren't distinct, only suggested.
- Source:
- Zarrow Collection, Oklahoma State University Archives
- Source Identifier:
- jmz.348
- Size:
- image: 23 1/8 x 18 in.; framed: 32 3/4 x 27 1/2 in.
- Frame:
- Wood (plant material); Gold (color)
- Media:
- Oil paint (paint)
- Signature:
- A. O. Bartimeus 1968 (printed, lower left)
- Condition:
- undamaged
- Provenance:
- Purchased by Jack and Maxine Zarrow in Accra, Ghana, Africa, January 2, 1978. Mr. Zarrow wanted some paintings of the Ghanaian culture, and his friend, Bill St. Johns, acquired four paintings by A. O. Bartimeus for him. Mr. Zarrow later learned that A. O. Bartimeus was one of the leading artists in Ghana.
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Independence Day in Ghana", The Maxine & Jack Zarrow Collection, Oklahoma State University Archives
- Reference Link:
- https://zarrow.library.okstate.edu/_site/items/jmz.348.html
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