- Artist:
- Bartimeus, Albert Osabu
- Title:
- Ball of wisdom
- Date Created:
- 1971
- Description:
- An impressionistic painting of a gathering of around 15 people. On the left, there is a man holding a large, round, ceramic vessel with a red rope around it. In the center foreground, there is a man wearing green pants with his back to the viewer. On the right, there is a man with a drum hanging from his shoulder by a red strap. Everyone is barefoot.
- Source:
- Zarrow Collection, Oklahoma State University Archives
- Source Identifier:
- jmz.352
- Size:
- image: 39 1/2 x 30 1/4 in.; framed: 45 1/4 x 36 in.
- Frame:
- Wood (plant material); Gray (color); Grain patterns
- Media:
- Oil paint (paint)
- Signature:
- A. O. Bartimeus 1971 (printed, lower right)
- Condition:
- chipped paint on the lower right edge
- 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:
- "Ball of wisdom", The Maxine & Jack Zarrow Collection, Oklahoma State University Archives
- Reference Link:
- https://zarrow.library.okstate.edu/_site/items/jmz.352.html
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