Object Details
- Description
- This painting depicts three birds, one large and centrally placed with blue and green-feathered wings lightly spread, and flanked by two smaller birds. They stand before a garden, a landscape painted in an abstraction of earthen clay colors. A shaft of bright blue extends from above the large bird's head to the top of the painting, further emphasizing the central figure's dominating presence.
- Provenance
- Charlton and Sylvia Williams, Washington, D.C., ca. 1987-1996. Charlton Williams, Washington, D.C., 1996-2002.
- Exhibition History
- Recent Acquisitions and Promised Gifts, National Museum of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., October 18, 2002-January 5, 2003
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- Data Source
- National Museum of African Art
- Maker
- Muraina Oyelami, born 1940, Nigeria
- Date
- 1971
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Charlton E. Williams
- Medium
- Oil on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 76.2 x 50.7 cm (30 x 19 15/16 in.)
- Type
- Painting
