Ethiopian Nun

© Salah Elmur

Ethiopian Nun

Currently not on view

Princeton Collects

Ethiopian Nun,

2021

Salah Elmur, born 1966, Khartoum, Sudan; active Khartoum, and Cairo, Egypt
2024-413

Information

Title
Ethiopian Nun
Dates

2021

Maker
Salah Elmur
Medium
Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions
95 × 95 cm (37 3/8 × 37 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Yenn and Alan Lo Foundation
Object Number
2024-413
Place Made

Africa, Egypt, Cairo

Signatures
Signed and dated: S. Emur, 2020/21
Culture
African
Type
paintings, acrylic paintings
Materials
acrylic paint, canvas
Subject
yellow, figures (representations), nuns

Artist studio, Cairo, Egypt, by 2021. Purchased by Alan Lo, Hong Kong; gifted by Yenn and Alan Lo Foundation to the Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ, 2024.

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