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Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Wordplay
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Artist/Maker (Ethiopian, born 1950 (active United States))
Date2002
MediumGiclée print on paper
DimensionsImage: 21 3/4 × 20 in. (55.2 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift, in memory of Dr. Mary “Polly” Nooter Roberts, Africanist, art historian, and museum professional
Object number2024.3.9
Not on view
DescriptionPrint after the original painting "Wordplay," by the artist. Text is the Semitic language Amharic, the artist's native Ethiopian language.

Additional Details

Provenance Purchased by Allen F. Roberts and Mary "Polly" Nooter Roberts
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Recto, lower right (pencil): "Wosene 20/02"
Inscribed Recto, lower left (pencil): "69/75"
Recto, lower center (pencil): "WordPlay"
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