Many children staring during malaria fever time at ghost in deserted city

Name/Title

Many children staring during malaria fever time at ghost in deserted city

Entry/Object ID

2007.69

Description

Large mosquito and eyes patterned against a dark background.

Artwork Details

Medium

pigment, organic material ink on bark

Acquisition

Notes

Collection of DePaul Art Museum, gift of Balint Denes

Made/Created

Artist

Twin Seven-Seven

Date made

1964

Ethnography

Notes

Africa, Nigeria Oshogbo Oshogbo, Nigeria

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

center

Transcription

"Many children staring during malaria fever time at ghost in deserted city Twin77 [two illegible words] Oshogbo 1964"

Material/Technique

in the painting

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Painting

Class

PAINTINGS

Dimensions

Dimension Description

image

Width

47-1/2 in

Depth

1-1/4 in

Length

27 in

Exhibition

Fires Will Burn: Politically Engaged Art from the Permanent Collection

Interpretative Labels

Label

Many children staring during malaria fever time at ghost in deserted city Twin Seven-Seven 1964 Large mosquito and eyes patterned against a dark background.