Facsimile of a Wall Painting

Painting

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The Civilization of Llhuros

FACSIMILE OF WALL PAINTING | 1966-71 | Photo by Ann Cady, 2024 | ©2026 Norman Daly Art: An intriguing composition with an earthy brown and ochre color palette, adorned with geometric shapes including circles and rectangles distributed across the surface. The background has a textured, aged appearance with visible cracks. Dominating the center is a large circle, flanked by smaller forms in red and gray hues. A horizontal band, painted in a deep reddish tone, runs along the bottom, while faint, enigmatic symbols or markings in reddish-brown may be seen on the right side.
FACSIMILE OF WALL PAINTING | 1966-71 | Photo by Ann Cady, 2024 | ©2026 Norman Daly Art

An intriguing composition with an earthy brown and ochre color palette, adorned with geometric shapes including circles and rectangles distributed across the surface. The background has a textured, aged appearance with visible cracks. Dominating the center is a large circle, flanked by smaller forms in red and gray hues. A horizontal band, painted in a deep reddish tone, runs along the bottom, while faint, enigmatic symbols or markings in reddish-brown may be seen on the right side.

Name/Title

Facsimile of a Wall Painting

Entry/Object ID

COL.74

Description

This is a replica of a section of a mural found in Sarnak on the only standing wall of a basilican building believed to house "public sings." At propitious celestial confluences, ascertained by astrologers, public prayers were sung at predawn hours. Paintings such as this one not only depicted the propitious position of the heavenly bodies, but also indicated musical notation and intonation by shape, hue, and chromatic identity. Naciremian, found at Sarnak, Llhuros.

Artwork Details

Medium

Gessobord, Acrylic

Category

Middle Period, Naciremian

Made/Created

Artist

Norman Daly

Date made

circa 1966 - 1971

Place

Academic Institution

Cornell University

City

Ithaca, New York

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Asia Minor

Culture/Tribe

Llhuros

Dimensions

Height

30 in

Width

25-1/8 in

Depth

1-1/4 in

Acquisition

Notes

This object is a unique element of the "Civilization of Llhuros" collection given to the Cornell University Anthropology Collaboratory in 2025.

Copyright

Copyright Holder

Norman Daly Art

Copyright Date

2026

Exhibitions

Akron Art Institute (1972)
Cornell University | A.D. White Museum of Art (1972)
Indianapolis Art Museum (1972)
Istanbul Biennial, 16th | "The Seventh Continent" (2019)
Memorial Art Gallery | University of Rochester (1972)
Roberson Center for Art and Science, Binghamton, NY (1974)
Romische-Germanisches Museum | "Projekt '74" | Cologne Germany (1974)
SUNY Albany | Art Gallery (1973}
University of Pennsylvania Art Museum, Philadelphia (1974)