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Religious Procession Addis Ababa
Presented by Lord Bossom 1936
Addis Ababa
adults
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Ethiopia
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painting oil paint canvas
Religious Procession, Addis Ababa
support: 649 × 543 mm
Presented by Lord Bossom 1936
<p><b>Mohammed Naghi Bey</b><span> 1888-1956 </span>
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<p><span><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/naghi-bey-religious-procession-addis-ababa-n04823" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N04823</span></a> </span><b>Religious Procession, Addis Ababa</b><span>
1932 </span>
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<p><span>Inscribed 'Naghi | 1932' b.l.</span>
<br/><span>Oil on canvas, 21 1/4 x 25 (54 x 65)</span>
<br/><span>Presented by Lord Bossom 1936</span>
<br/><i>Prov:</i><span>
Lord Bossom, London (purchased from the artist through the Beaux Arts Gallery 1936)</span>
<br/><i>Exh:</i><span>
Société des Amis de l'Art, Cairo, 1932 (567); </span><i>Paintings of Egypt and Abyssinia by M. Naghi</i><span>, Beaux Arts Gallery, London, January-February 1936 (32) </span>
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<p><span>Naghi spent a year in Addis Ababa as a delegate from the Egyptian Government on a mission to the court of the Negus. During this stay he painted a <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portrait</span></a> of the Emperor Haile Selassie, as well as studies of Abyssinian life and customs and many <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/l/landscape" title="Glossary definition for 'Landscape'"><span>landscapes</span></a>. </span>
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<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/><span>Ronald Alley, </span><i>Catalogue of the Tate Gallery's Collection of Modern Art other than Works by British Artists</i><span>, Tate Gallery and Sotheby Parke-Bernet, London 1981, pp.551-2, reproduced p.551</span>
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2004-09-15T00:00:00
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Addis Ababa adults architecture black building - non-specific cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents crowd Ethiopia Ethiopian ethnicity features groups man nationality people places procession religion and belief society townscapes / man-made features universal religious imagery verandah woman