Object Details
- S. G. Mpata, 1942 - 1984, b. Tanzania
- Label Text
- Simon George Mpata’s style of painting is often referred to as Tinga Tinga, a reference to his half brother Edward Tingatinga who organized a group of self-taught artists in Dar es Salaam. Distinguished by bright colors on fiberboard, the majority of the group’s paintings focus on animals in curvilinear decorative patterns. Here, Mpata depicts a scene of fishermen with their catch on Africa’s east coast.
- Description
- Square painting on fiberboard of fishermen (two men, six fish, one boat)
- Provenance
- Collected July 1972 to October 1975 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Exhibition History
- Currents: Water in African Art, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., June 2016-ongoing
- Credit Line
- Gift of Ambassador and Mrs. W. Beverly Carter, Jr.
- 1971-1973
- Object number
- 79-28-55
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright
- Copyright 1971-1973 Edward Mpata
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Enamel paint on fiberboard
- Dimensions
- H x W: 61.6 x 61.6 cm (24 1/4 x 24 1/4 in.)
- Geography
- Tanzania
- Exhibition
- Currents: Water in African Art
- On View
- NMAfA, Third Level Corridor
- National Museum of African Art
- Topic
- fish
- boat
- Record ID
- nmafa_79-28-55
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys749e83eb9-9f91-405c-b518-1a9b38c6e694
