An Ethiopian Chief
The 1896 defeat of the Italians by Abyssinian Emperor Menelek II at Adowa in northern Ethiopia provided Day with the inspiration for a series of heroic figure studies entitled Menelek, Nubia, and variations of An Ethiopian. The exotically costumed and appointed model for these pictures was J. Alexandre Skeete, a strikingly handsome artist’s model and aspiring artist.
Artwork Details
- Title: An Ethiopian Chief
- Artist: F. Holland Day (American, Norwood, Massachusetts 1864–1933 Norwood, Massachusetts)
- Date: ca. 1897
- Medium: Platinum print
- Dimensions: 18.1 x 18.4 cm. (7 1/8 x 7 1/4 in.)
- Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1933
- Object Number: 33.43.157
- Curatorial Department: Photographs
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