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Battle Against the Oromo

1934
Object PlaceEthiopia
Medium/TechniquePaint on canvas
DimensionsImage: 190.5 x 78.7 cm (75 x 31 in.)
Lender accessory: 87.6 x 210.8 cm (34 1/2 x 83 in.)
Credit LineJean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection
Accession number2007.722
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Provenance2006, purchased at public auction in England by Abbott and Holder, Museum Street, London; October 2006, sold by Abbott and Holder to Jean and Frederic Sharf; 2007, gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 19, 2007)
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