Menelik II in Profile

Item

Identifier

2006.225

Is Part Of

Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University

Creator

Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller

Subject

Sculpture, Portrait, Plaque

Title

Menelik II in Profile

Date

1914

Material

Plaster

Physical Description

Paint

Description

Seated man in imperial Ethiopian crown and robe with round designs holding a scepter in profile facing right. Writing is in the upper right corner.

Condition

Fair: Overall very good with exception of horizontal crack from 9 o'clock to middle of item. Some minor chipping along crack and on top edge. Upper left corner has larger chip. Evidence of water damage on reverse lower right corner. Wires for hanging are embedded in upper reverse side; cloth hanging string is attached to wires. (fcs, 3/15/2016) Crack is unstable and has potential to expand.

Provenance

Gift of the Meta V. W. Fuller Trust

Location

Fuller Gallery 204 Studio (Meta Fuller 3, Drawer 3)