| Title |
Haile Selassie (portrait) |
| Creator |
Gittins, Alvin L., 1922-1981 |
| Room Number |
5000 |
| Description |
Oil on canvas (color) portrait on Haile Selassie, seated. Haile Selassie was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. His full name was Ras Tafari Makonnen. |
| Collection Name |
Marriott Library Permanent Art Collection |
| About the Artist |
The artist Alvin Gittins was a faculty member of the University of Utah (1947-1981), and was commissioned to paint the portrait of the Emperor Haile Selassie in Addas Ababa, Ethiopia. |
| About the Art |
Oil on canvas (color) portrait on Haile Selassie, seated. |
| Subject |
Haile-Selassie, Bekele, 1892-1975; Emperors--Ethiopia; Portrait; Art museums--Utah; University of Utah. Libraries--Art |
| Date |
1970 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Medium |
Painting |
| Height Framed |
54.25 inches |
| Width, Framed |
38.50 inches |
| Height Unframed |
47.50 inches |
| Width Unframed |
31.50 inches |
| Depth (3D Objects) |
n/a |
| Signature Location |
Top Right Corner |
| Library Number |
No Number [14] |
| Rights |
 |
| Digitization Specifications |
JPEG2000 image for display, Archival tiff generated by Photoshop. Original image captured by Photoshop. Original image captured with Nikon D300s at 12.3 megapixels. |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Type |
Image/StillImage |
| Identifier |
index.cpd |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6wd41d1 |
| Setname |
uum_mlpac |
| ID |
235283 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6wd41d1 |
