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Clipper airplane flying over Saint George's Cathedral, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Clipper airplane flying over Saint George's Cathedral, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Name: 
PAINTING
Clipper airplane flying over Saint George's Cathedral, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
1930 1939
Country: 
Italy
Accession: 
XX1990.3717
Unknown, Artist
Collection: 
Object
Paintings and Sculpture
Travel, Transportation, and Tourism
Subject: 
Aviation , Cityscape , Travel
Inches 11-1/4 8-7/8, Centimeters 28.6 22.5
Credit Line: 
The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
URL: 
XX1990.3717.JPG
Tags: 
Travel, Transportation, and Tourism~Paintings and Sculpture
Gouache and graphite on paper painting depicting a red clipper aircraft flying over St. George's Cathedral. noted for its distinctive octagonal form, in the capital city of Addis Ababa; set within an aerial perspective illustrating the patchwork landscape of Ethiopia.
Clipper airplane flying over Saint George's Cathedral, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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  • Title :     Clipper airplane flying over Saint George's Cathedral, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  • Artist:     Unknown, Artist
  • Accession:     XX1990.3717
  • Country:     Italy
  • Date:     1930 1939
  • Dimensions:     Inches 11-1/4 8-7/8, Centimeters 28.6 22.5
  • Collection:     Object
  • Category:     Paintings and Sculpture
  • Collection Theme:     Travel, Transportation, and Tourism
  • Subject:     Aviation , Cityscape , Travel
  • Credit Line:     The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
  • URL:     XX1990.3717.JPG
  • Tags:     Travel, Transportation, and Tourism~Paintings and Sculpture
Description:
Gouache and graphite on paper painting depicting a red clipper aircraft flying over St. George's Cathedral. noted for its distinctive octagonal form, in the capital city of Addis Ababa; set within an aerial perspective illustrating the patchwork landscape of Ethiopia.
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