Samburu
Modern and Contemporary Art

Search and Share Tools
Samburu
Artwork Details
Artist/Maker
Medford Johnston
American, born 1941
American, born 1941
Date
1988
Medium
Acrylic, modeling paste, and graphite on canvas
Accession #
1988.45
Dimensions
60 x 45 inches
Location
Currently Not on View
Description
Samburu belongs to a body of work inspired by Medford Johnston’s travels in Kenya and Tanzania in 1987. Johnston, who is based in Atlanta, studies the interplay between line, form, and color in works that echo the give-and-take interdependency between people and nature.
In this work, Johnston’s color choices suggest the rusty color of the earth around the Ewaso Nyiro River; the river itself, whose name means “brown water”; and isolated outcroppings of verdant oases.
Credit
Anonymous gift through the 20th-Century Art Acquisition FundImage Copyright
© W. Medford Johnston