Joseph and Patricia Brumit collection
odd: label: General note
content: Title provided by EEPA staff.
name: label: Cartographer
content: Bowen, Emanuel, d. 1767
label: Photographer
content: Boyadjian, Torkom, 1920-1987
label: Names
content: Afewerk Tekle
label: Collector
content: Brumit, Joseph L., CDR.
label: Collector
content: Brumit, Patricia.
label: Names
content: Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1892-1975
label: Names
content: Téwoflos, 'Abuna, 1910-
place: label: Place
content: Ethiopia
label: Place
content: Africa
creator: label: Cartographer
content: Bowen, Emanuel, d. 1767
label: Photographer
content: Boyadjian, Torkom, 1920-1987
abstract: label: Summary
content: This collection contains one framed map of Abyssinia circa 1784, measuring 25.5 x 21.5 inches, by cartographer and engraver Emanuel Bowen, and three 8 x 10 inch photographs depicting Ethiopian artist Afewerk Tekle (1971), Patriarch 'Abuna Tewoflos (1964) and Emperor Haile Selassie I (1967) respectively. Each photograph bears the signature of its subject. The photograph of 'Abuna Tewoflos was taken by Selassie's court photographer, Torkam "Tony" Boyadjian. Selassie's portrait is an official presentation photograph, with a green leather frame adorned with the emperor's coat of arms in gold, signed and dated by Selassie.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Haile Selassie (1892-1975) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930-1974. Born Tafari Makonnen, he succeeded Empress Zauditu to the throne in 1930 and took the name Haile Selassie to mark his imperial status. During his reign, he sought to modernize his country, although he was criticized in his later years for failing to address Ethiopia's chronic poverty and for his poor handling of the Wollo famine in the early 1970s. His internationalist views led to Ethiopia becoming a charter member of the United Nations, while Addis Ababa was established as the center for the Organization of African Unity (now the African Union). In 1974 a military coup by Mengistu Haile Mariam deposed Selassie. He was kept under house arrest until his death in 1975. The Rastafari movement reveres Haile Selassie as a messianic figure.

'Abune Téwoflos (1909-1977) was the second Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. His tenure as Patriarch was marked by attempts at bringing reforms to the Church, including modern educational methods in the theological schools and the establishment of ecumenical ties to other Orthodox Churches. When Emperor Haile Selassie was deposed in 1974, the Church lost its official standing as state church in the new Derg regime. Abune Téwoflos was arrested in 1976 and executed a year later.

Afewerk Tekle (b. 1932) is an Ethiopian artist who is well-known for his paintings on Christian and African themes, as well as his murals and stained glass. Afewerk originally trained as a mining engineer in England but his artistic talent was soon apparent and he enrolled in the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London. He then went on to become the first African student to enter the Slade School of Art, where he studied painting, sculpture and architecture. Afewerk's numerous international exhibitions include shows in Russia, Germany, Bulgaria, the United States and Turkey. In addition, his painting "Self-portrait" was the first work by an African artist to enter the permanent collection of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Photographic prints (8 x 10 inches.)
label: Extent
content: 1 Map (framed , 25.5 x 21.5 inches.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1794
label: Date
content: 1964 - 1971
container: label: Container
content: Item EEPA.2004-001
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Joseph and Patricia Brumit, 2004.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.2004-001
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
label: Type
content: Maps
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Portraits
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Maps
label: Genre/Form
content: Portraits
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographic prints