No Shade but His Shade

Ibrahim El-Salahi · 1968

This is No Shade but His Shade — a painting by the Sudanese artist Ibrahim El-Salahi, nineteen sixty-eight. El-Salahi was part of Hurufiyya movement. Oil and enamel on canvas — about 95 by 95 centimeters.

Medium Oil and enamel on canvas · Dimensions 37 3/8 × 37 3/8 × 2 3/4" (95 × 95 × 7 cm) · Credit Committee on Painting and Sculpture Funds

Hanging beside it in Gallery 404: Kabuki, Add