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A black and white photograph of three people outdoors, wearing long dresses. One of the people touches the arm of another with both hands.

This black and white photograph shows three people outdoors, wearing long dresses. One of the people touches the arm of another with both hands.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2020.4
People
Fazal Sheikh, American (New York, NY born 1965)
Title
Akuot Nyibol, Riak Warabek and Athok Duom
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Akuot Nyibol (pregnant, center) with Riak Warabek and Akuot's daughter, Athok Duom, who is recovering from malaria, Sudanese refugee camp, Lokichoggio, Kenya, 1992
Series/Book Title: A Sense of Common Ground
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1992
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/367317

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Archival pigment print
Technique
Pigment print
Dimensions
image: 59.7 × 45.7 cm (23 1/2 × 18 in.)
sheet: 72.4 × 58.4 cm (28 1/2 × 23 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: On verso, in graphite: Fazal Sheikh
  • inscription: On verso, in graphite: Akuot Nyibol (pregnant at center) with Riak Warabek and her daughter, Athok Duom, who is recovering from malaria, Sudanese Refugee Camp, Lokichoggio, Kenya, 1992 (c) Fazal Sheikh
  • stamp: On verso, in black ink: An edition of 18 signed prints from this negative, along with 3 APs and 2 museum sets, will be produced under the direct supervision of Fazal Sheikh. No further prints will be made from this negative.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York], sold; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2020.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard and Ronay Menschel Fund for the Acquisition of Photographs
Copyright
© Fazal Ilahi Sheikh
Accession Year
2020
Object Number
2020.4
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

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