Fazal Sheikh
Bosele School for the Deaf and Blind, Lebowa Homeland, South Africa

Bosele School for the Deaf and Blind, Lebowa Homeland, South Africa

© Fazal Sheikh

Bosele School for the Deaf and Blind, Lebowa Homeland, South Africa
Bosele School for the Deaf and Blind, Lebowa Homeland, South Africa
ArtistAmerican, born 1965
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Bosele School for the Deaf and Blind, Lebowa Homeland, South Africa
Date1989, printed 2016
Place depictedLebowa Homeland, South Africa
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 9 13/16 × 12 5/8 in. (24.9 × 32 cm)
 Sheet: 16 7/16 × 19 5/16 in. (41.8 × 49 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Jane P. Watkins
Object number2017.32
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; [Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso, upper right: FZ.654
Signed in pencil, verso, lower center: BOSELE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND // LEBOWA HOMELAND, SOUTH AFRICA // 1989 // © Fazal Sheikh
Signed in pencil, verso, lower center: BOSELE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND // LEBOWA HOMELAND, SOUTH AFRICA // 1989 // © Fazal Sheikh

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