Fazal Sheikh
Qurban Gul holding a photograph of her son Mula Awaz, Afghan refugee village, Khairabad, north Pakistan

Qurban Gul holding a photograph of her son Mula Awaz, Afghan refugee village, Khairabad, north Pakistan

© Fazal Sheikh

Qurban Gul holding a photograph of her son Mula Awaz, Afghan refugee village, Khairabad, north Pakistan
Qurban Gul holding a photograph of her son Mula Awaz, Afghan refugee village, Khairabad, north Pakistan
ArtistAmerican, born 1965
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Qurban Gul holding a photograph of her son Mula Awaz, Afghan refugee village, Khairabad, north Pakistan
  • from the series The Victor Weeps
Date1998, printed 2016
Place depictedKhairabad, Pakistan
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 18 7/8 × 18 1/16 in. (48 × 45.9 cm)
 Sheet: 24 3/8 × 23 9/16 in. (61.9 × 59.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Jane P. Watkins
Object number2017.49
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 corner: FZ.269.5
Signed in pencil, verso, bottom center: Qurban Gul holding an image of her son, Mula Awaz. Afghan refugee village // Khairabad, North Pakistan, 1998 // ©Fazal Sheikh
Signed in pencil, verso, bottom center: Qurban Gul holding an image of her son, Mula Awaz. Afghan refugee village // Khairabad, North Pakistan, 1998 // ©Fazal Sheikh

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