Afruz Amighi
99 Names

ArtistIranian, born 1974
CultureIranian
Titles
  • 99 Names
Date2007
MediumBeads, chain, and plexiglas
Dimensions120 × 70 × 8 in. (304.8 × 177.8 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2010.211
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
114 Islamic Art Gallery
On view

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Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Light of the Sufis: The Mystical Arts of Islam," Brooklyn Museum, New York, June 5 - September 7, 2009; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 16 - August 8, 2010.

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Overall front
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Overall front
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