Stanley Greene
Maryam, the only young girl living on Chechen Island. Her mother, Patimat, is the island’s nurse. Her father was killed at sea, while drunk, and she lost her two brothers to cancer. She stays on the island because of her mother. Chechen Island, Dagestan, November, 2013.

Maryam, the only young girl living on Chechen Island. Her mother, Patimat, is the island’s nurse. Her father was killed at sea, while drunk, and she lost her two brothers to cancer. She stays on the island because of her mother. Chechen Island, Dagestan, November, 2013.

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Maryam, the only young girl living on Chechen Island. Her mother, Patimat, is the island’s nurse. Her father was killed at sea, while drunk, and she lost her two brothers to cancer. She stays on the island because of her mother. Chechen Island, Dagestan, November, 2013.
Maryam, the only young girl living on Chechen Island. Her mother, Patimat, is the island’s nurse. Her father was killed at sea, while drunk, and she lost her two brothers to cancer. She stays on the island because of her mother. Chechen Island, Dagestan, November, 2013.
ArtistAmerican, 1949–2017
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Maryam, the only young girl living on Chechen Island. Her mother, Patimat, is the island’s nurse. Her father was killed at sea, while drunk, and she lost her two brothers to cancer. She stays on the island because of her mother. Chechen Island, Dagestan, November, 2013.
  • from the series Hidden Scars
Date2013
Place depictedChechen Island, Russia
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 14 5/8 × 22 in. (37.1 × 55.9 cm)
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 24 1/16 in. (50.5 × 61.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joan Morgenstern
Object number2015.375
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ProvenanceThe artist; The Aftermath Project, Los Angeles; Joan Morgenstern, Houston; given to MFAH, 2015.

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