Fazal Sheikh
Jamaa Abdullai and Her Brother Adan, Somali Refugee Camp, Mandera, Kenya

Jamaa Abdullai and Her Brother Adan, Somali Refugee Camp, Mandera, Kenya

© Fazal Sheikh

Jamaa Abdullai and Her Brother Adan, Somali Refugee Camp, Mandera, Kenya
Jamaa Abdullai and Her Brother Adan, Somali Refugee Camp, Mandera, Kenya
ArtistAmerican, born 1965
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Jamaa Abdullai and Her Brother Adan, Somali Refugee Camp, Mandera, Kenya
  • from the series A Camel for the Son
Date1993, printed 2016
Place depictedMandera, Kenya
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 24 11/16 × 19 in. (62.7 × 48.2 cm)
 Sheet: 30 5/8 × 24 15/16 in. (77.8 × 63.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Jane P. Watkins
Object number2017.40
Not on view

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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
Back label, signed and titled, stored in the accession file:
JAMAA ABDULLAI AND HER / BROTHER ADAN / SOMALI REFUGEE CAMP / MANDERA, KENYA / © (signature)
[signed verso in pencil]

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