Fazal Sheikh
Mozambican Elder, Dotizhi Tenfar, with Section Leader, Abiri Bande, Mozambican Refugee Camp, Nyamithuthu, Malawi

Mozambican Elder, Dotizhi Tenfar, with Section Leader, Abiri Bande, Mozambican Refugee Camp, Nyamithuthu, Malawi

© Fazal Sheikh

Mozambican Elder, Dotizhi Tenfar, with Section Leader, Abiri Bande, Mozambican Refugee Camp, Nyamithuthu, Malawi
Mozambican Elder, Dotizhi Tenfar, with Section Leader, Abiri Bande, Mozambican Refugee Camp, Nyamithuthu, Malawi
ArtistAmerican, born 1965
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Mozambican Elder, Dotizhi Tenfar, with Section Leader, Abiri Bande, Mozambican Refugee Camp, Nyamithuthu, Malawi
  • from the series A Sense of Common Ground
Date1994, printed 2016
Place depictedNyamithuthu, Malawi
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 24 7/16 × 18 15/16 in. (62.1 × 48.1 cm)
 Sheet: 35 15/16 × 26 1/8 in. (91.3 × 66.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Jane P. Watkins
Object number2017.37
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Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; [Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Additional back label, signed and titled in ink, stored in the accession file:
ABIRI BANDE AND MOZAMBICAN / ELDER DOTIZHI TENFAR / MOZAMBICAN REFUGEE CAMP / MITHUJHN MALAWI 1994 / © (signature)

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