Fazal Sheikh
Sisters, Sima and Shahima, Afghan Refugee Village, Nasir Bagh, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan

Sisters, Sima and Shahima, Afghan Refugee Village, Nasir Bagh, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan

© Fazal Sheikh

Sisters, Sima and Shahima, Afghan Refugee Village, Nasir Bagh, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan
Sisters, Sima and Shahima, Afghan Refugee Village, Nasir Bagh, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan
ArtistAmerican, born 1965
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Sisters, Sima and Shahima, Afghan Refugee Village, Nasir Bagh, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan
  • from the series The Victor Weeps
Date1996, printed 2016
Place depictedNasir Bagh, Pakistan
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 27 13/16 × 21 1/4 in. (70.7 × 54 cm)
 Sheet: 33 5/16 × 26 3/4 in. (84.6 × 67.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Jane P. Watkins
Object number2017.51
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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.139.3
Signed in pencil, verso, bottom center: Sisters, Sima and Shahima, Afghan refugee village, Nasir Bagh, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan, 1996 ©Fazal Sheikh

Signed in pencil, verso, bottom center: Sisters, Sima and Shahima, Afghan refugee village, Nasir Bagh, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan, 1996 ©Fazal Sheikh

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