Fazal Sheikh
Abdul Aziz, Holding a Photograph of His Brother, Mula Abdul Hakim, Afghan Refugee Village, Khairabad, North Pakistan

Abdul Aziz, Holding a Photograph of His Brother, Mula Abdul Hakim, Afghan Refugee Village, Khairabad, North Pakistan

© Fazal Sheikh

Abdul Aziz, Holding a Photograph of His Brother, Mula Abdul Hakim, Afghan Refugee Village, Khairabad, North Pakistan
Abdul Aziz, Holding a Photograph of His Brother, Mula Abdul Hakim, Afghan Refugee Village, Khairabad, North Pakistan
ArtistAmerican, born 1965
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Abdul Aziz, Holding a Photograph of His Brother, Mula Abdul Hakim, Afghan Refugee Village, Khairabad, North Pakistan
  • from the series The Victor Weeps
Date1998, printed 2016
Place depictedKhairabad, Pakistan
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 18 9/16 × 18 1/8 in. (47.1 × 46 cm)
Sheet: 24 × 23 5/8 in. (61 × 60 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Jane P. Watkins
Object number2017.48
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

“My brother Mula Abdul Hakim and his group of Mujahedin
surrounded the district administration office in our home village. They
captured the area and killed the communists. One of those captured was a
teacher who pleaded for his life, saying that he was a fellow Muslim. My
brother set him free. Several weeks later the communists retook the area. That
same teacher joined them and pointed out those who had been responsible for the
attack. He identified my brother. Mula was captured and taken to the office.
His body was never returned. In my dreams, he sits beside a pool in a garden
silently washing.”




ProvenanceThe artist; [Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso, upper right corner: FZ.195.2
Signed in pencil, verso, bottom center: ABDUL AZIZ HOLDING AN IMAGE OF HIS BROTHER, MULA ABDUL HAKIM, AFGHAN REFUGEE VILLAGE, KHAIRABAD, NORHT PAKISTAN, 1998 // ©Fazal Sheikh
Signed in pencil, verso, bottom center: ABDUL AZIZ HOLDING AN IMAGE OF HIS BROTHER, MULA ABDUL HAKIM, AFGHAN REFUGEE VILLAGE, KHAIRABAD, NORHT PAKISTAN, 1998 // ©Fazal Sheikh

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