Fazal Sheikh
Osman and Farid, Blind Qari (“One Who Knows the Koran by Heart”) Brothers with Rosaries, Afghan Refugee Village, Nasir Bagh, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan

Osman and Farid, Blind Qari (“One Who Knows the Koran by Heart”) Brothers with Rosaries, Afghan Refugee Village, Nasir Bagh, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan

© Fazal Sheikh

Osman and Farid, Blind Qari (“One Who Knows the Koran by Heart”) Brothers with Rosaries, Afghan Refugee Village, Nasir Bagh, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan
Osman and Farid, Blind Qari (“One Who Knows the Koran by Heart”) Brothers with Rosaries, Afghan Refugee Village, Nasir Bagh, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan
ArtistAmerican, born 1965
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Osman and Farid, Blind Qari (“One Who Knows the Koran by Heart”) Brothers with Rosaries, Afghan Refugee Village, Nasir Bagh, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan
  • from the series The Victor Weeps
Date1997, printed 2016
Place depictedNasir Bagh, Pakistan
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 27 13/16 × 21 1/4 in. (70.7 × 54 cm)
Sheet: 33 3/8 × 26 3/4 in. (84.7 × 67.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Jane P. Watkins
Object number2017.50
Not on view

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Department
Photography
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.164.6
Signed in pencil, verso, bottom center: Osman and Farid, blind qari (‘one who knows the Koran by heart’) brothers, Afghan refugee village, Nasir Bagh, Pakistan, 1997 // ©Fazal Sheikh

Signed in pencil, verso, bottom center: Osman and Farid, blind qari (‘one who knows the Koran by heart’) brothers, Afghan refugee village, Nasir Bagh, Pakistan, 1997 // ©Fazal Sheikh

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