Fazal Sheikh
Israeli, Born in 1948, the Year of the Creation of the State of Israel

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Artist Fazal Sheikh American, born 1965

CultureAmerican

Titles

Israeli, Born in 1948, the Year of the Creation of the State of Israel
Palestinian, Born in 1948, the Year of the Creation of the State of Israel
from the series Independence/Nakba

Date2013, printed 2016

Place depictedIsrael

MediumInkjet print

DimensionsImage (.A): 10 9/16 × 8 11/16 in. (26.8 × 22 cm)
Sheet (.A): 16 × 14 1/8 in. (40.7 × 35.9 cm)
Image (.B): 10 1/2 × 8 11/16 in. (26.7 × 22 cm)
Sheet (.B): 16 × 14 1/8 in. (40.6 × 35.9 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Jane P. Watkins

Object number2017.104.A,.B

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

Photographs by African American Artists

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Description

Every spring, the Arab-Israeli War of 1948 is commemorated
as the Nakba (Catastrophe) by Palestinians, and by Israelis as the War of
Independence. The year 2013 marked the 65th anniversary of the war. In his
series Independence | Nakba, Sheikh photographed one Palestinian and one
Israeli born each year since, tracing the generations back to that pivotal year
of 1948.

ProvenanceThe artist; [Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed in pencil, verso, upper right corner: FZ.D.669
Signed in pencil, verso, bottom center: INDEPENDENCE/NAKBA, ISRAEL AND PALESTINE, 2013 // ©Fazal Sheikh

Signed in pencil, verso, bottom center: INDEPENDENCE/NAKBA, ISRAEL AND PALESTINE, 2013 // ©Fazal Sheikh

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