Artist
Fazal Sheikh (American, born 1965)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)
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
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
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
Signed in pencil, verso, bottom center: INDEPENDENCE/NAKBA, ISRAEL AND PALESTINE, 2013 // ©Fazal Sheikh
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