Aida Silvestri
Aman (Eritrea to London on foot, by lorry, boat and train)

Aman (Eritrea to London on foot, by lorry, boat and train)
Aman (Eritrea to London on foot, by lorry, boat and train)
Aman (Eritrea to London on foot, by lorry, boat and train)
ArtistBritish, born Eritrea, 1978
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Aman (Eritrea to London on foot, by lorry, boat and train)
Date2013
MediumInkjet print with handstitched thread
DimensionsImage: 33 1/4 × 23 5/8 in. (84.5 × 60 cm)
Sheet (Text): 9 7/8 × 7 in. (25.1 × 17.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Photo Forum 2021, and Sharon and Del Zogg
Object number2021.376.A,.B
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[FotoFest, Houston, TX]; purchased by MFAH, 2021.
Exhibition HistoryFotoFest Biennial, "African Cosmologies Photography, Time, and the Other," Houston, TX, 2020

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