Dismuke
Amir Nour, Sudanese, born 1939
Modern Art Foundry, Inc.
1972
Bronze
Overall: 17 5/16 × 4 7/8 × 6 1/2 in. (44 × 12.4 × 16.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Robert J. Strasenburgh II 1942 Fund, the Phyllis and Bertram Geller 1937 Memorial Fund, the William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Fund, and the William B. and Evelyn F. Jaffe (58, 60, & 63) Fund
2005.15
Geography
Place Made: Sudan, Eastern Africa, Africa
Period
20th century
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Sculpture
Africa
Not on view
Inscriptions
Modern Art Foundry, Astoria, New York
Exhibition History
Amir Nour: Brevity in the Soul of Wit, Bait Al Serkal, Arts Area, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, November 12, 2016-January 9, 2017.
Arts et Cultures D'Afrique Noire, Maison de la Culture Andre Malraux, Reims, France, 1978.
Carnegie Institute, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, 1976.
Collectanea: The Museum as Hunter and Gatherer, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 21, 2005-February 12, 2006.
Global Contemporary: A Focus on Africa; Dorothy and Churchill Lathrop Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26-December 8, 2019.
Modern and Contemporary Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 26,2009-March 15, 2010.
The Sculpture of Amir Nour, French American Center for the Arts in Paris, France, June 2001.
Publication History
Salah Hassan, Contemporary, African Art and Aesthetic: Towards a Critical Understanding, in Africana Studies and Research Center Newsletter, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring 1992, Cornell University.
Brian P. Kennedy and Emily Shubert Burke, Modern and Contemporary Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2009, p.103, no.77.
Provenance
Artist; sold to Joseph Beale, Chicago, Illinois via Eva Maddox Associates, late 1970's; sold to present collection, 2005.
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