Amina Alio Abdi and her son Mohammed, feeding center, Somali refugee camp, Mandera, Kenya
Fazal Sheikh, American, born 1965
1993
Toned gelatin silver print
Unlimited edition
Image: 22 3/16 × 17 3/4 in. (56.4 × 45.1 cm)
Sheet: 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Alvin and Mary Bert Gutman 1940 Acquisition Fund
© Fazal Sheikh
PH.2003.2
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Course History
SART 30, SART 75, Photography II, III, Virginia Beahan, Spring 2013
THEA 10.1, Human Rights and Performance, Laura Edmondson, Spring 2014
THEA 10.1, COLT 34.2, Human Rights and Performance, Laura Edmondson, Fall 2014
SART 17.9, The Photographer as Activist: Making Art Inspired by the Hood Museum's Collection , Virginia Beahan, Winter 2015
SART 29, Photography 1, Virginia Beahan, Winter 2019
SART 29.01, Photography I, Virginia Beahan, Fall 2022
Studio Art 29.01, Photography I, Virginia Beahan, Winter 2024
Exhibition History
Black Womanhood: Images, Icons, and Ideologies of the African Body, William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 1-August 10, 2008; Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, September 10-December 10, 2008; San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California, January 21-April 26, 2009.
Fazal Sheikh: A Sense of Common Ground: Excerpts, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 22-June 22, 2003.
Publication History
Barbara Thompson, Black Womanhood: Images, Icons, and Ideologies of the African Body, Seattle: University of Washington Press [Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College], 2008, p. 339, plate 119.
Published References
Sheikh, Fazal. A Camel for the Son, Human Rights Series
Provenance
The artist (agent Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, New York); sold to present collection, 2003.
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