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BOUSHRA ALMUTAWAKEL (B. 1969, SANA'A)
Mother, Daughter, Doll
each: chromogenic print in artist's frame, in nine parts
each: 2414 x 1614in. (61.7 x 41.8cm.)
Executed in 2010, this artist's proof number five
Provenance
Private Collection, Switzerland (acquired directly from the artist in 2013).
Literature
J. Wender, ‘Postcards from Yemen: Words of Eyes’, in The New Yorker, 21 April 2011 (illustrated in colour).
H. Booth, ‘Pictures of the week: Mother, Daughter And Doll, by Boushra Almutawakel’, in The Guardian, 17 May 2013 (illustrated in colour).
‘The Case of the Disappearing Woman’, in The New Republic, 23 June 2014 (illustrated in colour).
A. Ambrose, ‘Women photographers of the Middle East’, in CBS News, 25 June 2014 (illustrated in colour).
K. Wat, ‘Eye to Eye: Connecting through Portrait Photography’, in Women in the Arts: National Museum of Women in the Arts, Summer 2016 (illustrated in colour, p. 22).
K. Donoghue, ‘Boushra Almutawakel: Capturing the shared experience of women through her photography’, in Whitewall, Spring 2020 (illustrated in colour, pp. 62-63).
S. Ampollini, ‘Testimone davanti all’obbiettivo’, in WU Magazine, 18 November 2021 (detail illustrated in colour).
G. Sivieri, ‘Afghanistan, restituire alle donne la propria immagine’, in Il Sole 24 Ore, 27 August 2021 (illustrated in colour).
Exhibited
London, The British Museum, From Boushra Almutawakel to Michael Rakowitz, 2013 (another from the edition exhibited).
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World, 2013-2016, pp. 44, 155, no. 16-24 (another from the edition exhibited; illustrated in colour, pp. 45-49). This exhibition later travelled to Palo Alto, The Cantor Arts Cente; New York, National Museum of Women in the Arts.
Texas, FotoFest, View from Inside: Contemporary Arab Photography, 2014 (another from the edition exhibited; illustrated in colour, pp. 234-245).
New York, Howard Greenberg Gallery, The Middle East Revealed: A Female Perspective, 2014 (another from the edition exhibited).
Brussels, Museum of Europe, Islam it’s also our history! – Europe and its muslim legacies, 2017-2018 (another from the edition exhibited; illustrated in colour, p. 25). This exhibition later travelled to Sarajevo, Bosniak Institute; Sofia, Serdika Center Sofia; Brussels, Vanderborght Building; Samokov, Bayrakly Djamia; Plovdiv, Banya Starinna; Rousse, Regional Museum of History.
Seoul, Seoul Arts Centre Hangaram Art Museum, Human Image, 2015-2023 (another from the edition exhibited). This exhibition later travelled to Madrid, Caixa Forum; Seville, Caixa Forum; Zaragoza, Caixa Forum; Palma, Caixa Forum and Barcelona, Caixa Forum.
FURTHER DETAILS
Another from the edition is part of the collection of the British Museum, London.
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