Name: BOUSHRA ALMUTAWAKEL (B. 1969, SANA'A)
Brand: Mother, Daughter, Doll
Price: 16000.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

BOUSHRA ALMUTAWAKEL (B. 1969, SANA'A)
Mother, Daughter, Doll
each: chromogenic print in artist's frame, in nine parts
24¹⁄₄ x 16¹⁄₂in. (61.7 x 41.8cm.)
Executed in 2010, this work is artist's proof number two

East Wing, Doha.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2012.

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 (another from the edition 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 (illustrated in colour).
G. Sivieri, ‘Afghanistan, restituire alle donne la propria immagine’, in Il Sole 24 Ore, 27 August 2021 (illustrated in colour).

London, The British Museum, From Boushra Almutawakel to Michael Rakowitz, 2013 (another version 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.
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; illustated 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.

Another from the edition is part of the collection of the British Museum, London.

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Chromogenic print, in artist’s frame.
(i) There is minor chipping to the upper right corner of the artist’s frame. There are minor paint losses in places to the artist’s frame. There is a superficial linear abrasion in the lower left quadrant of the image, only visible under strong raking light.
(ii) There are minor paint losses to the lower corners of the artist’s frame that appear to have been retouched. There are some further minor paint losses to the upper right corner of the artist’s frame. There are no apparent condition issues to the image.
(iii) There are minor paint losses to the artist’s frame, some of which appear to have been retouched. There appears to be a retouched abrasion the image in the lower right quadrant.
(iv) There is minor chipping to the lower right turnover edge and the upper left horizontal turnover edge of the artist’s frame. There are no apparent condition issues to the image.
(v) There are pinpoint paint losses to the left corners of the artist’s frame. There are no apparent condition issues to the image.
(vi) There is a minor chip with associated paint loss in the upper left corner of the artist’s frame and a minor paint loss in the lower right corner of the artist’s frame. There is a minor linear abrasion in the lower right quadrant of the image and a minor accretion in the upper left quadrant of the image, the latter only visible under strong raking light.
(vii) There are minor paint losses to the extreme edges of the artist’s frame. There are two superficial linear abrasions in the lower left quadrant of the image, only visible under strong raking light.
(viii) There are minor paint losses to the upper horizontal edge of the artist’s frame that appear to have been retouched. There are further minor paint losses to the corners and to the centre of the upper vertical edge of the artist’s frame. There is a linear abrasion in the upper right quadrant of the image, only visible under strong raking light.
(ix) There is some paint loss to the upper right corner of the artist’s frame. There are no apparent condition issues to the image.
Subject to the foregoing, it is our view that the work is in generally good condition.

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