Mohammed Omar Gudle, Hussein Dahir Hassan and Abdul Rehman Ibrahim, Tuberculosis recovery ward, Somali refugee camp, Mandera, Kenya

1993

Fazal Sheikh

Artist, American, born 1965

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of the Artist)

  • Dimensions

    image: 41.6 × 32.2 cm (16 3/8 × 12 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 50.3 × 40.4 cm (19 13/16 × 15 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.19.4460

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Fazal Sheikh, New York; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1993; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1998

  • Developing Illusions, 1873-1998: Photographs from the Corcoran Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, November 14, 1998–January 18, 1999

2010

  • No Man's Land: Photography Across Categories, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, September 11, 2010–January 30, 2011

Bibliography

2011

  • Sheikh, Fazal. Portraits. Steidl, 2011: 105.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, across bottom center in graphite: Mohamued Omar Gudle, Hassim Dahir Hassan, and Abdul Rahman Ibrahim (miracle recovery) / Tuberculosis treatment Ward, recovering patients / Somali Refugee Camp, Mandera, Kenya, 1993 / printed as a gift for the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. / Fazal Sheikh © 1993

Wikidata ID

Q64147508

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