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Sama Alshaibi

(American, born 1973 in Iraq)

Ma Ijtama’t Aydina ala Qabdih illa wa-Kanat Mu-attalah (What Our Hands Joined Was Broken)

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Object Details

Artist

Sama Alshaibi

Date

2014

Medium

Chromogenic print mounted on Diasec Edition 1/3

Dimensions

Diameter: 47 1/4 inches (120 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired through the Jarett F. Wait, Class of 1980, and Younghee Kim-Wait Endowment for Contemporary Islamic and Middle Eastern Arts

Object
Number

2017.058

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