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A black and white print in two panels with text on the right panel.

The print show two black panels bordered in white. A widely spaced pattern of stars covers the black surface of both panels. The right panel is divided into four horizontally. The top is a narrow black rectangle followed by a white strip with the name of an Egyptian newspaper, the text is in Roman and Arabic fonts, the Roman text reads “Al-Ahram Wednesday 1 January 2014.” A larger black rectangle is below and is followed by a white rectangle with lines of Arabic text and a black rectangle on the right. The bottom half of the print is black.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.44.2
People
Sarah Sze, American (Boston, MA born 1966)
Published by Moonlight Editions
Title
Midnight, Cairo
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Midnight
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
2015
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/357471

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silkscreen and digital pigment print on laser-engraved paper
Technique
Screen print
Dimensions
34.1 × 47.6 cm (13 7/16 × 18 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.l., in graphite: Sze 2015 AP 2/3

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston], sold; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2017.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
Edition of 5, AP 2/3

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.44.2
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1120 Contemporary Art, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/10/2019 - 09/22/2020

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