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Artist/Maker
Michael Rakowitz
(Iraqi-American, born 1973)
Date2021
MediumMiddle Eastern food packaging, Arabic-language U.S. newspapers, and glue, on panel, with accompanying didactic information
DimensionsOverall: 90 1/2 × 82 1/4 × 4 in. (229.9 × 208.9 × 10.2 cm)
Credit LinePurchased with funds donated by Wendy C. H. Wellin in Honor of Keith Sears Wellin
Object number2021.5.2
Not on view
DescriptionH-19
LOCATION:
In situ until 2015; destroyed by ISIS in 2015
We were praying for it [to be saved].
—Abdullah Hamoud
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Additional Details
Exhibition History
2021
Clinton, NY (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College). MICHAEL RAKOWITZ: NIMRUD, October 19, 2020 - June 18, 2021.
Clinton, NY (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College). MICHAEL RAKOWITZ: NIMRUD, October 19, 2020 - June 18, 2021.
Provenance
2021: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by purchase from Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago.
Inscribed
Cuneiform runs across center of panel.
Michael Rakowitz
Date: 2020
Medium: Middle Eastern food packaging, Arabic-language U.S. newspapers, and glue, on panel, with accompanying didactic information
Object number: 2021.5.1
Michael Rakowitz
Date: 2020
Medium: Middle Eastern food packaging, Arabic-language U.S. newspapers, and glue, with accompanying didactic information
Object number: 2021.5.3
Michael Rakowitz
Date: 2020
Medium: Middle Eastern food packaging, Arabic-language U.S. newspapers, and glue, with accompanying didactic information
Object number: 2021.5.4
Michael Rakowitz
Date: 2020
Medium: Middle Eastern food packaging, Arabic-language U.S. newspapers, and glue, with accompanying didactic information
Object number: 2021.5.5
Michael Rakowitz
Date: 2020
Medium: Middle Eastern food packaging, Arabic-language U.S. newspapers, and glue, with accompanying didactic information
Object number: 2021.5.6
Michael Rakowitz
Date: 2020
Medium: Middle Eastern food packaging, Arabic-language U.S. newspapers, and glue, with accompanying didactic information
Object number: 2021.5.7
Michael Rakowitz
Date: 2020
Medium: Middle Eastern food packaging, Arabic-language U.S. newspapers, and glue, with accompanying didactic information
Object number: 2021.5.8
Michael Rakowitz
Date: 2020
Medium: Middle Eastern food packaging, Arabic-language U.S. newspapers, and glue, with accompanying didactic information
Object number: 2021.5.9
Michael Rakowitz
Date: 2020
Medium: Middle Eastern food packaging, Arabic-language U.S. newspapers, and glue, with accompanying didactic information
Object number: 2021.5.10
Michael Rakowitz
Date: 2020
Medium: Middle Eastern food packaging, Arabic-language U.S. newspapers, and glue, with accompanying didactic information
Object number: 2021.5.11
Date: c. 883-859 BCE
Medium: Gypsum with remnants of red pigment
Object number: 1868.5
Romeyn de Hooghe
Date: 1677
Medium: Engraving
Object number: 1971.45