Kneeling Male Figure Facing Left, from the series The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist

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© Michael Rakowitz. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton Colle…
Kneeling Male Figure Facing Left, from the series The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist
© Michael Rakowitz. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by John Bentham.
Artist/Maker (Iraqi-American, born 1973)
Date2020
MediumMiddle Eastern food packaging, Arabic-language U.S. newspapers, and glue, with accompanying didactic information
DimensionsOverall: 3 in. × 1 3/4 in. × 1/2 in. (7.6 × 4.4 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, William G. Roehrick '34 Art Acquisition and Preservation Fund
Object number2021.5.6
Not on view
DescriptionInventory number: Iraq Museum 65377 Excavation number: ND10557 Provenance: Nimrud (SW 37) Dimension(s): Height with tenons 7.7 cm, height of panel 5.7 cm, width 4.4 cm, depth 1.1 cm Material: Ivory Date: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 800 bce) Description: Kneeling male figure facing left, hands raised, wearing short skirt Status: Unknown The damage, if ancient, might have been intended to render the image less potent. —Diana McDonald
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Exhibition History 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.

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