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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2022.
Portrait of Maya
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2022.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2022.

Portrait of Maya

Artist Ghada Amer (Egyptian, born 1963)
CultureEgyptian
Date2021
MediumAcrylic, embroidery, and gel medium on canvas
Dimensions48 1/8 × 50 1/8 in. (122.2 × 127.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2021.53
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 223
DescriptionThis is a mixed media painting of a woman with blond hair. The image shows the figure looking directly toward the viewer, with the following sentence, “Do not compromise yourself. You are all you have got,” painted onto the canvas. The canvas is then overlaid with hanging multicolored fibers.
ProvenanceGhada Amer studio | Marianne Boesky Gallery | Chrysler Museum of ArtExhibition HistoryGhada Amer: The Women I Know Part II | September 9 - October 23, 2021 | Marianne Boesky Gallery
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