id: 169886
accession number: 2012.13
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2012.13
updated: 2025-02-09 06:59:13.588000
Les Femmes Du Maroc: La Grande Odalisque, 2008. Lalla Essaydi (Moroccan, b. 1956). Chromogenic print mounted to aluminum with a UV protective laminate; overall: 76.2 x 101.6 cm (30 x 40 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2012.13 © Lalla Essaydi
title: Les Femmes Du Maroc: La Grande Odalisque
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creation date: 2008
creation date earliest: 2008
creation date latest: 2008
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creditline: The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
copyright: © Lalla Essaydi
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culture: Morocco
technique: chromogenic print mounted to aluminum with a UV protective laminate
department: Islamic Art
collection: Islamic Art
type: Photograph
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CREATORS
* Lalla Essaydi (Moroccan, b. 1956) - artist
Lalla Essaydi grew up in Morocco and has lived in Saudi Arabia and New York City. She received her MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts University in 2003. Her photographs have been widely collected and exhibited. Her works are intended to reflect the complex female identities in the Muslim world, and they provide a bridge from historic Islamic art into contemporary society.
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measurements: Overall: 76.2 x 101.6 cm (30 x 40 in.)
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inscription: Label on the mount, verso. The labels are at the center bottom and read as follows:
EDWYNN HOUK GALLERY
Lalla Essaydi (Moroccan, b. 1956):
LES FEMMES DU MAROC: LA GRANDE ODALISQUE, 2008
Chromogenic print mounted to aluminum and protected with Mactac luster laminate, 30 x 40 inches. Printed under the direct supervision of the photographer. Print number 4 from an edition of 15. Signed on artist's label on mount, verso. Illustrated: Lalla Essaydi: Les Femmes du Maroc (New York (Power House Books and Edwynn Houk Gallery, 2009) p. 27; Chika Okeke-Agulu and Okwui Enwezor: Contemporary African Art Since 1980 (New York: Damiani, 2009). [LE.LFMgrande.3040.4]
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745 Fifth Avenue New York NY 10151 Tel 212 750 7070 Fax 212 688 4848
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Islamic art rotation
opening date: 2015-12-16T05:00:00
Islamic art rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 2015-December 19, 2016).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Lalla Essaydi, New York, NY
date: 2008–?
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(Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?–2012
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 2012–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Enwezor, Okwui, and Chika Okeke-Agulu. Contemporary African Art Since 1980. Bologna: Damiani, 2009.
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Essaydi, Lalla, and Fatima Mernissi. Les Femmes Du Maroc. Brooklyn, NY: PowerHouse Books, 2009.
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