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"tombstone": "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. \u00a9 Lalla Essaydi",
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"title": "Les Femmes Du Maroc: La Grande Odalisque",
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"inscription": "Label on the mount, verso. The labels are at the center bottom and read as follows:\r\n\r\nEDWYNN HOUK GALLERY\r\n\r\nLalla Essaydi (Moroccan, b. 1956):\r\n\r\nLES FEMMES DU MAROC: LA GRANDE ODALISQUE, 2008\r\n\r\nChromogenic 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]\r\n\r\nAt the bottom in small type:\r\n\r\n745 Fifth Avenue New York NY 10151 Tel 212 750 7070 Fax 212 688 4848\r\n",
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"title": "Islamic art rotation",
"description": "Islamic art rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 2015-December 19, 2016).",
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"did_you_know": "Lalla Essaydi's photographs provide a bridge from historic Islamic art into the contemporary Islamic world.",
"description": "Adapted from the renowned French neoclassical painting La Grande Odalisque by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780\u20131867), this photograph belongs to a series that reflects the complex female identities in the Muslim world. Inspired by her journal, Essaydi swathed the woman\u2019s body with Arabic text using henna\u2014associated with special celebratory events such as puberty, marriage, and bearing a first child when the feet and hands are decorated during female festivities. Similarly in Iran, paintings of stories in illustrated manuscripts were frequently adapted from established compositions from the 1300s through the 1600s.",
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"citation": "Essaydi, Lalla, and Fatima Mernissi. Les Femmes Du Maroc. Brooklyn, NY: PowerHouse Books, 2009.",
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"biography": "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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"updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:53:16.959000"
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