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
	<i>Islamic art rotation</i>. 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. <em>Contemporary African Art Since 1980</em>. Bologna: Damiani, 2009.
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	Essaydi, Lalla, and Fatima Mernissi. <em>Les Femmes Du Maroc</em>. Brooklyn, NY: PowerHouse Books, 2009.
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