id:			169908
accession number:	2012.15
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2012.15
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:31.324000

His Lantern, 2006. Afruz Amighi (Iranian, b. 1974). Shadow installation; plain weave: polyethylene, hand cut; overall: 254 x 177.8 cm (100 x 70 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2012.15

title:				His Lantern
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creation date:			2006
creation date earliest:		2006
creation date latest:		2006
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creditline:			The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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culture:	Iran
technique:	shadow installation; plain weave: polyethylene, hand cut
department:	Islamic Art
collection:	Islamic Art
type:		Mixed Media
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CREATORS

* Afruz Amighi (Iranian, b. 1974)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 254 x 177.8 cm (100 x 70 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Islamic art rotation
	opening date:   2012-12-03T05:00:00
	<i>Islamic art rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 3, 2012-December 9, 2013).

	title:		Islamic art rotation
	opening date:   2013-12-16T05:00:00
	<i>Islamic art rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 2013-December 15, 2014).

	title:		Islamic art rotation
	opening date:   2014-12-18T05:00:00
	<i>Islamic art rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 18, 2014-December 14, 2015).

	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

	(Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-2012
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 53 no. 02, March/April 2013
	page number: 	Mentioned & reproduced: p. 21
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2013-02/page/n19

	Mackie, Louise W. "Transformations: Art from Islamic Lands in the Cleveland Collection." <em>Orientations: The Magazine for Collectors and Connoisseurs of Asian Art</em>, November/December 2013.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 80, fig 2-3
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