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9A Letters

Artist Hazem el Mestikawy Egyptian, 1965–2024
Date2005
Associated withAfrica
MediumRecycled cardboard and paper; nine components
DimensionsLinear installation of nine components: approx. 177 in. (449.6 cm)
ClassificationsWood
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest)
Object number2008.13/a-i
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceCreated 1965; collection of the artist, Vienna and Cairo; sold to NCMA, 2008.
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