Majnun Bereaved

© Nilima Skeikh

Majnun Bereaved

Currently not on view

Majnun Bereaved,

2006

Nilima Sheikh, born 1945, New Delhi, India
2016-22.6

Information

Title
Majnun Bereaved
Dates

2006

Maker
Nilima Sheikh
Medium
Etching, relief, and lithography with mica powder on paper
Dimensions
49.5 × 61 cm (19 1/2 × 24 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Karen Karp, Class of 1981, on the occasion of her 35th Reunion
Object Number
2016-22.6
Place Made

Asia, Singapore

Culture
Indian
Type
etchings, prints
Materials
mica (white pigment), paper (fiber product)
Techniques
relief printing, etching (printing process), lithography
Subject
monkeys, men, trees, vignettes, folklore, figures (representations), birds, deer, grief, love


2006–2016 Karen Karp (New York, NY), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2016.

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