The Elusive Motif

© Shahzia Sikander

The Elusive Motif

Currently not on view

The Elusive Motif,

2016

Shahzia Sikander, born 1969, Lahore, Pakistan; active New York, NY
2017-16

Information

Title
The Elusive Motif
Dates

2016

Maker
Shahzia Sikander
Medium
Gouache hand painting, gold leaf, gold paint, and silkscreen pigments
Dimensions
203.2 × 167.6 cm (80 × 66 in.) frame: 172.7 × 215.9 × 10.2 cm (68 × 85 × 4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund, and gift of the artist
Object Number
2017-16
Culture
American, Persian
Type
drawings, paintings
Materials
paint, pigment, gold leaf, gouache, paper (fiber product)
Subject
buildings, birds, mountains, geometric patterns

Shahzia Sikander, New York, New York, sold; to Princeton University Art Museum, 2017.

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