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Daughter of the East: Ladybugs; Untitled (Dragon Woman); Untitled (Golden Woman); Untitled (Dark Woman); and Untitled (Weeping Woman) from the Dirty Pretty Series

2008

Ambreen Butt

(Pakistani, b. 1969)
printer

Peter Pettengill

(American, b. 1955)
publisher

Wingate Studio

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Culture
America
Medium
Set of 5 prints: color etching, aquatint, spit bite aquatint, and drypoint on chine collé
Measurements
45.7 x 33 cm (18 x 13 in.); 63.5 x 48.3 cm (25 x 19 in.)
Credit Line
The Jane B. Tripp Charitable Lead Annuity Trust 2017.197
Edition
11/30
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

Daughters of the East is a suite of five etchings that arose from the artist’s return to Pakistan for the first time in 12 years. The series explores her emotional reaction to the event referred to as the Siege of Lal Masjid (or Red Mosque) in Islamabad, which occurred July 3–11, 2007. Butt’s print suite is based on press images from the event that showed female students of the mosque participating in active protests. The prints isolate women from the press images, focusing on their vulnerability, violence, strength, and resilience. Evoking Persian manuscript illuminations, Butt employs vibrant yet harmonious colors and soothing repetitive patterns, creating beauty amid complicated and difficult narratives.
Five vertically oriented etchings in color are arranged in rows. At top left, figures in black robes hold orange poles beneath red marks. At top right, a winged serpent emerges from a hunched figure. In the middle row, ghostly figures appear against dark and light grounds; a rifle is held at bottom left in one. Below, a woman in a black headscarf gazes down beside a pole with a woodpecker and swirling orange birds.

Daughter of the East: Ladybugs; Untitled (Dragon Woman); Untitled (Golden Woman); Untitled (Dark Woman); and Untitled (Weeping Woman) from the Dirty Pretty Series

2008

Ambreen Butt, Peter Pettengill, Wingate Studio

(Pakistani, b. 1969), (American, b. 1955)
America

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