drawing
- Museum number
- 2011,6014.1
- Title
- Object: White cube
- Description
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Charcoal and crayon drawing depicting a pale cube on a two-tone background, overwritten by white pseudo-Arabic texts, in concentric circles around the cube.
- Production date
- 2010
- Dimensions
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Height: 100 centimetres (framed)
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Height: 68 centimetres
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Width: 128 centimetres (framed)
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Width: 110 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- The white cube in the centre echoes the form of the Ka'ba at Mecca. The concentric circles of 'script' reflects the people doing the circumambulation known as Tawaf, one of the rituals of the Hajj.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2014 22 Apr-10 Aug, Paris, Institute du Monde Arabe, 'Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca'
2013-2014 9 Sep-19 Mar, Leiden, Rijkmuseum Volkenkunde, Longing for Mecca a pilgrim's journey
2011 26 Jan - 15 Apr, London, BM, 'Hajj: journey to the heart of Islam'
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Hajj
- Acquisition date
- 2011
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- 2011,6014.1
