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Artists›Wael Shawky

Wael Shawky

1971

WA-00001032

Mixed Media

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WikidataQ28059083

Field Verification (6 fields)

2 cross-verified · 4 single-source

Primary mediumWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy+1· 92%
BiographyWikipedia + Ai Generated+1· 88%
LocationArtsy + Wikidata+1· 85%
DeceasedUnknown· 20%

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Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%

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Mixed Media

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Canonical record

Artworks (35)

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Drama 1882

2024 · 4K video (color, sound)

45 min.

Museum of Modern Art

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Cabaret Crusades: The Secrets of Karbala, Drawing 8

2015 · Oil and pencil on paper

Sheet: 22 × 30" (55.9 × 76.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Cabaret Crusades: The Secrets of Karbala - Marionette #126

2014 · Glass, fabric, enamel, and thread

Dimensions variable

Museum of Modern Art

Cabaret Crusades: The Secrets of Karbala - Marionette #48

2014 · Glass, fabric, enamel, and thread

Dimensions variable

Museum of Modern Art

Cabaret Crusades: The Secrets of Karbala - Marionette #51

2014 · Glass, fabric, enamel, and thread

Dimensions variable

Museum of Modern Art

Cabaret Crusades: The Secrets of Karbala - Marionette #79

2014 · Glass, fabric, enamel, and thread

Dimensions variable

Museum of Modern Art

Cabaret Crusades: The Secrets of Karbala - Marionette #65

2014 · Glass, fabric, enamel, and thread

Dimensions variable

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (for Parkett no. 95)

2014 · One from a portfolio of twelve screenprints

composition: 7 1/2 × 8 1/4" (19 × 20.9 cm); sheet: 11 5/8 × 8 1/4" (29.6 × 20.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (for Parkett no. 95)

2014 · One from a portfolio of twelve screenprints

composition: 10 13/16 × 6 7/8" (27.5 × 17.5 cm); sheet: 11 5/8 × 8 1/4" (29.6 × 20.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (for Parkett no. 95)

2014 · One from a portfolio of twelve screenprints

composition: 9 1/16 × 7 1/16" (23 × 18 cm); sheet: 11 5/8 × 8 1/4" (29.6 × 20.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (for Parkett no. 95)

2014 · One from a portfolio of twelve screenprints

composition: 10 1/16 × 7 3/8" (25.5 × 18.8 cm); sheet: 11 5/8 × 8 1/4" (29.6 × 20.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (for Parkett no. 95)

2014 · One from a portfolio of twelve screenprints

composition: 10 5/8 × 8 1/4" (27 × 20.9 cm); sheet: 11 5/8 × 8 1/4" (29.6 × 20.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (for Parkett no. 95)

2014 · One from a portfolio of twelve screenprints

composition: 9 3/4 × 7 11/16" (24.8 × 19.5 cm); sheet: 11 5/8 × 8 1/4" (29.6 × 20.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (for Parkett no. 95)

2014 · One from a portfolio of twelve screenprints

composition: 8 7/8 × 7 11/16" (22.5 × 19.5 cm); sheet: 11 5/8 × 8 1/4" (29.6 × 20.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (for Parkett no. 95)

2014 · One from a portfolio of twelve screenprints

composition: 10 9/16 × 8 1/4" (26.8 × 20.9 cm); sheet: 11 5/8 × 8 1/4" (29.6 × 20.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (for Parkett no. 95)

2014 · One from a portfolio of twelve screenprints

composition: 11 7/16 × 6 9/16" (29 × 16.7 cm); sheet: 11 5/8 × 8 1/4" (29.6 × 20.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (for Parkett no. 95)

2014 · One from a portfolio of twelve screenprints

composition: 10 3/4 × 8 1/16" (27.3 × 20.5 cm); sheet: 11 5/8 × 8 1/4" (29.6 × 20.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (for Parkett no. 95)

2014 · One from a portfolio of twelve screenprints

composition: 10 3/8 × 6 15/16" (26.3 × 17.7 cm); sheet: 11 5/8 × 8 1/4" (29.6 × 20.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (for Parkett no. 95)

2014 · One from a portfolio of twelve screenprints

composition: 10 1/2 × 8 1/4" (26.6 × 20.9 cm); sheet: 11 5/8 × 8 1/4" (29.6 × 20.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled (for Parkett no. 95)

2014 · Portfolio of twelve screenprints

composition: dimensions vary (see child records); sheet (each): 11 5/8 × 8 1/4" (29.6 × 20.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Cabaret Crusades: The Secrets of Karbala

2014 · Video (color, sound)

120 min.

Museum of Modern Art

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Marionette no. 69, Cabaret Crusades: The Secrets of Karbalaa

2014 · Glass, fabric, enamel, metal, wood, and string

19 1/2 × 7 × 5 1/2 in., 4.8 lb. (49.5 × 17.8 × 14 cm, 2.2 kg)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Cabaret Crusades: The Path to Cairo - Marionette #60

2012 · Ceramic, fabric, steel, wood, and thread

Dimensions variable

Museum of Modern Art

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Cabaret Crusades: The Path to Cairo - Marionette #57

2012 · Ceramic, fabric, steel, wood, and thread

Dimensions variable

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (2)

35 published of 35 catalogued · 26 with image

MoMA
34 published26 img
The Met
1 published

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Images

19 assets

Art Institute of Chicago

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Institutional

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In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Background

Education

University of Pennsylvania School of Design

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