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Myself Mona Ahmed

1989/2001, printed 2008 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago

My first year of happiness in my life was with Ayesha, never before had I been so happy, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"

1990, printed 2008 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago

To my left is my Guru Chaman, and to my right is my guru's eunuch brother Dugi, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"

1990, printed 2008 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago

Ayesha fulfilled my dream of becoming a mother, so I celebrated her first birthday for 3 days and 3 nights and invited over 2000 eunuchs from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"

1990, printed 2008 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago

We have the same gestures, even though Ayesha was not born from my stomach, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"

1991, printed 2008 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago

Taking Ayesha to school, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"

1992, printed 2008 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago

We lie around like a normal mother and daughter, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"

1992, printed 2008 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago

For Ayesha's third birthday, we hired a live band and dressed Ayesha like an English girl, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"

1993, printed 2008 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago

Georges Seurat

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884, 1884–86, border added 1888–89

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Two Sisters (On the Terrace), 1881

Paul Cézanne

The Basket of Apples, c. 1893

Claude Monet

Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer), 1890–91

Edgar Degas

Young Spartan Girls Challenging Boys, c. 1860

Claude Monet

The Beach at Sainte-Adresse, 1867

Claude Monet

On the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourt, 1868

Claude Monet

The Artist's House at Argenteuil, 1873