Anna Boghiguian

Anna Boghiguian was an Egyptian and Canadian painter and draftsperson (born 1946). She was born at Cairo.

Anna Boghiguian in brief

Born
1946
Known for
painter and draftsperson
Place of birth
Cairo
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Recognition and collections

Work by Anna Boghiguian is held by Museum of Modern Art, Van Abbemuseum, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst.

Identity

What the record establishes about Anna Boghiguian.

City by the River - Amazon is dated 2013–14 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 2024.102a–k). City by the River - Cairo is dated 2013–14 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 2024.101a–k). Unfinished Symphony is dated 2011–12 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory Obj: 218568). The Metropolitan Museum of Art records 2 objects associated with this heading. The Art Institute of Chicago records 1 object associated with this heading. Anna Boghiguian is recorded with the citizenship of Egypt and Canada.

Anna Boghiguian is recorded as painter and draftsperson. Open Library catalogues 3 works under this name. Anna's Egypt is dated 2003.

Works and catalogued output

The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogues 2 works under this heading. The Art Institute of Chicago catalogues 1 work under this heading. Open Library catalogues 3 works under this heading.

Authority records

The identifiers under which Anna Boghiguian may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Anna Boghiguian is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q20724924.

Catalogued works

6 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 2003 to 2013.

Farewell to Alexandria. Anna Boghiguian. Anna's Egypt, dated 2003. City by the River - Amazon, dated 2013–14, graphite, encaustic, gouache and colored pencil on khadi paper, in eleven sheets, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2024.102a–k. City by the River - Cairo, dated 2013–14, graphite, encaustic, gouache and colored pencil on khadi paper, in eleven sheets, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2024.101a–k. Unfinished Symphony, dated 2011–12, pencil, crayon, watercolor, and collage on paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory Obj: 218568.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 8 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 16 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

the recorded working language is English.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Cairo.

Work by Anna Boghiguian is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art, Van Abbemuseum, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst.

Chronology

  1. 1946Anna Boghiguian born at Cairo.
  2. 1946Anna Boghiguian was born in 1946 at Cairo.
  3. 2003Anna's Egypt is dated 2003.
  4. 2003Anna's Egypt.
  5. 2011Unfinished Symphony is dated 2011–12 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory Obj: 218568).
  6. 2011Unfinished Symphony (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  7. 2013City by the River - Amazon is dated 2013–14 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 2024.102a–k).
  8. 2013City by the River - Cairo is dated 2013–14 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 2024.101a–k).
  9. 2013City by the River - Amazon (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  10. 2013City by the River - Cairo (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    23. Ibis Eyes: Artist and Poetess Anna Boghiguian (Alexandria and Cairo), Portraits of Hope, 2022

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Anna Boghiguian, Critique d’art, 2016

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Anna Boghiguian, Critique d’art, 2017

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Open Library author record for Anna Boghiguian (Internet Archive), 3 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  5. 5.

    Towards a Poetics of Dispersal: An Encounter with Anna Boghiguian, Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics, 2001

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Anna Boghiguian.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  7. 7.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Anna Boghiguian (2 objects).

    museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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  8. 8.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q20724924: Anna Boghiguian

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  9. 9.

    “Anna Boghiguian”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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