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Ebru with calligraphy ("To demand an appropriate wage for honest work is a just endeavor")
Feridun Özgören (Turkish, 1942 – 2024)
Turkish
2003
Medium/Technique
Paper; marbling with water-based pigments
Dimensions
Height x width: 64.8 × 101.1 cm (25 1/2 × 39 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Ayse Kudat Brown and Jonathan Brown
Accession Number2016.65
CollectionsAsia, Contemporary Art, Islamic Art
ClassificationsCalligraphy
DescriptionCalligraphic page in Turkish "Helal yoldan kazanç aramak ve edinmek cihattir" and Arabic "Talab al-halal jihadun" Translation: "To demand an appropriate wage for honest work is a just endeavor." Calligraphy by Saim.
Provenance2012, acquired from the artist by Ayse Kudat and Jonathan Brown, Harper's Ferry, Virginia; 2016, gift to the MFA from Jonathan Brown and Ayse Kudat. (Accession date: March 23, 2016)
Copyright© Feridun Ozgoren