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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 · Ikke udstillet · 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 · Ikke udstillet · 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 · Ikke udstillet · 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 · Ikke udstillet · Art Institute of Chicago

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

1992, printed 2008 · Ikke udstillet · Art Institute of Chicago

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

1992, printed 2008 · Ikke udstillet · 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 · Ikke udstillet · Art Institute of Chicago

When I went to give blessings, I loved to talk to the women and to hear their joys and sorrows, , from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"

1994, printed 2008 · Ikke udstillet · Art Institute of Chicago

Vincent van Gogh

The Bedroom, 1889

Georges Seurat

En søndag eftermiddag på øen La Grande Jatte, 1884–86, border added 1888–89

Gustave Caillebotte

Gade i Paris på en regnvejrsdag, 1877

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

To søstre, 1881

Paul Cézanne

The Basket of Apples, c. 1893

Claude Monet

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

Grant Wood

American Gothic, 1930

Edward Hopper

Nighthawks, 1942