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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 · Non esposta · 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 · Non esposta · 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 · Non esposta · 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 · Non esposta · Art Institute of Chicago

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

1992, printed 2008 · Non esposta · Art Institute of Chicago

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

1992, printed 2008 · Non esposta · 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 · Non esposta · 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 · Non esposta · Art Institute of Chicago

Vincent van Gogh

The Bedroom, 1889

Georges Seurat

Una domenica pomeriggio sull'isola della Grande-Jatte, 1884–86, border added 1888–89

Gustave Caillebotte

Strada di Parigi in un giorno di pioggia, 1877

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Sulla terrazza, 1881

Paul Cézanne

il cesto di mele, c. 1893

Claude Monet

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

Grant Wood

American Gothic, 1930

Edward Hopper

I nottambuli, 1942