Boston Aquarium

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Artist Samia Halaby (American, born Palestine, 1936)

Title Boston Aquarium

Date 1973

Medium Oil on canvas

Dimensions Overall: 72 1/4 × 95 3/4 × 1 7/8 in. (183.5 × 243.2 × 4.8 cm)

Credit Line Gift of Joseph Cantor Foundation, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 82.38.2

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Samia Halaby attended Indiana University from 1961-63, where she received her Masters of Fine Arts in painting. A teaching assistant while a graduate student, Halaby returned to Indiana University from 1969-72 as an associate professor. Since then she has held visiting lectureships at numerous institutions.

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