Focus on The 'Finger-Assisted' Nephrectomy of Professor Nadey Hakim and analyze the Unveiling and reception.
The painting was unveiled in the Lord Speaker's private chamber of the House of Lords, by Baroness Finlay of Llandaff in 2010. Frank Delmonico, president-elect of The Transplantation Society, spoke on human organ transplantation and organ donation.The painting was subsequently chosen to be included in the display of the BP Portrait Award 2010 at the National Portrait Gallery, the largest work ever to be included, following which it toured with the intention of ultimately being placed on display at the International Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago. Sandy Nairne, director of the National Portrait Gallery, included the painting in his book 500 Portraits: 25 Years of The BP Portrait Award in 2012.Hakim later offered the painting to Mehmet Haberal at Başkent University, Ankara, Turkey, where it is on display.
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