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Road to Kurdistan

December 1979-January 1980

Gilles Peress

Associated Names

Gilles Peress

Artist, French, born 1946

This is a photograph of a street scene with vehicles and shadows extending across the road. The image captures a crosswalk in the foreground, partially covered by the fenders of parked cars. A section of the street is visible, with a curved curb and circular road markers. Shadows from objects off-screen stretch across the pavement. Multiple vehicles, including a motorcycle, can be seen in the background. The photograph showcases a dynamic interaction of light and movement in an urban environment.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Michael D. Abrams)
Dimensions

image: 38.42 × 56.9 cm (15 1/8 × 22 3/8 in.)
sheet: 50.8 × 60.5 cm (20 × 23 13/16 in.)
Accession Number

2015.19.5193

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Michael D. Abrams, Washington, DC; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2009; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in graphite underlined: Gilles Peress; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right: 2009.024.003

Wikidata ID

Q64154289

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