Old Greens Hotel, Peshawar, Pakistan

1982

Edward Grazda

Associated Names
Ed Grazda

Artist, American, born 1947

The image shows an elevated point of view overlooking a street scene. The viewer is positioned above street level on a nearby building. The horizon is obscured by urban architecture, with receding lines of the street stretching into the distance. Two individuals stand on a balcony close to us. The street below is busy with pedestrians, cars, and rickshaws. Overhead electrical wires crisscross the scene. The color palette is monochromatic, with various shades of gray emphasizing textures and forms in the cityscape in a black and white documentary style.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Valerie Sonnenthal, Edgartown, MA; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2009; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2010

  • Edward Grazda: Afghanistan, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, September 11, 2010–January 30, 2011

Bibliography

1990

  • Grazda, Edward. Ed Grazda: Afghanistan 1980-1989. Zurich/New York, 1990: 19.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Ed Grazda / OLD Greens Hotel, Peshawar Pakistan / 1982; by unknown hand, top left corner: #3; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right: 2009.009.020

Wikidata ID

Q64147114

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