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Simon Norfolk

Victory arch built by the Northern Alliance at the entrance to a local commander's HQ in Bamiyan. The empty niche housed the smaller of the two Buddhas, destroyed by the Taliban in 2001., 2002, printed 2007

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series Title

Afghanistan: Chronotopia

Medium

chromogenic print

Dimensions

image: 61 × 76.3 cm (24 × 30 1/16 in.)

sheet: 61.6 × 76.7 cm (24 1/4 × 30 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. J. Patrick Kennedy

Accession Number

2016.196.11

Artists / Makers

Simon Norfolk (artist) British, born Nigeria, 1963

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Provenance

Dr. J. Patrick and Patricia A. Kennedy, San Leandro, CA; gift to NGA (through Morehouse Gallery, Chestnut Hill, MA), 2016.

Associated Names

Kennedy, Pat

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