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
Simon Norfolk
Artist, British, born Nigeria, 1963
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Artwork overview
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Medium
chromogenic print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 61 × 76.3 cm (24 × 30 1/16 in.)
sheet: 61.6 × 76.7 cm (24 1/4 × 30 3/16 in.) -
Accession
2016.196.11
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Dr. J. Patrick and Patricia A. Kennedy, San Leandro, CA; gift to NGA (through Morehouse Gallery, Chestnut Hill, MA), 2016.
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