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

  • Medium

    chromogenic print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dr. and Mrs. J. Patrick Kennedy

  • 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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