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Kafir Qala Citadel, Balkh Province, Afghanistan, from the Achaemenid period (6th-4th century BC) to the Ghorid period (12th-13th century AD)
Kafir Qala Citadel, Balkh Province, Afghanistan, from the Achaemenid period (6th-4th century BC) to the Ghorid period (12th-13th century AD)

Kafir Qala Citadel, Balkh Province, Afghanistan, from the Achaemenid period (6th-4th century BC) to the Ghorid period (12th-13th century AD)

Series TitleRuins
Artist Raphaël Dallaporta (French, born 1980)
Date2010
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage and mount: 59 × 47 1/4 × 1 5/8 inches (149.86 × 120.02 × 4.14 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2015.43.3
Signednone
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionMultiple aerial images, some with jagged edges, assembled to show archaeological terrains with asymmetrical contours, two vehicles traveling in the upper left, and a darker, shadowed area at the bottom.Exhibition History
Surveillance. The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO. September 16, 2016 – January 29, 2017, no cat.
Provenance
With the Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO by 2015;
Their gift to The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2015.
Copyright© Raphaël Dallaporta
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