Simon Norfolk
Fidar Bridge, bombed by the Israelis, early on 4 August. The bridge is the main motorway running north from Beirut to the border

Fidar Bridge, bombed by the Israelis, early on 4 August.  The bridge is the main motorway running north from Beirut to the border

© Simon Norfolk / Gallery Luisotti

Fidar Bridge, bombed by the Israelis, early on 4 August. The bridge is the main motorway running north from Beirut to the border
Fidar Bridge, bombed by the Israelis, early on 4 August.  The bridge is the main motorway running north from Beirut to the border
ArtistBritish, born Nigeria, 1963
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Fidar Bridge, bombed by the Israelis, early on 4 August. The bridge is the main motorway running north from Beirut to the border
  • from the series Beirut: How did you come to smell of smoke and fire?
DateAugust 4, 2006
PlaceBeirut, Lebanon
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsSheet: 40 × 50 in. (101.6 × 127 cm)
Frame: 40 7/8 × 50 3/4 × 2 in. (103.9 × 128.9 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the S. I. Morris Photography Endowment
Object number2011.253
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, California]; purchased by MFAH, 2011.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
No visible marks or inscriptions - framed
Signed in ink on the Authentification Certificate located in the Accession file

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