Simon Norfolk
The armoury of the British Embassy. The Embassy has a guard force of five hundred.

The armoury of the British Embassy. The Embassy has a guard force of five hundred.

© Simon Norfolk / Gallery Luisotti

The armoury of the British Embassy. The Embassy has a guard force of five hundred.
The armoury of the British Embassy. The Embassy has a guard force of five hundred.
ArtistBritish, born Nigeria, 1963
CultureBritish
Titles
  • The armoury of the British Embassy. The Embassy has a guard force of five hundred.
  • from the portfolio Burke + Norfolk: Photographs from the War in Afghanistan
Date2010–2011, printed September 2011
Place depictedKabul, Afghanistan
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 14 5/16 × 19 3/16 in. (36.4 × 48.7 cm)
Sheet: 15 × 20 in. (38.1 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Morris Weiner
Object number2016.224.82
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; [Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, California]; purchased by Morris Weiner, Houston, 2012; given to MFAH, 2016.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in black ink, verso, lower right: Burke + Norfolk // Photographs from the war in Afghanistan // by John Burke and Simon Norfolk // Printed by Simon Norfolk, September 2011 // An archival, digital, chromogenic print on Fujicolor Crystal Archive // Photograph by Simon Norfolk [signed in pencil over a stamped underline] // One of 104 prints in a Burke + Norfolk portfolio special edition // Edition number 1 of eight [1 is handwritten in pencil over a stamped underline]
Norfolk prints are signed and numbered on verso lower right, within artist's stamp

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