Samer Mohdad
Interior of an underground house in the old city of Ghadames, Libya

Interior of an underground house in the old city of Ghadames, Libya
Interior of an underground house in the old city of Ghadames, Libya
Interior of an underground house in the old city of Ghadames, Libya
ArtistLebanese, born 1964
CultureLebanese
Titles
  • Interior of an underground house in the old city of Ghadames, Libya
  • from the series Mes Arabies
Date1994
Place depictedGhadames, Libya
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage (at opening): 31 1/2 × 46 1/2 in. (80 × 118.1 cm)
Mat: 38 1/4 × 53 1/4 in. (97.2 × 135.3 cm)
Frame: 38 1/2 × 53 1/2 × 1 in. (97.8 × 135.9 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Thad T. Dameris and Winston Talbert in honor of Alfred C. Glassell, III at "One Great Night in November, 2014"
Object number2014.846
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceArtist, through FotoFest, Houston, Texas; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, 2014
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
No visible inscriptions
Printed label on verso top center:
Samer Mohdad (Lebanon / Belgium) / Interior of an underground house in the old / city of Ghadames, Libya, 1994 / From the series Mes Arabies / Silver Gelatin Print / / Countesy of the Artist

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