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Cigarettes and soft porn: interior of an apartment

Cigarettes and soft porn: interior of an apartment
Cigarettes and soft porn: interior of an apartment
Cigarettes and soft porn: interior of an apartment
ArtistAmerican, born 1961
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Cigarettes and soft porn: interior of an apartment
  • from the series Night of a Thousand Stars
Date2006
Place depictedIraq, Middle East, Asia
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsSheet: 13 × 19 in. (33 × 48.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Joy of Giving Something, Inc.
Object number2025.135.25
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceJoy of Giving Something, Inc.; given to MFAH, 2025.
Published References Smith, Joel Preston. Night of a Thousand Stars & Other Portraits of Iraq. Tucson: Nazraeli Press, 2006.

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Inkjet print
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