Simon Norfolk
The illegal Jewish settlement of Gilo, a suburb of Jerusalem. To deter Snipers from the Adjacent Palestinian village of Beit Jala (Seen in the Distance) a wall has been erect.

The illegal Jewish settlement of Gilo, a suburb of Jerusalem. To deter Snipers from the Adjacent Palestinian village of Beit Jala (Seen in the Distance) a wall has been erect.

© Simon Norfolk / Gallery Luisotti

The illegal Jewish settlement of Gilo, a suburb of Jerusalem. To deter Snipers from the Adjacent Palestinian village of Beit Jala (Seen in the Distance) a wall has been erect.
The illegal Jewish settlement of Gilo, a suburb of Jerusalem. To deter Snipers from the Adjacent Palestinian village of Beit Jala (Seen in the Distance) a wall has been erect.
ArtistBritish, born Nigeria, 1963
CultureBritish
Titles
  • The illegal Jewish settlement of Gilo, a suburb of Jerusalem. To deter Snipers from the Adjacent Palestinian village of Beit Jala (Seen in the Distance) a wall has been erect.
  • from the series Israel/Palestine: Mnemosyne
Date2003
PlaceJerusalem, Israel
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsSheet: 40 × 50 in. (101.6 × 127 cm)
Frame: 40 7/8 × 50 7/8 × 2 in. (103.9 × 129.3 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the S. I. Morris Photography Endowment
Object number2011.254
Not on view

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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

Authentification Certificate with signature in ink and impressed marks (see Accession file): simon norfolk / [signature] / +44 020 7254 9620

Signed in ink on the Authentification Certificate located in the Accession file

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