Simon Norfolk
Surface to surface missile system hidden in an orange grove on the northern outskirts of Baghdad

Surface to surface missile system hidden in an orange grove on the northern outskirts of Baghdad

© Simon Norfolk / Gallery Luisotti

Surface to surface missile system hidden in an orange grove on the northern outskirts of Baghdad
Surface to surface missile system hidden in an orange grove on the northern outskirts of Baghdad
ArtistBritish, born Nigeria, 1963
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Surface to surface missile system hidden in an orange grove on the northern outskirts of Baghdad
  • from the series Scenes from a Liberated Baghdad
DateApril 19–27, 2003
PlaceBaghdad, Iraq
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsOverall: 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 number2011.255
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance[Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, California]; purchased by MFAH, 2011.
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No visible marlks or inscriptions - framed

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

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