Peter d'Agostino
... words disappear. They are condemned

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... words disappear. They are condemned
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ArtistAmerican, born 1945
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • ... words disappear. They are condemned
  • from the portfolio: Text and Context
Dateno date
Alternate place nameUnited States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsSheet: 30 × 40 in. (76.2 × 101.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ursula Gropper
Object number87.300.3
Not on view

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Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceUrsula Gropper; given to MFAH, 1987.

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A watchtower guarding a street of foreign embassies in central Kabul. For the British army these improvised fortifications are called ‘sangars’, although the term is Dari for ‘barricade’ and is one of the few words the British brought home from the Anglo-Afghan Wars.
Simon Norfolk
A watchtower guarding a street of foreign embassies in central Kabul. For the British army these improvised fortifications are called ‘sangars’, although the term is Dari for ‘barricade’ and is one of the few words the British brought home from the Anglo-Afghan Wars.
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