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

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Artist Samer Mohdad(Lebanese, born 1964)Lebanese, born 1964

CultureLebanese

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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

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Photography

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PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceArtist, through FotoFest, Houston, Texas; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, 2014
Published References Samer Mohdad, "Mes Arabies," Arles, France: Actes SUD, 1999 [also published in English, Italian, German, and Arabic] "View from Inside: Contemporary Arab Photography, Video and Mixed Media Art" Houston: FotoFest and Amsterdam: Schilt Publishing, 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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