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A cellphone booster-station built on the wreckage of buildings that once housed a market.
Simon Norfolk
A cellphone booster-station built on the wreckage of buildings that once housed a market.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.18
Sha Shaid. The Bala Hissar Gate.
John Burke
Sha Shaid. The Bala Hissar Gate.
1879, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.17
Entrance to the vast City Star Hall complex of wedding halls, on the new bypass out near Kabul Airport.
Simon Norfolk
Entrance to the vast City Star Hall complex of wedding halls, on the new bypass out near Kabul Airport.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.16
On the very northern edge of Kabul. A shipping container is re-purposed as home to men working in a yard casting concrete blast walls. Each section, when sold to foreign embassies or the military, fetches $1000 per piece.
Simon Norfolk
On the very northern edge of Kabul. A shipping container is re-purposed as home to men working in a yard casting concrete blast walls. Each section, when sold to foreign embassies or the military, fetches $1000 per piece.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.15
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.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.14
The Sham-e-Paris (‘Parisian Evenings’) wedding hall in the Taymani neighbourhood. Common in Pakistan, these huge wedding complexes have sprung up all over Kabul with dining and entertainment halls to seat a thousand on each storey and even an on-site honeymoon hotel.
Simon Norfolk
The Sham-e-Paris (‘Parisian Evenings’) wedding hall in the Taymani neighbourhood. Common in Pakistan, these huge wedding complexes have sprung up all over Kabul with dining and entertainment halls to seat a thousand on each storey and even an on-site honeymoon hotel.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.13
‘The Museum Of The Jihad’ in Herat. In the centre of the tableau of anti-Soviet mujahedeen guerrillas is Ismail Khan, one-time Governor of Herat and minister in the national government. Mythologising their role in the Jihad helps justify their control and ownership of Afghanistan’s modern warlord economy.
Simon Norfolk
‘The Museum Of The Jihad’ in Herat. In the centre of the tableau of anti-Soviet mujahedeen guerrillas is Ismail Khan, one-time Governor of Herat and minister in the national government. Mythologising their role in the Jihad helps justify their control and ownership of Afghanistan’s modern warlord economy.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.12
Buddhist Temple excavated at Ali Musjid.
John Burke
Buddhist Temple excavated at Ali Musjid.
1878, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.11
Wasteland at the back of shops used as stabling for draft horses. In the distance is the Bala Hissar citadel, now home to an Afghan Army base and mooring for one of the American blimps that carry electronic surveillance gear and cameras.
Simon Norfolk
Wasteland at the back of shops used as stabling for draft horses. In the distance is the Bala Hissar citadel, now home to an Afghan Army base and mooring for one of the American blimps that carry electronic surveillance gear and cameras.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.10
The former home of Jangalak Industries, a metalworking factory that once had a workforce of 1,800 but was wrecked during the civil war in the 1990s. It is now used as a massive storage yard for scrap metal. This area is all discarded hospital beds and school desks.
Simon Norfolk
The former home of Jangalak Industries, a metalworking factory that once had a workforce of 1,800 but was wrecked during the civil war in the 1990s. It is now used as a massive storage yard for scrap metal. This area is all discarded hospital beds and school desks.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.9
The future home of The Afghan Cash And Carry Superstore on the road between the foreign embassies and Kabul Airport.
Simon Norfolk
The future home of The Afghan Cash And Carry Superstore on the road between the foreign embassies and Kabul Airport.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.8
Some of the nonsensical property development taking place in Kabul. This district of the city, Karte Char Chateh, is remembered by Kabulis as that part of the bazaar which was burned by the British in 1842 as collective punishment for the killing of the British Envoy. The fires still burned when the British retreated two days later.
Simon Norfolk
Some of the nonsensical property development taking place in Kabul. This district of the city, Karte Char Chateh, is remembered by Kabulis as that part of the bazaar which was burned by the British in 1842 as collective punishment for the killing of the British Envoy. The fires still burned when the British retreated two days later.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.7
Shamshere Bridge And Musjid, On The Cabul River Near Dehmazang Gorge, North West Corner Of City.
John Burke
Shamshere Bridge And Musjid, On The Cabul River Near Dehmazang Gorge, North West Corner Of City.
1878–1880, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.6
Shah-do-Shamshira Mosque was built in the 1920s on the site of one of Kabul’s first mosques, the Mosque of the King with Two Swords, named in honour of an early Muslim king who died fighting Hindu invaders.
Simon Norfolk
Shah-do-Shamshira Mosque was built in the 1920s on the site of one of Kabul’s first mosques, the Mosque of the King with Two Swords, named in honour of an early Muslim king who died fighting Hindu invaders.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.5
Timur Shah’s Mosque.
John Burke
Timur Shah’s Mosque.
1879, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.4
‘Radio TV Mountain’ in the centre of Kabul seen from where the Kabul River cuts through the mountains creating the Deh Mazang gorge. In the First Anglo-Afghan War it was the site of a crucial skirmish and hasty retreat by badly outnumbered British cavalry who had blundered into the midst of a massive Afghan army.
Simon Norfolk
‘Radio TV Mountain’ in the centre of Kabul seen from where the Kabul River cuts through the mountains creating the Deh Mazang gorge. In the First Anglo-Afghan War it was the site of a crucial skirmish and hasty retreat by badly outnumbered British cavalry who had blundered into the midst of a massive Afghan army.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.3
Jawad, who like many Afghans uses just the one name, out playing with an old tyre in the Mikrorayon district of Kabul.
Simon Norfolk
Jawad, who like many Afghans uses just the one name, out playing with an old tyre in the Mikrorayon district of Kabul.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.2
Gap Between Upper Bala-Hissar And Bala-Burj, Looking Toward Beni-Hissar
John Burke
Gap Between Upper Bala-Hissar And Bala-Burj, Looking Toward Beni-Hissar
1878–1880, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.1
provided by lender
Kate Shepherd
Splendor of Duration, Triumph of the Moment
2013
Screenprint on wove paper, edition 1/1
2016.223
Untitled
Robert Gober
Untitled
2014–2015
Plaster, beeswax, human hair, epoxy putty, cast gypsum polymer, cast pewter, oil, and enamel paint
2016.222
Untitled (Shadows Evade the Sun II)
Dario Robleto
Untitled (Shadows Evade the Sun II)
2012
Suite of 9 archival digital and lithographic prints on Hahnemuhle Pearl paper mounted on mat board, edition 17/25
2016.220.2
Untitled (Shadows Evade the Sun l)
Dario Robleto
Untitled (Shadows Evade the Sun l)
2012
Suite of 9 archival digital and lithographic prints on Hahnemuhle Pearl paper mounted on mat board, edition 17/25
2016.220.1
Close, No. 18 Saltmarket.
Thomas Annan
Close, No. 18 Saltmarket.
1868–1871, printed 1877
Carbon print
2016.219
Hogan's Alley
Stan Douglas
Hogan's Alley
2014
Chromogenic print
2016.218
[Marie]
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein
[Marie]
1945–1951
Gelatin silver print
2016.217
Westminster Bridge (007 sound stage) Panorama with lamppost in foreground
Anderson & Low
Westminster Bridge (007 sound stage) Panorama with lamppost in foreground
2015, printed 2016
Inkjet print
2016.216
provided by lender
John Twachtman
Boat at Dock, Newport
1889
Pastel on sandpaper board
2016.215
Sin título (Hospital infantil) [Untitled (Children’s Hospital)]
Carlos Garaicoa
Sin título (Hospital infantil) [Untitled (Children’s Hospital)]
2016
Diptych. Pins and threads on chromogenic print mounted to Gator Board
2016.213.A,.B
Étude de femme nue pour le Trio érotique (Study of a Female Nude for the Erotic Trio) [recto]; The Combat of Hercules and Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons and [reversed underlying sketch] Woman on the Ground and Woman in Half Length [verso]
Théodore Géricault
Étude de femme nue pour le Trio érotique (Study of a Female Nude for the Erotic Trio) [recto]; The Combat of Hercules and Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons and [reversed underlying sketch] Woman on the Ground and Woman in Half Length [verso]
1816–1817
Black chalk on wove paper
2016.212.A,.B
Curiosities and Rarities
Mark Dion
Curiosities and Rarities
2015–2016
Laser-engraved assemblage of hand-dyed birch wood veneer, archival museum board, and offset lithographs in colors, with metal book latch, edition 4/18
2016.211
Raja Ram Roy (1812–c. 1840), Son of Raja Ram Mohan Roy (1772–1833)
John King
Raja Ram Roy (1812–c. 1840), Son of Raja Ram Mohan Roy (1772–1833)
1831–1838
Oil on canvas
2016.210
Portrait of Arnold Hannay
William Nicholson
Portrait of Arnold Hannay
1908
Oil on canvas
2016.209
Three Wine Glasses
Koloman Moser
Three Wine Glasses
designed c. 1900
Glass
2016.208.1-.3
Bowl with Yoshino Mountain (Cherry Blossom) Design
Nin'ami Dohachi
Bowl with Yoshino Mountain (Cherry Blossom) Design
18th–19th century
Earthenware with overglaze enamel
2016.205
Tide Pool
Robert Covington
Tide Pool
2016
Single-channel video
2016.204
A View Not From a Window #75
Chuck Kelton
A View Not From a Window #75
2015
Gelatin silver print, chemigram
2016.203
Alfriston, Sussex
Peter De Wint
Alfriston, Sussex
c. 1830s–1840s
Watercolor over graphite on wove paper
2016.202
Lovely Six Foota
Mickalene Thomas
Lovely Six Foota
2007
Chromogenic print
2016.201
Feasting Armlets
Marjorie Schick
Feasting Armlets
1991
Papier mâché and paint
2016.200.1-.4
provided by lender
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Souvenir d’Italia (Recollection of Italy)
1863
Etching on laid paper, state I/IV
2016.199
Vase
Newcomb College Pottery
Vase
1900
Earthenware
2016.198
The Universe/Times Square Gym
John Goodman
The Universe/Times Square Gym
1993, printed 1996
Gelatin silver print
2016.197
Collie burning rubbish, Lynemouth, Northumberland
Chris Killip
Collie burning rubbish, Lynemouth, Northumberland
1983, printed April 17, 2015
Gelatin silver print
2016.196
Crabs and People, Skinningrove, North Yorkshire
Chris Killip
Crabs and People, Skinningrove, North Yorkshire
1981, printed April 26, 2015
Gelatin silver print
2016.195
Image Not Available for Bill Jay: Twixt Representation and Reality. A Personal Post-mortem
Bill Jay
Bill Jay: Twixt Representation and Reality. A Personal Post-mortem
December 2014
Bound book with letterpress text
2016.194.2
Image Not Available for Bill Jay: Twixt Representation and Reality, A Personal Post-Mortem Project
Bill Jay
Bill Jay: Twixt Representation and Reality, A Personal Post-Mortem Project
2009
Gum bichromate print from the ashes of Bill Jay
2016.194.1
January 20, 1980, Cigarette
Donald Sultan
January 20, 1980, Cigarette
1980
Oil, tile, and tar on wood
2016.193
provided by lender
Dana Harper
Untitled
2016
Collage of cut printed paper on wove paper
2016.191
provided by lender
Dana Harper
Untitled
2015
Collage of cut printed paper on wove paper
2016.190
The Schlitz Boys
John Goodman
The Schlitz Boys
July 26, 1978, printed c. 2006
Gelatin silver print
2016.189
Untitled
Chuck Kelton
Untitled
2016
Gelatin silver print, chemigram
2016.188
image provided by MFAH conservation department
Annie Pootoogook
Composition (Windswept Hair)
2006
Fiber-tipped pen, graphite, and crayon on wove paper
2016.187
image provided by MFAH conservation department
Melissa Miller
Big Owl, Little Owl and Spiral Galaxies
1996
Watercolor on wove paper
2016.186
image provided by MFAH conservation department
Mimmo Paladino
Chiaro di Luna
1984–1985
Drypoint and aquatint, printed chine collé, on wove paper, edition 35/40
2016.185
image provided by MFAH conservation department
Mimmo Paladino
Intermezzo
1984–1985
Etching, spit bite etching and aquatint with roulette, printed chine collé, on wove paper, edition 35/40
2016.184
image provided by MFAH conservation department
Mimmo Paladino
Camera degli Sposi
1985
Drypoint and aquatint, printed chine collé, on wove paper, edition 35/40
2016.183
image provided by MFAH conservation department
R. B. Kitaj
The Leftist, Portrait of the artist Irving Petlin
1997
Drypoint on wove paper, edition 16/25
2016.182
image provided by MFAH conservation department
Luis Jiménez
Vaquero Spur (Cowboy Spur)
1982
Colored pencil on cut wove paper, mounted to cut foam core
2016.181
image provided by MFAH conservation department
Nancy Spero
Vertigo
1994
Collage of cut lithograph in colors and monotype on Japanese paper
2016.180
image provided by MFAH conservation department
Milton Resnick
Portrait of J.I.
1984
Gouache and watercolor on wove paper
2016.179
From installation manual
Francis Alÿs
Children’s Game 2/Ricochets
2007
Single channel video
2016.176.13
From installation manual
Francis Alÿs
Maqueta
2007
Two-channel video
2016.176.12.2.A,.B
From installation manual
Francis Alÿs
Bridge/Puente
2006
Single channel video
2016.176.12.1
provided by lender
Francis Alÿs
Don‘t Cross the Bridge before You Get to the River
2008–2009
Two channel video projection
2016.176.11.A,.B
provided by lender
Francis Alÿs
Miradores
2008
Two channel video
2016.176.10.A,.B
Don‘t Cross the Bridge before You Get to the River
Francis Alÿs
Don‘t Cross the Bridge before You Get to the River
2005–2009
31 Shoe Boats: sandals, cloth, string, wood, plastic, hammers, and mirror
2016.176.9.1-.31
Untitled (Study for Don‘t Cross the Bridge before You Get to the River)
Francis Alÿs
Untitled (Study for Don‘t Cross the Bridge before You Get to the River)
2005–2009
Oil on tracing paper on post card, framed
2016.176.8
provided by lender
Francis Alÿs
Untitled (Study for Don‘t Cross the Bridge before You Get to the River)
2005–2009
Oil on post card, framed
2016.176.7
provided by lender
Francis Alÿs
Miradores (Morocco), (Study for Don‘t Cross the Bridge before You Get to the River)
2005–2009
Oil on color photograph, framed
2016.176.6
provided by lender
Francis Alÿs
Miradores (Spain), (Study for Don‘t Cross the Bridge before You Get to the River)
2005–2009
Oil on color photograph, framed
2016.176.5
provided by lender
Francis Alÿs
Untitled (Study for Bridge-Puente)
2005–2009
Oil paint and pencil on tracing paper
2016.176.4
provided by lender
Francis Alÿs
Untitled (Study for Bridge-Puente)
2007
Oil paint, masking tape, and pencil on tracing paper
2016.176.3
provided by lender
Francis Alÿs
Untitled (Study for Bridge-Puente)
2005–2006
Oil paint and pencil on tracing paper
2016.176.2
Untitled (Study for Bridge-Puente)
Francis Alÿs
Untitled (Study for Bridge-Puente)
2005–2006
Oil and encaustic on canvas
2016.176.1
Sin título [Untitled]
Darío Escobar
Sin título [Untitled]
2008
Wood, urethane, paint and stainless steel
2016.175
Study Print- Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
Richard Benson
Study Print- Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
1973, printed later
Inkjet print
2016.174.24
Study Print- Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
Richard Benson
Study Print- Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
1973, printed later
Inkjet print
2016.174.23
Study Print- Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
Richard Benson
Study Print- Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
1973, printed later
Inkjet print
2016.174.22
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
Richard Benson
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
1973, printed later
Inkjet print
2016.174.21
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
Richard Benson
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
1973, printed later
Inkjet print
2016.174.20
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
Richard Benson
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
1973, printed later
Inkjet print
2016.174.19
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
Richard Benson
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
1973, printed later
Inkjet print
2016.174.18
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
Richard Benson
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
1973, printed later
Inkjet print
2016.174.17
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
Richard Benson
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
1973, printed later
Inkjet print
2016.174.16
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
Richard Benson
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
1973, printed later
Inkjet print
2016.174.15
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
Richard Benson
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
1973, printed later
Inkjet print
2016.174.14
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
Richard Benson
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
1973, printed later
Inkjet print
2016.174.13
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
Richard Benson
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
1973, printed later
Inkjet print
2016.174.12
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
Richard Benson
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
1973, printed later
Inkjet print
2016.174.11
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
Richard Benson
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
1973, printed later
Inkjet print
2016.174.10
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
Richard Benson
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
1973, printed later
Inkjet print
2016.174.9
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
Richard Benson
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
1973, printed later
Inkjet print
2016.174.8
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
Richard Benson
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
1973, printed later
Inkjet print
2016.174.7
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
Richard Benson
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
1973, printed later
Inkjet print
2016.174.6
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
Richard Benson
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
1973, printed later
Inkjet print
2016.174.5
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
Richard Benson
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
1973, printed later
Inkjet print
2016.174.4
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
Richard Benson
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
1973, printed later
Inkjet print
2016.174.3
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
Richard Benson
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
1973, printed later
Inkjet print
2016.174.2
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
Richard Benson
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
1973, printed later
Inkjet print
2016.174.1
Untitled [11]
Chris Ofili
Untitled [11]
2015
Aquatint, etching, photogravure, and hand applied metallic pigment on wove paper, edition 2/20
2016.173.11
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