The Tomb of Cyrus the Great, Iran 1976, from the series, Paradise Lost

Maker(s)
Artist: Georg Gerster (Swiss, born 1928)
Printer: ERC Electronic Repro Center AG (Swiss)
Historical period(s)
1976 (printed 2013)
Medium
Ink-jet print on paper
Dimensions
H x W (image): 32 Ɨ 49 cm (12 5/8 Ɨ 19 5/16 in) H x W (sheet): 49.8 Ɨ 65.9 cm (19 5/8 Ɨ 25 15/16 in)
Geography
Switzerland
Credit Line
Gift of Yasmine and Reza Pahlavi
Collection
Arthur M. Sackler Collection
Accession Number
S2014.8
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Photograph
Type

Photograph

Keywords
landscape, Switzerland, tomb
Provenance
Provenance research underway.
Published References
  • David Hogge, Carol Huh. Painting with Light: Photography at the Freer / Sackler. Washington, 2017. 138, 141, 105.
Collection Area(s)
Contemporary Art, European Art
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