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

Object Details

• Artist

  Georg Gerster (Swiss, born 1928)

• Printer

  ERC Electronic Repro Center AG (Swiss)

• Edition/State

  1/100 + 2 AP

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Heart of an Empire: Herzfeld's Discovery of Pasargadae (February 13 to July 31, 2016)

• Origin

  Switzerland

• Credit Line

  Gift of Yasmine and Reza Pahlavi

• Type

  Photograph

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• Date

  1970s

• Name

  ERC Electronic Repro Center AG, Gerster, Georg

• Place

  Switzerland

• Topic

  Contemporary Art, Landscapes, Art, European Art, Tomb

• Culture

  Europeans

• Object Type

  Photographs