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ROBERT POLIDORI (B. 1951) ROBERT POLIDORI (B. 1951)
Untitled (Krishna Mandir, Patan), 2008 Untitled (Mul Chowk, Patan), 2008
Offset color lithograph, printed later, edition 1/4, accompanied by Offset color lithograph, printed later, edition 1/4, accompanied by
signed letter of authentication from the artist. signed letter of authentication from the artist.
16 x 22 in. (40.6 x 55.9 cm) 16 x 22 in. (40.6 x 55.9 cm)
$5,000 - 7,000 $5,000 - 7,000
Provenance Provenance
Previously donated by the artist to the Kathmandhu Valley Preservation Previously donated by the artist to the Kathmandhu Valley Preservation
Trust; sold to benefit the earthquake relief Trust; sold to benefit the earthquake relief
Robert Polidori is one of the world’s most acclaimed photographers of In 2008, Polidori accompanied The Kathmandu Valley Preservation
human habitats and environments. Well-known for his interior scenes, Trust to Nepal to survey their preservation of Patan’s historic buildings.
Polidori produced an extensive and poetic survey of the restoration of The rich body of work captures these historic buildings set in modern
Versailles. In 2006, The Metropolitan Museum of Art produced a solo contexts – or suspended in silence.
exhibition of his work documenting the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina,
entitled: New Orleans After the Flood: Photographs by Robert Polidori.
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