Tal der Gräber, 2010

Title

Tal der Gräber (Original Title)

Title Translation

Valley of the Tombs

Photographer

• Ursula Schulz-Dornburg

Series

Verschwundene Landschaften, Palmyra, Syrien

Period Produced

• 21st century

School

• documentary photography
• conceptual art

Object Type

• photograph

Physical Description

Gelatin silver print on baryta paper

Material

• baryta paper
• Silver gelatine emulsion

Technique

• silver gelatin print

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Photographic Collection

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

© Ursula Schulz-Dornburg

Acquisition

Acquired in 2018 as a gift from private property

Genre

• architecture
• landscape
• concept

Main Motif

• ruin
• horizon
• mural
• Syria
• Palmyra

Primary

• 5 Abstract Ideas and Concepts
• 48C1 architecture
• 48C149 ruin of a building ~ architecture
• 42E3 grave, tomb and other grave-forms and grave-markers
• 41A54 fence, wall, paling
• 61E(PALMYRA) names of cities and villages (PALMYRA)
• 61D(SYRIA) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (SYRIA) (SYRIA)

Secondary

• 25H1124 boulder, stone
• 25H landscapes
• 25K16 desert
• 25D23 sand (soil type)