Michael Rakowitz
The invisible enemy should not exist. Presentations in Sharjah 2007 and at Galerie Barbara Wien, Berlin, 2016. Text by Gauthier Lesturgie and photos.
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museum number: IM58086
excavation number: unknown
provenance: Hatra
dimension(s) (in cm): height: 4.9
material: Marble
date: Parthian Dynasty (1st - 2nd centuries AD)
description: Marble statue showing a seated woman goddess holding a frond in her hand. Found in Temple VII at Hatra, which was dedicated to the worship of Hercules. This statue probably represents the consort of Hercules.
status: stolen
Much of the past lies in fragments, damaged, incomplete, and so far from our own experience as to be almost incomprehensible.
— Harriet Crawford
© Photo: Courtesy of Galerie Barbara Wien, Berlin
Photographer: Nick Ash
The invisible enemy should not exist. Presentations in Sharjah 2007 and at Galerie Barbara Wien, Berlin, 2016. Text by Gauthier Lesturgie and photos.