NALTER, 1987, painted granite and steel, 53"h x28"w x8"d

private collection - New York

Name derives from the incredible green Himalayan glacier lakes the artist visited in 1986 white touring Pakistan and western China

There are three lakes in Naltar Valley known as Naltar Lakes or Bashkiri Lakes at an altitude ranging from 3050“3150 m.

The first Bashkiri Lake is located at a distance of 12 kilometers (08 mi) from Upper Naltar (or the Naltar Bala).