A rehabilitation centre in Tehran which was well stocked with braces and artifical limbs for maimed soldiers returning from the Iran/Iraq wars. This centre was a mansion belonging to one of the Shah’s generals. His paintings were torn from their frames and replaced with Khomeini and a Shiite love poem
(1980s)
Medium
cibachrome photograph
Measurements
33.0 × 49.6 cm (image and sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Coles Myer Ltd, Governor, 1996
© Michael Coyne
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Tehran, Iran
Inscription
typed on accompanying paper label: MICHAEL COYNE / A rehabilitation centre in Tehran which was well stocked with braces and / artifical limbs for maimed soldiers returning from the Iran/Iraq ware. This / centre was a mansion belonging to one of the Shah’s generals. His paintings / were torn from their frames and replaced with Khomeini and a Shiite love poem.
Accession Number
1996.515
Department
Australian Photography
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Daryl and Anne Whinney
Physical description
Series of photographs produced in Iran during the 1980s following the fall of the Shah.