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Like an anonymous dark shadow, a well covered Indian woman passes a mural on the wall of a building in Tehran. The mural shows a child mourning a man who was killed while fighting in the Iran/Iraq war

Michael COYNE
Like an anonymous dark shadow, a well covered Indian woman passes a mural on the wall of a building in Tehran. The mural shows a child mourning a man who was killed while fighting in the Iran/Iraq war
 (1980s)

Medium
cibachrome photograph

Measurements
49.5 × 33.2 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

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Tehran, Iran

Inscription
typed on accompanying paper label: MICHAEL COYNE / Like an anonymous dark shadow, a well covered Indian woman passes a mural / on the wall of a building in Tehran. The mural shows a child mourning a man / who was killed while fighting in the Iran/Iraq war.

Accession Number
1996.516

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.

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