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A martyrs’ fountain in the centre of Mashad bubbles with red-dyed water - a symbol of the blood of the martyrs. Behind the fountain photographs of local martyrs form a shrine
(1980s)

Medium
cibachrome photograph

Measurements
33.2 × 49.5 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
Moshad, Tehran, Iran

Inscription
typed on accompanying paper label: MICHAEL COYNE / A martyrs’ fountain in the centre of Mashad bubbles with red-dyed water - a / symbol of the blood of the martyrs. Behind the fountain photographs of local / martyrs form a shrine.

Accession Number
1996.521

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.