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An elderly woman screams her devotion to Khomeini and the Islamic Revolution at a demonstration in central Tehran. Iran’s mullah’s, Shiite Muslim clerics, encouraged such demonstrations to keep up the fervour of the Revolution
(1980s)

Medium
cibachrome photograph

Measurements
49.6 × 33.1 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 / An elderly woman screams her devotion to Khomeini and the Islamic Revolution / at a demonstration in central Tehran. Iran’s mullah’s, Shiite Muslim clerics, / encouraged such demonstrations to keep up the fervour of the Revolution.

Accession Number
1996.517

Department
Australian Photography

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Physical description
Series of photographs produced in Iran during the 1980s following the fall of the Shah.