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A Kurdish shepherd hugs his fourteen year old blind son who had stepped on an Iranian mine. The father, who sold most of his property to bring his son to Tehran, offered his eyes but the boy was too badly injured for a transplant

Michael COYNE
A Kurdish shepherd hugs his fourteen year old blind son who had stepped on an Iranian mine. The father, who sold most of his property to bring his son to Tehran, offered his eyes but the boy was too badly injured for a transplant
 (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

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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 / A Kurdish shepherd hugs his fourteen-year-old blind son who had stepped on an / Iranian mine. The father, who sold most of his property to bring his son to / Tehran, offered his eyes but the boy was to badly injured for a transplant.

Accession Number
1996.518

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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