Courtesans bow to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi during a Salaam ceremony celebrating the 58th anniversary of the Monarch in the Golestan Palace. On the right of the Shah is Amir Abbas Hoveyda, formerly Prime Minister and now Court Minister. On the left of ph

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Courtesans bow to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi during a Salaam ceremony celebrating the 58th anniversary of the Monarch in the Golestan Palace. On the right of the Shah is Amir Abbas Hoveyda, formerly Prime Minister and now Court Minister. On the left of ph

France, 1977, printed 2016
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Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 13/16 × 14 3/4 in. (24.92 × 37.47 cm) Primary support: 12 × 16 in. (30.48 × 40.64 cm)
Purchased with funds provided by Art of the Middle East: CONTEMPORARY (M.2016.199.3)
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

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Following in the tradition of previous monarchs, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi continued the institution of the salaam ceremony in which chief courtiers and military officials assembled to pay their respects to the Shah, in this instance on the occasion of his 58th birthday. On the Shah’s right is Amir-Abbas Hoveyda, Iran’s longest-serving Prime Minister (1965-1977). In less than two years, the Shah would be in exile and Hoveyda dead, executed by the Islamic Revolutionary Court.
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Bibliography

  • Komaroff, Linda. In the Fields of Empty Days: The Intersection of Past and Present in Iranian Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2018.