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Sadegh Tirafkan
Persepolis Part II1997

Not on view
Gallery installation view with two glowing flat-screen monitors showing ruins scenes and two framed color photographs of dark-robed figures among ancient stone columns
Color photograph of three figures walking among ancient stone column ruins under a clear blue sky. A man in a dark suit moves left, a man in a blazer and light sweater stands at center, and a figure in a full black chador walks right, all on a gravel surface.
Color photograph of three figures among ancient stone ruins with standing columns and carved capitals. A woman in a full-length black chador faces left; two men in dark suits stand with their backs to the camera. Gravel ground, pale sky.
Artist or Maker
Sadegh Tirafkan
Title
Persepolis Part II
Date Made
1997
Medium
Digital video and chromogenic development (Kodak) print
Dimensions
see individual records
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Farhang Foundation (Iranian-American Heritage Foundation of Southern California), Nina Ansary, Frank Burgel, and Joshua L. Mack
Accession Number
M.2008.114.1-.3
Classification
Time Based Media
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Contemporary