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Farideh Lashai
Prelude to Rabbit in Wonderland (Video version)2012

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Circular painting on a black background showing dark vertical forms and scattered white dots over a deep blue-black ground, with two small white rabbit-like figures near the bottom
Circular painted composition against a black background, depicting a dark forest interior with tall vertical tree trunks in deep grey and black tones; a small white rabbit sits at lower center and a small brown hare appears at lower right, rendered with fluid ink-wash technique.

Farideh Lashai, Prelude to Rabbit in Wonderland (Video version), 2012, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, "For our mothers," gift of an anonymous donor

Artist or Maker
Farideh Lashai
Iran, Rasht, 1944-2013
Title
Prelude to Rabbit in Wonderland (Video version)
Date Made
2012
Medium
Projected animation and sound, in a steel well containing the projector and ventilation system, Plexiglas screen, water. Sound: Chopin Nocturne Op. 9 No. 1
Dimensions
Duration: 00:04:30 Steel Well: 33 × 26 in. (83.82 × 66.04 cm)
Credit Line
"For our mothers," gift of an anonymous donor
Accession Number
M.2015.176
Classification
Time Based Media
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Contemporary
Copyright
© Estate of Farideh Lashai