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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.
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