Maryam Zandi
Untitled1979, printed 2016

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Maryam Zandi
Iran, born 1947
Title: Untitled
Date Made: 1979, printed 2016
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Primary support: 28 1/4 × 21 in. (71.76 × 53.34 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Art of the Middle East: CONTEMPORARY
Accession Number: M.2016.240.4
Classification: Photographs
Collecting Area: Art of the Middle East: Contemporary
Curatorial Notes: Maryam Zandi’s cool eye for choosing her subjects is particularly evident in this image of a man ecstatically holding a newspaper with the headline, "The Shah Left." There is something both charming and sad in this scene of unrestrained happiness, for, within a few months, many of the newspapers proclaiming the glad tidings of the shah’s departure would be shuttered by the new leadership.
Selected 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.

Related Unframed

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Maryam Zandi
Iran, born 1947
Title: Untitled
Date Made: 1979, printed 2016
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Primary support: 28 1/4 × 21 in. (71.76 × 53.34 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Art of the Middle East: CONTEMPORARY
Accession Number: M.2016.240.4
Classification: Photographs
Collecting Area: Art of the Middle East: Contemporary
Curatorial Notes: Maryam Zandi’s cool eye for choosing her subjects is particularly evident in this image of a man ecstatically holding a newspaper with the headline, "The Shah Left." There is something both charming and sad in this scene of unrestrained happiness, for, within a few months, many of the newspapers proclaiming the glad tidings of the shah’s departure would be shuttered by the new leadership.
Selected 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.