- Title
- The Renowned Sovereign
- Date Made
- 2016
- Medium
- Brass and feather
- Dimensions
- 56 7/16 × 23 5/8 × 11 13/16 in. (143.31 × 60 × 30 cm)
- Accession Number
- M.2017.243a-b
- Collecting Area
- Art of the Middle East: Contemporary
- Curatorial Notes
In this sculpture, Tehran-based artist Kourosh Golnari references Iran’s Qajar dynasty by refashioning into metal, and on a grand scale, a style of tall cap made from lamb fleece and worn by leading members of the court, most notably the shah. The intriguing work provides a three-dimensional representation of nineteenth-century royal images and imagery presented in two-dimensional works elsewhere in this catalogue. More than a sculpture of a hat, it personifies and monumentalizes the shah and as such is perhaps intended to provoke debate about Iran’s past rulers.
- 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.
