Jahangir Razmi
Firing Squad in Iran

ArtistIranian, born 1947
CulturePersian
Titles
  • Firing Squad in Iran
  • Justice and Cleansing in Iran
Date1979
PlaceSanandaj, Iran
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage (irr.): 13 × 19 3/8 in. (33 × 49.2 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Frame (outer): 20 3/8 × 26 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (51.8 × 67.1 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Will Michels in honor of Ettela'at and their chief editor, Mohammed Heydari, who first published this photograph
Object number2008.278
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceWill Michels, Houston; given to MFAH, 2008.
Exhibition History"WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 November, 2012 - 3 February, 2013.
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