Artist
Michael CoyneBritish, born 1945
CultureBritish
Titles
- Rehabilitation Centre in Tehran
- A Rehabilitation centre stacked with braces and artificial limbs for the victims of the Iran/Iraq war. Many of the victims were "Basij", young men who ran across the minefields to clear the way for the soldiers.
- On the wall is a painting of Ayatollah Khomeini and two Shiite poems urging dedication to Allah. Tehran, Iran 1985.
Date1985
PlaceTehran, Iran
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 16 1/2 × 24 3/4 in. (41.9 × 62.9 cm)
Sheet: 20 × 27 3/4 in. (50.8 × 70.5 cm)
Frame (outer): 26 5/8 × 32 5/8 × 1 3/4 in. (67.6 × 82.8 × 4.4 cm)
Sheet: 20 × 27 3/4 in. (50.8 × 70.5 cm)
Frame (outer): 26 5/8 × 32 5/8 × 1 3/4 in. (67.6 × 82.8 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Photo Forum 2009
Object number2009.1650
Not on view
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Department
PhotographyObject Type
Exhibition History"Photo Forum 2009," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Lower Brown Corridor, September 15, 2009 - January 5, 2010.
"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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