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A Passion Play for Fatima Soghra
Congratulations
Love Postcards from 1912
Le Costume Historique
A Zurkhaneh in Tehran
The Sumptuous Persian Costumes
Sullivan’s illustrations for The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Vogue in Iran (1969)
Daily Life at the Iran-Iraq War Fronts
Regained Glory

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Pre-revolution Soundtrack Album Covers

This is a collection of album cover art for the soundtracks of pre-revolutionary movies made in Iran in the late 1960s and 1970s. The collection includes designs for the soundtracks of art-house movies as well as commercial blockbusters.

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Protective Sacred Words

Placing Islamic inscriptions (mostly words from Quran) over the entrances to the houses, business places, or public buildings used to be common in the past. It seems placing these words on the entrances has its roots in an older tradition that sees a supernatural power in words.

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Iranian Lottery Tickets (1961-1976)
Tehran’s Decorative Murals
Decorated Niches
Tehran Opera Company (1974-75)
Outdoor Lightings
Second Grade Persian Textbook (1960)
Persepolis in Tehrangeles
Two Tourist Brochures
Tagging on Tehran’s Trees
Driving Licence (1943)

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