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Contemporary Iranian Artists in 1969
Building Azadi Tower (Shahyad)
A Shipwreck in Miankaleh
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Persepolis in Peckham
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Behzad Golpaygani’s Cover Designs

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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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Tehran’s Post and Communications Museum
Old House in Marvi Alley
Animal Hospital in Tehran
Proposal for the National Anthem (1915)
Kermanshah’s Stonemasons Zurkhaneh
Edwin Lord Weeks
Bride and Groom
Congratulations
Sullivan’s illustrations for The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Pre-Revolutionary Cigarettes

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