Gilles Peress

Women in the courtyard of the main mosque, Quom, Iran

1979

A group of women and children in headscarves stand beneath an ornate mirrored shrine ceiling.
A group of women and children in headscarves stand beneath an ornate mirrored shrine ceiling.

Gilles Peress, Women in the courtyard of the main mosque, Quom, Iran, 1979. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 16 × 19 7/8 in. (40.6 × 50.5 cm) Image: 12 3/4 × 18 15/16 in. (32.4 × 48.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Ronald B. and Susan N. Milch 98.47.4. © Gilles Peress, “Magnum Photos, New York”

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Not on view

Date
1979

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 16 × 19 7/8 in. (40.6 × 50.5 cm) Image: 12 3/4 × 18 15/16 in. (32.4 × 48.1 cm)

Accession number
98.47.4

Series
Telex Iran Series/ Flashpoints: Selected Images of Gilles Peress Portfolio

Credit line
Gift of Ronald B. and Susan N. Milch

Rights and reproductions
© Gilles Peress, “Magnum Photos, New York”

API
artworks/11924



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