The Empress and I : how an ancient empire collected, rejected, and rediscovered modern art / Donna S...
The Empress and I : how an ancient empire collected, rejected, and rediscovered modern art / Donna S...
The Empress and I : how an ancient empire collected, rejected, and rediscovered modern art / Donna Stein.
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Publisher
Milano, Italy : Skira editore S.p.A., 2020.
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G 2021/1775
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Language
English
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Physical content
277 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 25 cm
Content type
text
still image
cartographic image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The Most Prized Modern Artwork in Tehran -- Iran in the 1970s -- My First Visit to Iran -- My Second Visit and First Acquisitions -- Working for Iran in New York -- Moving to Tehran -- Inside the Private Secretariat of Her Imperial Majesty -- Trouble in Paradise -- The Plot Thickens -- Free at Last...
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Publisher
Milano, Italy : Skira editore S.p.A., 2020.
Edition
First edition.
Date Published
2020.
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Summary
In the 1970s, American curator Donna Stein served as an art advisor to Empress Farah Diba Pahlavi, the Shahbanu of Iran. Together, Stein and Pahlavi generated an art market in Iran, as Stein encouraged Pahlavi's patronage of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art. Today, the contemporary section of the Iranian National Collection--most of which cont...
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The Empress and I : how an ancient empire collected, rejected, and rediscovered modern art / Donna Stein.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2020
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G 2021/1775
Record Identifier
74VKaazpLVaZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaazpLVaZ
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ISBN
8857244342
9788857244341
DDC
709.0400745525
MMS ID
991024420920102626
