Not on display

Poster

ca. 1990 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Iran (made)

Poster, paper, printed with coloured inks. Portrait of a youth wearing a turban, identified in Arabic as the Prophet Muhammad. In the background is a cave with a spider's web covering the entrance. The scene is surrounded by a green border.

Object details

Category
Religion
Object type
Poster
Materials and techniques
Paper, laminated and printed with coloured inks
Paper
Printing Ink
Printed
Brief description
Poster, paper, laminated and printed with coloured inks, showing a youth in front of a cave, identified in Arabic as the Prophet Muhammad, Iran, ca. 1990.
Physical description
Poster, paper, printed with coloured inks. Portrait of a youth wearing a turban, identified in Arabic as the Prophet Muhammad. In the background is a cave with a spider's web covering the entrance. The scene is surrounded by a green border.
Dimensions
  • Length: 68cm
  • Width: 49cm
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
Translation
Muhammad the Prophet of God
Object history
This record contains a depiction of the Prophet Muhammad, which some may find offensive.
Bibliographic references
  • James W. Allan, The Art and Architecture of Twelver Shi`ism: Iraq, Iran and the Indian Sub-Continent (London: Azimuth, 2012) pp.116-117.
  • Pierre Centlivres and Micheline Centlivres-Demont, "Une etrange rencontre: la photographie orientaliste de Lehnert et Landrock et l'image iranienne du prophete Mahomet " Etudes photographiques 17 (November 2005) pp.4-15. Revised in English: "The Story of a Picture. Shi`ite Depictions of Muhammad", ISIM Review 17 (Spring 2006) pp.18-19.
  • Christiane J. Gruber, "Images of the Prophet Muhammad In and Out of Modernity: The Curious Case of a 2008 Mural in Tehran" in Christiane J. Gruber and Sune Haugbolle (eds.) Visual Culture in the Modern Middle East (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2013), pp.3-31.
Collection
Middle East Section
Accession number
ME.30-2011

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Record createdJune 22, 2011
Record URL
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