Series of photographs showing mural art during the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88), including caricatures of Saddam Hussein, Mitterand and American symbols, taken in Tehran in 1984-85.
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Description
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Series of nineteen photographs taken by Edith Maubec in Tehran in 1985 (with two from 1984), showing mural art on the subject of the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88), including caricatures of Saddam Hussein, President Mitterand and the United States of America (symbolised by the Statue of Liberty as a skeleton and the figure of Uncle Sam), portraying Saddam Hussein as duplicitous, weak and reliant on the support of western powers.
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Creator
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Date
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1985
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Subject
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Spatial Coverage
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Identifier
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EUL MS 483
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Format
- Resource class
- Still Image
