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• Auction House:
  Bonhams Australia
• Sale Name:
  The Sherman Collection | Prints & Multiples | Online Auction
• Sale Date:
  10 Mar 2023 ~ 2pm (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  6
• Lot Description:
  Shirin Neshat
  (Iranian, born 1957)
  Tooba, 2002, still from the series 'Tooba'
  toned silver gelatin print; edition: 3/5
  73.0 x 91.0cm (28 3/4 x 35 13/16in).
• Provenance:
  Gladstone Gallery, New York; The Gene & Brian Sherman Collection, Sydney
• Notes:
  Neshat's two-channel video installation Tooba is based on the Koran, in which Tooba, the sacred tree of paradise, offers shelter and sustenance to those in need. Neshat's video places a woman within a groove in the trunk of a large fig tree, symbolising its soul. They stand, alone, in a stone-walled garden set in a mountainous landscape. Men and women draw near and enter the enclosure, seeking refuge, as the Tooba-woman disappears into the Tooba-tree. Tooba is dedicated to Iranian writer Shahrnush Parsipur, whose novel Women without Men concerns five women sojourning in a garden, one of whom is transformed into a tree.
• Estimate:
  A$7,000 - 10,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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