{"product_id":"neshat-shirin-unveiling-from-women-of-allah-1993-printed-2015","title":"Neshat Shirin -  Unveiling (from Women of Allah) 1993 — printed 2015","description":"\u003ch2 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"43\"\u003eUnveiling (from Women of Allah) 1993 — printed 2015\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"43\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"11\"\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Shirin Neshat (b. 1957, Iran)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"79\" data-end=\"210\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"79\" data-end=\"93\"\u003eTechnique:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e Ink on gelatin silver print, flush-mounted\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"212\" data-end=\"240\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"212\" data-end=\"233\"\u003eDate of creation:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e1993 — printed 2015\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"242\" data-end=\"272\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"242\" data-end=\"257\"\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e149.6 × 100.3 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"274\" data-end=\"387\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"274\" data-end=\"301\"\u003eEdition \/ Authenticity:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e10 + 2 Artist's Proofs, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSigned, titled, dated 1993\/2015 and numbered in ink on a label on the reverse\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"389\" data-end=\"806\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"389\" data-end=\"405\"\u003eDescription:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnveiling\u003c\/em\u003e (1993\/2015) is one of the foundational works of Shirin Neshat's \u003cem\u003eWomen of Allah\u003c\/em\u003e series — the body of photographs that established her as one of the most important artists working in the intersection of photography, identity, politics, and gender at the close of the twentieth century. A woman's face looks directly at the viewer from within a black chador, her gaze level, steady, and entirely unyielding. Across the chador and across her face, dense lines of Farsi calligraphy — poetry by Iranian women writers — flow in white ink, covering the image like a second skin or a veil within the veil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe work operates with extraordinary precision on multiple registers simultaneously. The veil, here, is not absence but presence — not erasure but inscription, the text a form of identity rather than its suppression. The poetry written across the fabric and skin conflates body, language, and garment into a single surface, suggesting that the woman is not hidden beneath the text but constituted by it, that subjectivity is written as much as lived. The direct gaze — unmediated, unsmiling, confrontational — refuses the passivity the Western viewer might bring to the image of a veiled woman, replacing it with something that demands to be met on its own terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eWomen of Allah\u003c\/em\u003e series was produced between 1993 and 1997, in the years following Neshat's return to Iran after more than a decade in the United States. The works were first exhibited in 1993 and immediately recognised as a landmark statement — not about Islam or Iran specifically, but about the relationship between the female body, political power, language, and representation in any culture that inscribes its values on women's appearance. Neshat's work is held in the permanent collections of MoMA, the Guggenheim, the Whitney, the Tate, and the Pompidou.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThis impression — numbered 1\/10, the first of an edition of just 10 plus 2 artist's proofs — is a large-format gelatin silver print with hand-applied ink, flush-mounted, signed, titled, and dated on a label on the reverse. At 149.6 × 100.3 cm, the work is monumental in scale, the face life-size or larger, the confrontation between image and viewer fully physical\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 caIGcn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 Text-sc-18gcpao-0  cxWOSI\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong data-end=\"1248\" data-start=\"1224\"\u003eShipping \u0026amp; Delivery:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"1251\" data-start=\"1248\"\u003e✔ Worldwide shipping from France\u003cbr data-end=\"1286\" data-start=\"1283\"\u003e✔ Professional packaging with insurance\u003cbr data-end=\"1328\" data-start=\"1325\"\u003e✔ Tracking number included for secure delivery\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"S1PPyQ\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/lynartstore.com\/collections\/collection-shirin-neshat-photographie-contemporaine-identite-feminine-et-culture-iranienne\" title=\"Collection Neshat Shirin\"\u003e➡️ \u003c\/a\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/lynartstore.com\/collections\/collection-shirin-neshat-photographie-contemporaine-identite-feminine-et-culture-iranienne\" title=\"Collection Neshat Shirin\"\u003eView all available works by Neshat Shirin \u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"1016\" data-start=\"1013\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"Contact\" href=\"https:\/\/lynartstore.com\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003e➡️ C\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003ca title=\"Contact\" href=\"https:\/\/lynartstore.com\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eontact us for any inquiries\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-end=\"462\" data-start=\"451\"\u003eFAQ \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs this an original Shirin Neshat work?\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes — an original gelatin silver print with hand-applied ink, flush-mounted, signed, titled, and dated on a label on the reverse, from an edition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofs. This example is numbered 1\/10.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is the Women of Allah series?\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eWomen of Allah\u003c\/em\u003e (1993–1997) is Shirin Neshat's landmark series of large-format photographs in which the female body, the veil, and Farsi poetry are combined to interrogate the relationship between gender, religion, political power, and representation. It is widely regarded as one of the most important bodies of photographic work produced in the 1990s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is the Farsi text on the image?\u003c\/strong\u003e The calligraphy is poetry by Iranian women writers, hand-applied by Neshat in ink over the gelatin silver print — making each impression a unique handmade object within the edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is the edition size?\u003c\/strong\u003e 10 impressions plus 2 artist's proofs — an exceptionally small edition for a work of this scale and historical significance. This example is numbered 1\/10.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat does \"flush-mounted\" mean?\u003c\/strong\u003e Flush-mounting is a presentation technique in which the print is adhered directly to a rigid support with no overlap, creating a seamless, flat surface. It is the standard museum presentation for large-format photographs of this type.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDo you ship internationally?\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes — worldwide, with specialist packaging suited to large-format flush-mounted works, full insurance, and shipment tracking. Please contact us to discuss logistics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shirin Neshat","offers":[{"title":"149.6 × 100.3 cm","offer_id":54279522484570,"sku":null,"price":50000.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0243\/8699\/4210\/files\/neshat_256a207d-5229-43b6-8272-4bd14a5929df.png?v=1781038695","url":"https:\/\/lynartstore.com\/fr\/products\/neshat-shirin-unveiling-from-women-of-allah-1993-printed-2015","provider":"LYNART STORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}