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Heroin smokers in the Gumruch neighbourhood, Teheran

PERESS, Gilles

© DACS 2025/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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Details

Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 55111

Creation/Production

PERESS, Gilles
Date: 1979

Acquisition

Gift, 25/4/2017
Donated by David Hurn, 2017

Measurements

(): h(cm) image size:38.2
(): h(cm)
(): w(cm) image size:56.9
(): w(cm)
(): h(cm) paper size:50.8
(): w(cm) paper size:60.6

Techniques

gelatin silver print on paper

Material

pale grey laid paper

Location

In store
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  • Art And Design Movements
  • Communities And Society
  • Drug Use
  • Fine Art
  • Peress Gilles
  • Photograph
  • Street
  • Works On Paper

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