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Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian

1924 – 2019

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Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (Persian: منیر شاهرودی فرمانفرمائیان; 13 January 1922 – 20 April 2019) was an Iranian artist and a collector of traditional folk art. She is noted for having been one of the most prominent Iranian artists of the contemporary period, and she was the first artist to achieve an artistic practice that weds the geometric patterns and cut-glass mosaic techniques (Āina-kāri) of her Iranian heritage with the rhythms of modern Western geometric abstraction.

In 2017, the Monir Museum in Tehran was opened in her honour.

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  • Untitled

    Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
    1976
  • Something Old Something New

    Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
    1974
    On display at part of In the Studio
  • Pentagon

    Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
    2008

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