Shirin Neshat valuation
Iranian-born photographer and filmmaker based in New York, known for the Women of Allah series.
Shirin Neshat (born 1957) was born in Qazvin, Iran, left in 1975 to study art at the University of California, Berkeley, and completed her BA, MA and MFA there.
What a work by Shirin Neshat is worth
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Bio
Shirin Neshat (born 1957) was born in Qazvin, Iran, left in 1975 to study art at the University of California, Berkeley, and completed her BA, MA and MFA there. A return to Iran in 1990 led to her first major body of work, the Women of Allah series (1993–1997), portraits of women overlaid with Persian calligraphy. Her video installations of the late 1990s include Turbulent (1998) and Rapture (1999), and she won the International Award at the Venice Biennale in 1999. Her first feature film, Women Without Men, won the Silver Lion for best director at the Venice Film Festival in 2009. She lives in New York.
What comes to market is mostly photographs, many with calligraphy inscribed by hand in ink on the surface, made in numbered editions, along with some video works. A buyer will want to know the edition number, the size, the signature and the gallery of origin, and for video, what certificate and media files come with it. Photographs should be checked for fading, creases and scuffs, and inked surfaces for abrasion.
At a glance
- Born
- 26 March 1957, Qazvin
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