Shah of Iran (1919-1980). Vintage portrait signed, showing the Shah and Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari (1932-2001), Queen consort of Iran (1951-58), the second wife of the Shah. [Bonn, Germany. 316 x 280 mm.
2.500 €
(33383/BN28481)
A large, signed vintage colour photograph of the Shah and his consort standing in full length poses on either side of German President Theodor Heuss during a state visit to Germany in early 1955. - Signed by the Shah ("M. R. Pahlavi") and his wife ("Soraya Pahlavi"), each with their name alone in dark fountain pen ink to a light area at the base of the image. Double matted in white and brown with a raised silver coloured border to an overall size of 605 x 570 mm. The photograph is uniformly faded, although the signatures remain bold. Label of the Bonn-based photographer Alfred Hennig on the reverse.