Koorosh Angali

Persephone

Persepolis, watercolor 10" x 8" (25.4 x 20.32 cm.), 1989 (1990 cover).

The Handset, oil on canvas 16" x 12" (40.64 x 30.48 cm.). 1991-1992 cover.

Persephone, acrylic on canvas 16" x 12" (40.64 x 30.48 cm). 1993-1994 cover.

From 1990 to 1995 the Northern California Iranian Yellow Pages used illustrations rendered by Koorosh Angali for their covers. He called this part of his work "the Persephone Phase," humorously constructing a pun, combining the prefix "perse－" (part of Persepolis) and "phone." The combination ended up in sounding like the name of the Greek goddess of the underworld, Persephone, the daughter of Zeus and the harvest goddess Demeter.