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Lot 48B*

Parviz Tanavoli
(Iran, born 1937)
Lion and Sword II

26 April 2017, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £13,750 inc. premium

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Parviz Tanavoli (Iran, born 1937)

Lion and Sword II
bijar weave
signed and dated "Parviz 53" (lower right), executed in 1353 A.P (1975 A.D)
158 x 208cm (62 3/16 x 81 7/8in).

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Provenance:
Property from a private collection, UAE

"Before us, artists were proud to follow Picasso or Cezanne, but we were different, we had our own schools, our own art. I didn't want to follow the West, we wanted to be more Persian, so I used all the tools around me: locks, grills, etc. Gradually I created my own anatomy, the anatomy of an artist from an Islamic background"

- Parviz Tannavoli

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