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Lot 31*,AR

Charles Hossein Zenderoudi
(Iran, born 1937)
Purple Pearl

24 October 2018, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £75,000 inc. premium

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Charles Hossein Zenderoudi (Iran, born 1937)

Purple Pearl
acrylic and iridescent paint on canvas
signed "Zenderoudi Charles-Hossein" and dated "2006" (lower right) and further inscribed "Charles Hossein Zenderoudi Purple Pearl 2006" on the verso, executed in 2006
152 x 150cm (59 13/16 x 59 1/16in).

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Provenance:
Property from a private collection, Dubai
Dubai, International Modern and Contemporary Art, Christie's, 30 April 2008, lot 61

This work is sold with a photo certificate from the archive Charles-Hossein Zenderoudi

"To create a painting, I begin with the preliminary study, which consists of sketches on paper, followed immediately by the painting of letters and colouring on canvas... I am thus able to immediately express my spontaneous feelings on canvas. Sometimes I leave a canvas to work on another, this is like improvisation in music, for I treasure freedom more than anything else. I couldn't be what I am if I didn't have freedom to express my lyricism. I don't believe in teaching painting, since I do not believe that technical training is required to make one a great painter. Painting can be done with any tool or any piece of equipment, I believe all schools of fine art, all over the world, should be shut down"
- Charles Hossein Zenderoudi, Midi Libre, No 9401, 9 April 1971

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