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Ardeshir Mohasses(Iran, 1938-2008)Meat Shortages 1338 (1959) - Towfiq Newspaper
24 November 2020, 15:00 GMT
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Ardeshir Mohasses (Iran, 1938-2008)
Meat Shortages 1338 (1959) - Towfiq Newspaper
ink on paper
signed and dated in three places, "Meat Shortgages, Towfiq Newspaper 1338", executed in 1959
9 x 45cm (3 9/16 x 17 11/16in).
ink on paper
signed and dated in three places, "Meat Shortgages, Towfiq Newspaper 1338", executed in 1959
9 x 45cm (3 9/16 x 17 11/16in).
Footnotes
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist during his lifetime,
Thence by descent to a private family collection, New York
ONE OF THE EARLIEST KNOWN DRAWINGS BY ARDESHIR MOHASSES
While studying at Tehran University, one of Mohassess classmates encouraged him to submit his work to Towfiq, a widely-read satirical journal. For the next eight years, he continued to produce work to the journal, and adopted the house style which involved pictorial commentaries on Iranian daily life and satirical editorials on political figures
























