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Jazeh Tabatabai (Iran, 1931-2008) Standing Figure image 1
Jazeh Tabatabai (Iran, 1931-2008) Standing Figure image 2
The Varzi Collection of Modern Iranian Art
Lot 73*

Jazeh Tabatabai
(Iran, 1931-2008)
Standing Figure

13 November 2024, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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Jazeh Tabatabai (Iran, 1931-2008)

Standing Figure
welded scrap metal
executed in circa 1980s
60 x 22cm (23 5/8 x 8 11/16in).

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Provenance:
Property from the Varzi Family Collection, Spain

Jazeh Tabatabai, the Iranian avant-garde painter, poet and sculptor, was one of the pioneers of modern art in Iran. Jazeh's first medium of self-expression was the written word: he published his first book at the age of twelve. Believing that different ideas demand different media, Jazeh explained, "For some I need colour, for some I need three-dimensional sculpture, for some movement, and for some words. I have sought rather to enlarge my capacity for expression through mastering a wide-range of techniques."

Working in metal, Jazeh's playful sculptures posess an artistic sensibility, dancing in the junkyards of modern technology. Jazeh assembled these astonishing sculptures from metal gaskets, cylinder valves, coils, crankshafts and spring's gearboxes and a range of scrap parts. Bolted, welded and screwed together into various amalgamations, they appear to have been spontaneously born in some mysterious industrial womb.

Movement is a central factor in the character of all the sculptures. The works are built in such a way that their component parts can be moved. The artist's wish was for the viewer to participate by changing the sculptures and setting them in motion for themselves.

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