Lot 48B: PARVIZ TANAVOLI (IRAN, BORN 1937) Lion and Sword II bijar weave si

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).

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