Reza Mafi

Lot 105: Untitled

Name: Untitled
Brand: Christie's
SKU: mwdz3ujkkc

Est: $60,000 USD - $80,000 USDSold:

Christie'sDubai, United Arab EmiratesApril 30, 2008

Item Overview

Description

Reza Mafi (Iranian, 1943-1982)
Untitled
singed and dated in Farsi (lower centre)
oil on canvas
51 1/8 x 78¾in. (130 x 200cm.)
Painted in 1978

Artist or Maker

Reza Mafi

Notes

Reza Mafi, like his close contemporary Mohammed Ehsai, was a classically trained calligrapher, who came to large-scale oil painting as a means of abstract expression using calligraphic forms. As with Ehsai, this he did in parallel to his classical calligraphic compositions.

Auction Details

International Modern and Contemporary Art

Christie's

April 30, 2008, 12:00 PM EST

Emaar Business Park, Sheikh Zayed Road Building 2, 1st Floor, Office 7, PO Box 48800, Dubai, AE

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