Lot 79: Untitled

Behjat Sadr (Iranian, 1924-2009) Untitled oil and silver paint on paper laid down on hardboard 20½ x 29 5/8in. (52.5 x 75.5cm.) Painted circa 1970s

52.5 x 75.5cm.

circa 1970

Private Collection, Tehran (a gift from the artist). Private Collection, Tehran. Acquired from the above by the present owner.

'I cannot keep quiet, and motion is something that exists in nature. Nature is colour, shape and motion, and I want my works to express these three elements. Shape as shape, colour as colour, and motion as motion. Not a tree whose branches would make a shape, and whose leaves would embody colours, and whose shapes and colours would be set in motion by the wind.' (The artist, an extract from "On Kinetic Works", circa 1967, published in M. Montazami & N. Sadeg, Behdjat Sadr Traces, Paris 2014, p. 82).