Lot 257: Ahmed Parvez, Pakistan 1926-1979- Untitled; mixed media on paper, signed and dat

Ahmed Parvez, Pakistan 1926-1979- Untitled; mixed media on paper, signed and dated '62, 37.3x32.4cm

mounted in a glazed cream painted wooden modern frame may or may not be stuck down as unexamined out of frame sheet is very slightly ruckled overall no other visible defects or damages in good original condition

By the Pakistani artist Ahmed Parvez, 1926-1979. Ahmed Parvez was a self taught artist and member of the Lahore Group. In 1955-64 Parvez moved to London and founded the Pakistan Group. In 1962 the artist was part of a two man exhibition with Alexander Calder at the Lincoln Gallery. He had over 30 international solo exhibitions including New Vision Gallery, Clement Stevens Gallery, the London Commonwealth Museum and the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. The Oxford Mail reported of Parvez's work 'it takes an extremely clear vision or strong personality to impose such an individual character on an abstract or near abstract design. Ben Nicholson, Ivon Hitchens, Jackson Pollock and R.J. Hitchcock are among the few that have it; so is Ahmed Parvez.' In 1978, Parvez received the President's Medal for Pride of Performance by the government of Pakistan; he died of a brain hemmorrage one year later.