Lot 109: Artist's Family

Khosrow Hassanzadeh (Iranian, b. 1963)
Artist's Family
signed and dated in Farsi (lower left)
acrylic with gold paint on with collage of printed fabric and wood on brown packing paper
72¼ x 57 7/8in. (184 x 147cm.)
Excecuted in 1994

London, Diaorama Arts Centre, Life, War & Art, the Paintings of Khosrow Hassan Zadeh, June-July 1999

FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, LONDON AND UAE

An early work by Khosrow Hassanzadeh, this depicts members of the artist's family as victims in of the destructive Iran-Iraq War.
This work was exhibited at Hassanzadeh's first exhibition outside Iran, which was sponsored by the World Bank. Held at the Diaorama Arts Centre in London, and entitled Life, War & Art, the Paintings of Khosrow Hassan Zadeh,it was curated by Rose Issa, and part of the largest Iranian Film Season program of events. This was the largest ever Iranian film season at the National Film Theatre in London (Life & Art: The New Iranian Cinema)