Lot 242: - Hossein Kazemi oil and gesso on board

signed and dated in Farsi 1354 (A.P./A.D.1975) oil and gesso on board

measurements note 95.5 by 95.5cm.; 37 5/8 by 37 5/8 in.

Exhibition Catalogue, Teheran, Teheran Museum of Contemporary Art, Three Pioneers of Iranian Modern Painting, 2001, pp. 54-55, illustrated in colour

Soraya Tavakolian Collection, Teheran (acquired directly from the artist)
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED IRANIAN GENTLEMAN
'The elements that I apply are all inspired from the mysteries of the Mithraism, from the principle of contraries to clash of light and darkness, or pomegranate, which is the holy secret of unity in plurality and plurality in unity, or the cypress tree-the secret to eternal life in contrast to soil/earth - the symbol of death and passing life, or cliff and flower and passing life, or cliff and flower and other such secrets...' Hossein Kazemi in conversation with London Kayhan Newspaper, 18 March 1993