Lot 269: Kamran Diba , Iranian B. 1937 The First Empire ( Land of Persia) oil on canvas

signed and dated 07 oil on canvas

measurements note 80 by 97cm.; 31 1/2 by 38 1/8 in.

'When I came to see a map of the Persian empire 490 B.C., I was simply stunned by the extent of it and wanted to give some physicality to this blurred and forgotten abstract notions which has completely seized to exist in today's consciousness, although the empire lasted for over two centuries.'
Kamran Diba, 2008