Lot 118: Parvineh Etemadi (Iranian, b. 1947)

Parvineh Etemadi (Iranian, b. 1947)
Still Life
gloss paint on cement on panel
27½ x 27½in. (70 x 70cm.)
Executed in 1978

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Parvineh Etemadi's paintings of the late 1960s and 1970s were executed on a rough cement base. Mainly still lifes, they employed a minimum of lines and colour. Whilst formally they draw inspiration from Japanese woodcuts, their subjects- plants, bottles, pots, and the occasional recognizable detritus from the twentieth century.