Composition no. 4

Details

Sonia Balassanian (Iranian/Armenian, b. 1942)
Composition no. 4
signed and dated 'Sonia 74' (lower right); signed, titled and dated 'Sonia Balassanian 1974 Comp #4' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
76½ x 49½in. (194.3 x 125.7cm.)
Painted in 1974

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.

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Lot Essay

Basic inspiration of my early abstract paintings were images of barren expanses of mystic land and landscape, impressed upon me during my childhood in Iran. Later my forms turned into repetitive gestures of writing, creating a modern visual abstract language of their own. They were illegible writings with latent eternal wisdom. Works of this period resemble breeze through the fields, or streaks of rain under glittering light. Endlessly repeating strokes of brush created abstract, rhythmic compositions.
(Sonia Balassanian, 2014).

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