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Lot Essay
Sohrab Sepehri's series of abstract paintings is among his most distinctive series and comprises only around ten to twelve pieces, mostly kept at public institutions, including the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, The Fine Arts Museum at the Saad Abad Complex, the former Private Secretariat of Queen Farah (presently Niavaran Cultural Center) and the former Private Television Network of Iran (presently Channel 2).
A shared characteristic of the works in this series is the harmony and cohesion of the oblique colour lines painted either next to or apart from one another, and set in a plane dark background, which create geometric and rational segments unseen in Sepehri's other paintings.
The thoughtful selection of angles and cohesion of lines in his abstract series eventually resulted in the creation of tree trunks of his well-known Trees series, inspired by a very rational yet abstract aura for recreating a very realistic tone well depicted in the close-up of tree trunks.
Almost all pieces of Sepehri's Abstract series are 97 x 130 centimetres; preferred dimensions that would have probably helped to put the artist's mind in order to better create similar yet diverse works of art.
Each piece of Sepehri's Abstract series includes five to eight colour lines, a restriction the artist imposes on himself perhaps as personal challenge. Sepehri's artistry in creating a bare, explicit and lucid tone is evident in his Abstract series and denotes a rational experience following his poetic period. This series represents a new approach to clearly defined forms and flat colour, and was an intellectual experience in organizing pictorial space, which led to the Trees period. A thoughtful, searching and perfectionist artist, Sepehri would experiment with various styles, yet maintained his line of thought and the essence of his own style.
A shared characteristic of the works in this series is the harmony and cohesion of the oblique colour lines painted either next to or apart from one another, and set in a plane dark background, which create geometric and rational segments unseen in Sepehri's other paintings.
The thoughtful selection of angles and cohesion of lines in his abstract series eventually resulted in the creation of tree trunks of his well-known Trees series, inspired by a very rational yet abstract aura for recreating a very realistic tone well depicted in the close-up of tree trunks.
Almost all pieces of Sepehri's Abstract series are 97 x 130 centimetres; preferred dimensions that would have probably helped to put the artist's mind in order to better create similar yet diverse works of art.
Each piece of Sepehri's Abstract series includes five to eight colour lines, a restriction the artist imposes on himself perhaps as personal challenge. Sepehri's artistry in creating a bare, explicit and lucid tone is evident in his Abstract series and denotes a rational experience following his poetic period. This series represents a new approach to clearly defined forms and flat colour, and was an intellectual experience in organizing pictorial space, which led to the Trees period. A thoughtful, searching and perfectionist artist, Sepehri would experiment with various styles, yet maintained his line of thought and the essence of his own style.