I Accuse...

Details

Bahmad Dadkhah (Iranian, b. 1941)
I Accuse...
incised with the artist's signature and number 'Dadkhah EA I' (on the left of the base)
bronze with black patina
13 3/8 x 6¼ x 6¼in. (34 x 16 x 16cm.)
Executed in 1997, this work is artist's proof one from an edition of eight plus two artist's proofs

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.

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Lot Essay

A renowned sculptor, painter and celebrated illustrator, the Iranian artist Bahman Dadkhah emigrated to Paris shortly after the revolution and soon developed a sensitivity towards the European tradition of figurative sculpture. His androgynous and thin figures simultaneously reveal strength and delicacy, boldness and fragility and with their contorted appearance, becoming an embodiment of his own psychological state of mind, associated with the social and political events of his homeland, Iran. Somehow reminiscent of Alberto Giacometti's post-1947 elongated sculptures, Bahman Dadkhah's works fuse many inspirations into a beautifully rendered, impactful and captivating work of art.

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