SAAD

Details

Charles-Hossein Zenderoudi (French, born in Iran 1937)
SAAD
signed and dated 'Zenderoudi 81' (lower centre)
acrylic on canvas
45¼ x 64in. (115 x 162.5cm.)
Painted in 1981

Provenance

Private Collection, New York.
Private Collection, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Literature

Tehran, Museum of Contemporary Art, Pioneers of Iranian Modern Painting, 2001 (illustrated in colour, pp. 66-67).

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Stadler, Charles-Hossein Zenderoudi, 1981.

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Further details

This work is sold with a certificate of authenticity and will be included the forthcoming Charles-Hossein Zenderoudi Catalogue raisonné.

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Lot Essay

Painted in 1981, the present work is undeniably one of Charles-Hossein Zenderoudi's masterpieces. An extremely rich and elegant painting, SAAD offers an exquisite expression of colours, unconventional and fresh. The elongated shapes of the letters, some rotated in a way to become undecipherable, occupy the entire canvas, but seem to be willing to expand outside of the surface plane. A comparable work to Charles-Hossein Zenderoudi's Tchaar-Bagh, one of his most important masterpieces that was sold at Christie's in 2008 and has been ever since the world record for the artist at auction, the present work is equally iconic and is unquestionably a museum-quality piece.

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