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Farhad Squeezing Lemon, 1975, woven rug
Farhad Squeezing Lemon, 1975, woven rug
Parviz Tanavoli
Farhad Squeezing Lemon, 1974
Screenprint on paper
Signed, dated and editioned 'Parviz 74' lower left
From an edition of 34
Signed, dated and editioned 'Parviz 74' lower left
From an edition of 34
70 x 49 cm
27 1/2 x 19 1/4 in
27 1/2 x 19 1/4 in
“This one is also a traditional subject. Farhad the mountain carver. It’s like the Romeo and Juliet of Iran. Here I have sat him on a chair squeezing a lemon....
“This one is also a traditional subject. Farhad the mountain carver. It’s like the Romeo and Juliet of Iran. Here I have sat him on a chair squeezing a lemon. Nothing else!”
Parviz Tanavoli, Tate Shots, 2015
Parviz Tanavoli, Tate Shots, 2015
Exhibitions
Litho Gallery, Tehran, 1974Zand Gallery, Tehran, 1978
Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London, Parviz Tanavoli, Poet in Love, 2011, illust. exh. cat. p.24, (another edition)
Tate Modern, London, The World Goes Pop, 17 September 2015 – 24 January 2016, No.119, illust. exh. cat. p.138, (another edition)The Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Massachusetts, USA, Parviz Tanavoli, 10 February – 7 June 2015, illust. exh. cat. p.135, (another edition)