Details
NASSER ASSAR (IRANIAN, 1928-2011)
L’Oiseau Persan
signed and dated ‘NASSER ASSER /58’ (lower right); signed, titled and inscribed ‘NASSER ASSAR “l’oiseau Persan” 11, Sq. Henry Paté 16e’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
3618 x 2512in. (91.9 x 64.7cm.)
Painted in 1958
Provenance
The Artist’s family collection.
Anon. sale, Bonhams London, 18 April 2018, lot 64AR.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
A. S. S. Shaikh, ‘Everything You Need To Know About Fondation Behnam-Bakhtiar', in Harper's Bazaar Art Arabia, 24 April 2019 (illustrated in colour, accessed online).
Exhibited
Monaco, Maria Behnam-Bakhtiar, A Voyage Through Time, 2022.
Special notice
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