Live Auction 8060Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art Part II
Afsoon (Iranian, B. 1971)
Lot 159 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 

Afsoon (Iranian, B. 1971)

The Shah and his Three Queens (from the Fairytale Icons series)

Closed24 October 2012

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USD 27,500

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Afsoon (Iranian, B. 1971)
The Shah and his Three Queens (from the Fairytale Icons series)
signed with artist's initial and numbered '6/8 A' (on the reverse of each panel)
printed photocollage on paper; in four parts
each: 16 1/8 x 22 7/8in. (41 x 58cm.);
overall: 64½ x 22 7/8in. (164 x 58cm.)
Executed in 2009, this work is number six from an edition of eight plus two artist's proofs

Leila Heller gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

Four panels portray the former Shah of Iran and his three consecutive wives: Fawzia, Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari and lastly Farah Diba. The figures are placed at the centre of the composition against intricate details of Iranian motifs. This work's historical significance responds to a bygone era revisited in a modern context possibly raising questions of political stability, time and power.