Charles-Hossein Zenderoudi (French, born in Iran 1937)

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.