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PROPERTY FROM<br />
A PRIVATE COLLECTION, USA<br />
*35<br />
MONIR FARMANFARMAIAN<br />
(IRANIAN, B. 1924)<br />
The Sun Maiden<br />
signed and inscribed in Farsi, signed, dated and inscribed<br />
‘MONIR.F.F.74 TEHRAN’ (on the reverse)<br />
mirror mosaic, reverse-glass painting, embroidered fabric,<br />
sequins and plaster on board<br />
39Ω x 55¿in. (100.5 x 140.2cm.)<br />
Executed in 1974<br />
US$180,000-240,000<br />
AED660,000-870,000<br />
PROVENANCE:<br />
Jacques Kaplan/Mario Ravagnan Gallery, New York.<br />
Private Collection.<br />
A gift to the present owner’s mother in 1975, thence by descent.<br />
EXHIBITED:<br />
New York, Jacques Kaplan/Mario Ravagnan Gallery,<br />
Recent Works by Monir Farmanfarmaian, 1975.<br />
LITERATURE:<br />
R. Issa, Mosaics of Mirrors Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian,<br />
Tehran 2006 (illustrated in colour, titled The Sun Lady<br />
and incorrectly dated, p. 139).<br />
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