Mahmood Sabzi
Gray Memories2009

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Artist or Maker: Mahmood Sabzi
Iran, Ahwaz, born 1951
Title: Gray Memories
Date Made: 2009
Medium: Mixed media
Dimensions: Mount: 37 1/2 x 28 7/8 in. (95.25 x 73.34 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Anousheh and Ali Razi
Accession Number: M.2011.121
Classification: Collages
Collecting Area: Art of the Middle East: Contemporary
Curatorial Notes: Greater Los Angeles is home to the largest population of Iranians outside of Iran. Among the smaller group that collects art, Mahmood Sabzi has been the Iranian-American artist of choice. This work with its traditional Persian gold-illuminated borders surrounding charred gray squares, reflects the artist's mixed memories of Iran, which he left in the early 1980s, following combat service in the Iran-Iraq war. Sabzi's best works to date are his more personal pieces such as this.
Copyright: © Mahmood Sabzi

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Mahmood Sabzi
Iran, Ahwaz, born 1951
Title: Gray Memories
Date Made: 2009
Medium: Mixed media
Dimensions: Mount: 37 1/2 x 28 7/8 in. (95.25 x 73.34 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Anousheh and Ali Razi
Accession Number: M.2011.121
Classification: Collages
Collecting Area: Art of the Middle East: Contemporary
Curatorial Notes: Greater Los Angeles is home to the largest population of Iranians outside of Iran. Among the smaller group that collects art, Mahmood Sabzi has been the Iranian-American artist of choice. This work with its traditional Persian gold-illuminated borders surrounding charred gray squares, reflects the artist's mixed memories of Iran, which he left in the early 1980s, following combat service in the Iran-Iraq war. Sabzi's best works to date are his more personal pieces such as this.