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Parviz Tanavoli
Lion and Sword2008

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Horizontal screenprint with bold flat colors depicting a large stylized human-animal hybrid figure with an open-toothed mouth, dark body, and outstretched arms holding a spear and fish-like object, set against a sky-blue ground
Artist or Maker
Parviz Tanavoli
Iran, born 1937, active Canada and Iran
Title
Lion and Sword
Date Made
2008
Medium
Screenprint
Dimensions
27 9/16 × 39 3/8 in. (70 × 100 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Hope Warschaw through the 2018 Collectors Committee
Accession Number
M.2018.117.1
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Contemporary
Copyright
© Parviz Tanavoli

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