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Parviz Tanavoli
Lions of Iran2015

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Screen print of a stylized four-legged animal in profile, body covered in multicolored dots, with a square brown face, blue chest panel, and bold black outlines
Screenprint of a stylized four-legged animal in profile, outlined in green, with a body filled by a grid of small black dashes. The head features bold blue, teal, and purple geometric forms with an open mouth showing teeth and a red tongue. A concentric rainbow arc rises from the animal's back. Edition notation visible at lower left.
Screenprint of a stylized four-legged animal in blue and brown, with an open mouth holding a bone and knife, set against a yellow rectangle scattered with red and blue dots, rendered in flat bold colors with black outlines.
Screenprint of a stylized four-legged animal in profile, composed of geometric sections filled with multicolored diagonal stripes and a yellow grid pattern, outlined in dark brown on a white background.
Artist or Maker
Parviz Tanavoli
Iran, born 1937, active Canada and Iran
Title
Lions of Iran
Date Made
2015
Medium
Screenprints
Dimensions
19 11/16 × 27 9/16 in. (50 × 70 cm) each
Credit Line
Gift of Hope Warschaw through the 2018 Collectors Committee
Accession Number
M.2018.117.2a-d
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Contemporary
Copyright
© Parviz Tanavoli

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