Reza Mafi, was a classically trained calligrapher

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Reza Mafi (Iranian, 1943-1982) Untitled singed and dated in Farsi (lower centre) oil on canvas 51 1/8 x 78¾in. (130 x 200cm.) Painted in 1978
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Reza Mafi, like his close contemporary Mohammed Ehsai, was a classically trained calligrapher, who came to large-scale oil painting as a means of abstract expression using calligraphic forms. As with Ehsai, this he did in parallel to his classical calligraphic compositions.
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SALE 7665 , 30 April 2008 INTERNATIONAL MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART
Keywords - 1970s - Paintings - Iranian - Modern - calligraphy -

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