356 - Sadegh Tirafkan, Iranian-Canadian 1965-2013;

Sadegh Tirafkan, Iranian-Canadian 1965-2013; Body Curves, 2002 signed 'S.Tiraean original' and dated '2002' (on the reverse), India ink on black and white print, executed in 2002, 50 x 60 cm (print size) Exhibited: New York, Sadegh Tiraean, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, 10 January - 14 February 2004 (another image from this series exhibited). Provenance: Private Collection, Texas. Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2007. Sadegh Tirafkan was an Iranian-Canadian contemporary artist who specialised in photography, video installation and stage art. Whilst he was educated at the University of Tehran in 1990, he was largely self-taught as he rejected the photographic mainstreams at time of his studies, resulting in radical work compared to that of his predecessors. He had a multitude of successful personal exhibitions including at the Sehoun Art Gallery in Tehran, the Massoud Nader Gallery in New York and, his final exhibition, at the Selma Feriani + Louise Alexander Gallery in London.