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Lot 36 Bahman Mohassess
1992
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Auction date: 26 Oct 2021
About the Lot
Property from the Bahman Mohassess Estate and the Bruni Family Collection, United States of America / Italy signed and dated Mohassess '92
Condition Report
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Provenance
Collection of the ArtistBahman Mohassess Estate and the Bruni Family Collection, United States of America / Italy
Bibliography
Bahman Mohassess, Enrico Crispolti, A.V. Serov, Eds., Bahman Mohassess, Rome 2007, p. 143, illustrated
The catalogue note
Lady with Flowers is the portrait of an old homeless woman who used to collect flowers from the cemetery and sell them at Piazza Navona, near Mohassess’ residence in Rome. On seeing him she would always offer him a rose, he would always accept and in turn pay for the offering. When the woman ceased to occupy her habitual spot on the sidewalk, Mohasses, fearing that she had passed away, painted this large canvas to preserve her memory.
