The Popli Khalatbari Charitable Foundation

The Popli Khalatbari Charitable Foundation
16th Annual Fundraising Event
AUCTION CATALOGUE
LOT 1
COMMEMORATIVE PLATE
This fine bone china plate, designed by Harold Holdway, Spode’s Art Director,
depicts the Coat of Arms of the Pahlavi Dynasty. The border is decorated in turquoise
and 22 carat gold. The reverse of the plate bears an inscription in English and Persian.
This plate was produced in 1971 in limited edition to commemorate
2,500 years of Persian Monarchy.
The Imperial Plate of Persia
by Spode
Comes with case and Certificate of Authenticity
Medium: Fine English Bone China
Dimensions: 10.5 inches (27cm)
Guide Price: £350
Donated by: Mr & Mrs Alan Diston
LOT 2
MOHAMMAD RAHIMI
Rahimi was Born in 1980 in Tehran, Iran. Mohammad was chosen as one of fourteen
of Iran’s most notable painters in 2007 and travelled to Washington D.C. to display
his art in the Meridian Exhibition hosted by then Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
in an effort to use artistic and cultural exchanges to foster better relations with Iran.
Mohammad’s achievements and accolades are impressive and include
solo & group exhibitions in Iran and abroad.
Dance of Jahels
Year: 2013
Medium: Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Dimensions: 60 x 80cm
Guide Price: £750 - £1,000
Donated by: Etemad Gallery, Tehran
www.rahimiworks.com
LOT 3
KERMAN TAPESTRY
Antique Hand-woven Tapestry from Kerman
Naturally-dyed Handwoven Vintage Kerman tapestry
Period: Early 1900’s
Dimensions: 158 x 118cm
Guide Price: £1,200 – £1,500
Donated by: Mr & Mrs Asghar Montakhab
LOT 4
HERIZ CARPET
Hand-woven, pure lambs wool carpet, 100% vegetable dye made in the
village of Heriz under the supervision of Mr Hamid Davati Kazemnia.
Nooray - Heriz Carpet
Dimensions: 192 x 249cm
Guide Price: £1,500 - £2,000
Donated by: Mr Hamid Kazemnia
LOT 5
SHAHRZAD GHAFFARI
Ghaffari was born in 1972 into a family that nurtured the renowned Iranian painters
Sani-ol-Molk Ghaffari and Kamal-ol-Molk Ghaffari. Shahrzad continues a tradition
that spans more than 150 years. Shahrzad became serious about painting at the young
age of 12. After training under several masters in Tehran, she studied graphic design at
Azad University. Since then she has displayed her work at a growing number of group
and solo exhibitions. Her works have been acquired by collectors in the Middle East,
Europe and the US. She currently lives between Iran and Canada.
Khak Shavam, Khak Shavam - Mowlana
Dyptique
Year: 2011
Medium: Mixed Media on Canvas
Dimensions: 70 x 70cm each
Guide Price: £2,000 - £3,000
Donated by: the artist
www.shahrzadghaffari.com
LOT 6
KUROSH GHAZIMORAD
Ghazimorad graduated in 1991 from the Society of Calligraphers, Tehran University
and in 1993 in Wood Industry & Paper-making from Tehran University. His work
characterises the tension between formal restriction and unfolding letter-pictures on
plain white paper or canvas that focus on the pure, graphic presence of writing.
He explicitly refers to the centuries-old Iranian tradition of calligraphy, but confronts
it with a modern, contemporary approach. In the past 12 years he has held
solo exhibitions in various cities in the US and Iran, and Group Exhibitions
in Belgium, France, UAE and Iran.
Untitled
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Dimensions: 100 x 100cm
Guide Price: £2,500 - £3,500
Donated by: the artist
www.ghazimorad.com
LOT 7
HOJAT AMANI
Amani has participated in numerous group exhibitions notably in Iran, Greece
and the Middle East, and his works have been acclaimed by such people as
Edward Lucie Smith. Amani is presently living and working in Lorestan, Iran.
In his work, Amani uses repetitive calligraphy forms to invite the viewer to see the
depth of Iranian mystical art, and create a space of flow and rhythm. He hopes to
introduce this mystical art to the west and share an art that is intertwined with the
history, literature and wisdom of his culture.
“BESM” Bird Calligraphy (set of 2)
Medium: Professional Ink on Handmade Paper
Dimensions: 49 x 69cm each
Guide Price: £1,500 - £2,000
Donated by: the artist
Contact: hojatamani@gmail.com
LOT 8
HOJAT AMANI
“BESM” Bird Calligraphy (set of 2)
Medium: Professional Ink on Handmade Paper
Dimensions: 34 x 49cm each
Guide Price: £1,000 - £1,500
Donated by: Mr & Mrs Kayvan Larizadeh
Contact: hojatamani@gmail.com
LOT 9
MEHRDAD SHOGHI
Shoghi received classical training in Persian Calligraphy, painting and graphic design
in Iran. Having exhibited in Europe, North American and the Middle East,
Shoghi has also received several private and public commissions, from calligraphic
murals in the Tehran Metro to architectural tile work for Oman’s Sultan Qaboos’s Palace.
Untitled
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Dimensions: 60 x 150cm
Guide Price: £2,000 - £2,500
Donated by: the artist
www.mehrdadshoghi.com
LOT 10
MIR MOLA SORAYA
Born in Ramsar, Iran in 1978
2009: BA in Handicraft at Miras University, Tehran, Iran
2002: Hand Woven Carpet Making at Azad University, Esfahan, Iran
1999: Iranian Traditional Art at Soureh University, Tehran, Iran
1996: Diploma at Wood Arts School, Shahsavar, Iran
Shokr Tora Guyam
Medium: Hand Woven Wool Gilim/Farsh
Dimensions: 170 x 240cm
Guide Price: £3,000 - £4,000
Donated by: anonymous
www.mirmola.com
LOT 11
ALI REZA MOHEBI
Mohebi was born in 1976 in Qazvin, where he studied under Master Abolhassan
Mohasses and, later, other calligraphers. Having specialised in cursive nastaliq, his works also include kufi and naskh styles.
Since 1996 Mohebi has won 35 international prizes.
Untitled 1
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Dimensions: 100 x 150cm
Guide Price: £2,500 - £3,500
Donated by: Mr & Mrs Mahdad Razavi
LOT 12
ALI REZA MOHEBI
Untitled 2
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Dimensions: 100 x 150cm
Guide Price: £2,500 - £3,500
Donated by: the artist
LOT 13
SHOKOUFEH MALEKKIANI
Shokoufeh Malekkiani is an artist, lawyer, philanthropist and humanitarian activist.
Her work was chosen to be included in the gift bags at the 83rd Annual Academy
Awards (2011), and has been donated to the United Nations World Food Programme.
Movement, life and hope make up her photos, contributing to the unsaid words that
make us one with the universe. Shokoufeh has received several international awards for
her work and has served as the Honorable Artistic Consultant of the United Nations
World Food Programme since 2009. She is the manager and curator of the annual
Visual Arts Exhibition of the United Nations World Food Programme in Iran.
Magic of Words
Edition of 4 signed and dated 2012
Medium: Photography & Persian Calligraphy on Canvas
Dimensions: 100 x 70cm
Guide Price: £1,500 - £2,000
Donated by: the artist
www.shokoufehmalekkiani.com
LOT 14
Hossein IRANDOOST MOGHADDAM
Born in Tehran in 1979, Irandoost has a BA in Fine Arts from Azad University, Tehran.
His paintings have been exhibited in galleries and cultural centres around the world
notably at the Metropolitan Museum of New York and the British Museum in London.
Spiritual Dance
Medium: Mixed Media on Canvas
Dimensions: 100 x 100cm
Guide Price: £2,500 - £3,500
Donated by: the artist & Mr Mehrdad Mahoutforoush
LOT 15
Mohsen DAIE NABI
Daie Nabi was born in Tehran in 1973 and has a degree in graphics. He is a
distinguished calligrapher and holds a high rank within the Association of
Iranian Calligraphers. He has held major collective and solo exhibitions across
the past two decades. A collection of his works entitled “Third Line”
is due for publication.
Zen Calligraphy – Samma Series (set of 2)
Medium: Ink and Gilding on Cardboard
Dimensions: 49 x 49cm each
Guide Price: £2,000 - £2,500
Donated by: Mrs Yassaman Kashanipour
www.designabi.com
LOT 16
Paridokht MOSHKZAD
Moshkzad was born in Tehran and graduated with a BA in Art from Shaheed University
and MA in Art Studies from Tehran University. She is a member of Iran Sculpturers
Association and was a University Art Tutor from 2003-2012.
She has participated in Various Group and Solo Exhibitions since 2005.
Anar
with inscription from Rumi:
My heart is lost to a sensational (flirtatious) fiend
A false promise and a stained fatal state
Devoted to the inviting robe of the beautiful
A thousand robes of piety and deceit
Year: 2012
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 15 x 17 x 25cm
Guide Price: £1,000 - £2,000 Donated by: the artist
Contact: moshkzad@yahoo.com
LOT 17
Shamsedin GHAZI
Ghazi was Born in 1983 in Shiraz and studied at Sooreh University.
His work has been influenced by Persian myths, national, and religious themes as well
as ancient Persian literature, updating this into Contemporary Art.
From his series we can name The Last Lions of Persia, The Conference of the Birds,
The Cockerels and the Hunt.
Rooster
Medium: Mixed Media on Cardboard
Dimensions: 100 x 70cm
Guide Price: £1,000 - £1,500
Donated by: Mrs Mina Larizadeh
www.shamsedinghazi.com
LOT 18
Parviz TANAVOLI
Born in 1937 in Tehran, Parviz Tanavoli is one of Iran’s most renowned and
successful artists. Parviz has exhibited in numerous museums and art galleries around
the world and his works feature in numerous public and private collections.
Love The Birds
Limited edition of 80
Year: 2013
Medium: Digital Print on Paper
Dimensions: 89 x 76cm
Guide Price: £1,000 - £1,500
Donated by: the artist
LOT 19
Mojtaba RAMZI
Ramzi was Born in 1988 in Iran.
His work has been shown in 2 solo and group exhibitions.
Deeply involved in New Art since 2010, he took part in the 2nd Festival of
Recycled Art of Qazvin, Iran, in 2011 with a series entitled The Blind Owl.
In 2013 he exhibited the Owl Gamler Series.
Ace of Spades - The Gambler Series
Edition AP2
Year: 2013
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 30 x 15 x 11cm
Guide Price: £2,000 - £3,000
Donated by: the artist
www.mojtabaramzi.com
LOT 20
Mojtaba RAMZI
Bibi Geshniz - Queen Of Clubs - The Gambler Series
Edition AP2
Year: 2013
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 20 x 15 x 11cm
Guide Price: £2,000 - £2,500
Donated by: the artist
www.mojtabaramzi.com
LOT 21
BABAK KAZEMI
Kazemi was born in 1983 and is a self-taught photographer living and working in
Tehran. He was born and grew up in the city of Ahvaz, a reccurring subject in his work. Ahvaz, just a few kilometres away from the first-discovered oil well in the Middle East,
was one of the cities greatly affected during the eight-year Iran/Iraq war,
which Kazemi witnessed during his early childhood. He uses oil both as a concept
and as a material, frequently soaking his photographic prints in oil.
Kazemi has shown his work both in Iran and internationally.
A Report For D’arcy
Edition 2/6
Year: 2002-2011
Medium: Photography
Dims: 30 x 45cm
Guide Price: £5,000
Donated by: the artist
www.babakkazemi.com
LOT 22
Shadi GHADIRIAN
After finishing college, Ghadirian was inspired to make work reflecting what she saw
as the duality and contradiction of life. Her Qajar Series (1998-2001) consists of small
studio portraits of women dressed in the nineteenth-century Qajar style. Many of the
women photographed are Ghadirian’s friends and family. The backgrounds of these
portraits resemble those found in photographic studios of that period.
Qajar Series
Edition 6/15
Year: 1998
Medium: Digital Print
Dims: 28 x 42cm
Guide Price: £3,500
Donated by: the artist
www.shadighadirian.com
LOT 23
PARVIZ TANAVOLI
Composed of three Farsi characters, the single word heech literally translates to
“nothing”. This term haunts the modern man and reflects feelings of unworthiness, of
frustration and of powerlessness that permeate so much of the writing of contemporary
literature. In the West, existentialist convention prods us to read “nothingness” as
a synonym for despair; but the heech in Tanavoli’s work is more synonymous with
creativity itself: it is the void filled by the artist’s imagination, the “nothing” that through
his shaping hand becomes “something”. Mysticism enhances Tanavoli’s fascination with
the heech, but, as he himself acknowledges, he was also drawn to its calligraphic shape
because of its resemblance to the human body.
Heech
Edition of 19/50
Year: Signed and dated 1973
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 12.5cm
Guide Price: £4,000 - £5,000
Donated by: Mr & Mrs Paul Sanford
LOT 24
Mohammad EHSAI
Master calligrapher Mohamed Ehsai was born in Qazvin, Iran in 1939. Ehsai presides
over several art institutions and teaches calligraphy at several universities.
He approaches his calligraphy from a religious background. Zekr Allah is a visual
interpretation of the unceasing recitation of the name Allah and the Qur’anic verse:
‘There is no God but Allah’, which is at the foundation of spirituality in the Islamic faith.
The unceasing recitation of the name of Allah is a sacred concept, which links Man
with the Source of Creation. Ehsai’s works have been shown at prestigious museums
such as the Leningrad Hermitage Museum, the British Museum, MOMA in New York,
the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art.
Zekr Allah Series
(set of 4 panels individually signed)
Year: 2011
Medium: Mixed Media on Cardboard
Dimensions: 30 x 30cm
Guide Price: £7,000 - £9,000
Donated by: the artist
LOT 25
HOLIDAY AT
CASBAH TAMADOT
Atlas Mountains near Marrakesh, Morocco
3 Nights stay for 2 inc. breakfast
Date: Subject to availability, does not include peak periods
(Easter, Christmas and New Year)
Donated by: Virgin Limited Edition
LOT 26
Royal Albert Hall Box for 8
including Hospitality
MADAM BUTTERFLY
Saturday 7th March 2015 – 7:30pm
The Royal Albert Hall will once again be turned into an enchanting
Japanese water garden for the return of the spectacular in-the-round
production of Puccini’s Madam Butterfly.
Donated by: anonymous
LOT 27
Handmade Quilt
by Ehteram from MALAEK CENTRE FOR DISABLED GIRLS
Hand Made Quilt
Dated: 2012-2014
Dimensions: 200 x 180cm
Guide Price: Your generosity will be appreciated
Donated by: Fabric donated by Mrs Parvaneh Lari
Quilting Taught by: Mrs Mina Lari Westberg
Committee Members
Laila Ahsan
Vida Amini
Heli Ben-Brahim
Pria Chatterjee
Shirin Fateh
Shirin Golestaneh
Yassi Jahanshahi
Zahra Karbassi
Diana Khalatbari
Zahra Khatib-Chahidi
Mahnaz Larizadeh
Mina Larizadeh
Nargess Molavi
Homa Noshirvani
Sabine Sarikhani
Fereshteh Sherkat
Leila Vishkai
Mina Lari-Westberg
Nazanin Yazdanpanah, Chair
Trustees
Heli Ben-Brahim
Ivan Donn
Diana Khalatbari, CEO
Mahnaz Larizadeh, Chair
Mort Mirghavameddin
Eskandar Nabavi
Jonathan Sykes
Reza Vishkai
Administration Officer
Shohreh Ghayour
Popli Khalatbari Charitable Foundation
Southcombe Business Centre
11-12 Southcombe Street
London W14 0RA
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7348 3448
Email: info@pkcf.com
Website: www.pkcf.com