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Charles-Hossein Zenderoudi

Le Coran Vol. 1-4 with Suite des Illustrations (The Qur'an Vol. 1-4 with Additional Illustrations)

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October 28, 03:37 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

Lot Details

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Charles Hossein Zenderoudi (b. 1937)


Le Coran Vol. 1-4 with Suite des Illustrations (The Qur'an Vol. 1-4 with Additional Illustrations)

two bound volumes with silkscreen printed illustrations, translation of the Qur'an, and essay material (1-2); a facsimile of the Ibn al-Bawwab Qur’an at the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, with commentary by D.S. Rice (3-4); and 71 single-page original silkscreen prints

18 prints signed Zenderoudi (each, lower left)

prints, each: 26.5 by 20.5 cm. 10 ⅜ by 8 ⅛ in.

bound volumes, each: 28.7 by 23.8 by 5.2 cm. 11 ⅜ by 9 ⅜ by 2 ⅛ in.

total bookstack: 28.7 by 23.8 by 22.6 cm. 11 ⅜ by 9 ⅜ by 8 ⅞ in.

Executed in 1972; this work is number 123 from a limited edition of of 1,250 on Pur fil des papeteries de Lana.

Private Collection, UK (acquired by the present owner in Paris in circa early 2000s)