Parviz Tanavoli
Nightingale with Lock, 1974
Screenprint on paper
50.4 x 70 cm
19 7/8 x 27 1/2 in
19 7/8 x 27 1/2 in
Signed, dated and editioned 'Parviz 74' lower left, number 6 from an edition of 40
Further images
“Here my nightingale cannot sing, as he has a lock on his beak. This is the kind of thing I like to play with. I have always been interested in...
“Here my nightingale cannot sing, as he has a lock on his beak. This is the kind of thing I like to play with. I have always been interested in the social and political life of my country, Iran. But it’s not direct. My interpretation is not direct. People cannot read it really. But, putting a lock on the nightingale’s beak, is not too different to putting a lock on humans.”
Parviz Tanavoli, Tate Shots, 2015
Parviz Tanavoli, Tate Shots, 2015
Provenance
The Artist;
Private UK collection;
Grosvenor Gallery, London
Exhibitions
Litho Gallery, Tehran, 1974 (another edition)
Zand Gallery, Tehran, 1978 (another edition)
Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London, Parviz Tanavoli, Poet in Love, 2011, illust. exh. cat. p.24, (another edition)
Tate Modern, London, The World Goes Pop, 17 September 2015 – 24 January 2016, illust. exh. cat. p.138, (another edition)
Grosvenor Gallery, London, Parviz Tanavoli, 1970s Prints, 26 April - 14 May 2021, No. 2, illust. exh. cat. (unpaginated) (another edition)
Grosvenor Gallery, Abu Dhabi Art, 16-20 November 2022
