Bidspirit auction | AFTER MANOUCHER YEKTAI MODERN IRANIAN

AFTER MANOUCHER YEKTAI MODERN IRANIAN PASTEL PAINTING - After Manoucher Yektai, Iranian, American, 1922 to 2019, pastel painting on paper depicting a Figurative still life with flowers and fruits. Signed and dated 1975, upper right. Framed. Manoucher Yektai was an Iranian born American artist. He is associated with New York School art movement. His version of cultural hybridity is not so much shaped by different layers as by different channels: a traditional Persian poet, a Modernist American painter. In 1945, he moved to France, in search of the Modernist freedom to seek oneself through expression that the School of Paris offered. But the war was not over and Yektai waited in New York for several months, where he began studying at Ozenfants studio on 20th Street and at the Art Student League. Far from seeing himself as a destroyer of beauty, Yektai believes in the dignity of human life and celebrates the beauty of the forms it transpires among. One of a kind artwork. Dimensions Frame 41 x 51 in. Image 39 1/2 x 49 1/2 in. All measurements are approximate. Condition Overall good vintage condition. Signs of age and wear. Refer to photos. Sold As Is.