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LOT 86:
AMERICAN STILL LIFE OIL PAINTING BY CYRUS AFSARY
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Sold for: $250
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AMERICAN STILL LIFE OIL PAINTING BY CYRUS AFSARY
Cyrus Afsary, American, Arizona, born 1940, oil painting on board depicting a still life with flowers. Signed and inscribed, Tehran, lower right Framed. Provenance: Helmuth Stone Gallery, Sarasota, FL, United States, June 06, 2021, lot 118. Cyrus Afsary is known for Landscape, still life, and portrait painting. He is known for lush still lifes, landscapes, and portraits in oil, he also works in watercolors and pastels. He began to get attention as an artist in the early 1980s as an artist who obviously loved the Southwest. In 1988, he won the Robert Lougheed Memorial at the National Academy of Western Art Exhibition, and he has also received recognition from the Pastel Society of America and the Northwest Rendezvous, both of which he is a member. He was born and raised in the Middle East and enrolled in art classes at age fifteen and was trained in the style of the Russian masters and traditions of Ilya Repin and Valentin Serov. In America, he has done portraits of celebrities including Frank Sinatra, Sylvester Stallone, and Dean Martin. He has exhibited at numerous western shows including The Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma and The Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City. One of a kind artwork.
Dimensions: Overall size: Frame 32 x 30 in. Image 24 1/2 x 22 1/4 in. All measurements are approximate.
Condition: Good vintage condition. Signs of age and wear. Refer to photos. Sold as is.
