Parviz Tanavoli (b.1937) Lovers XVI bronze sculpture executed in 2010, the present sculpture is unique 34 x 14cm (13 3/8 x 5 1/2in). Footnotes: Provenance: Property from a private collection, London Acquired from Austin Desmond, Parviz Tanavoli: Poet in Love, July 2011 Exhibited: London, Austin Desmond Fine Art, Parviz Tanavoli: Poet in Love, July 2011 Published: London, Austin Desmond Fine Art, Parviz Tanavoli: Poet in Love, July2011, p33 'My goal with architecture was not to reduce it or even to use its combination of elements or proportions, but rather to home in on its essence, which I hoped to synthesize with the essence of poetry to create something genuinely new' - Parviz Tanavoli For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com