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Aria from the Goldberg Variations

Artist Farhad Ostovani (born 1950)

Date1994-2007

MediumWatercolor, drawings, lithography, and collages on Nepal paper marouflé on wood panels (30 panels)

DimensionsOverall: 87 × 90 inches (220.98 × 228.6 cm)
Each: 16 15/16 × 16 15/16 × 2 inches (43.02 × 43.02 × 5.08 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust through the George H. and Elizabeth O. Davis Fund

Object number2024.69.1.1-30

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Collections

South and Southeast Asian Art

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DescriptionAria from the Goldberg Variations consists of thirty square panels, around 14 inches square, displayed as a grid. Individual plant leaves rendered in ink, printing, paint, or drawing on Nepalese paper are mounted like a collage on the panels. The overall composition depicts small, lively leaves speckled across large fields of negative space.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Se son Rose fiorirano, Museo civico di Spoleto, June 26 – July 12, 1998.

Farhad Ostovani, Jensich Museum, Switzerland, 2000.

Ostovani: Paintings, Drawings & Illustrated Books, Museum Het Rembrandthuis, Amsterdam, 2003.

Published References

Ostovani, F., Boogert, B. v. d., Heer, E. d., Ostovani: Paintings, Drawings & Illustrated Books. (Netherlands: Museum Het Rembrandthuis, 2003)

Ostovani - Ut musica pictura, exh. cat. (Germany: Morat-Institut, 2008)

Yves Bonnefoy, Farhad Ostovani: Variations Goldberg (Aux éditions des cendres, 2013)

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