Parviz Tanavoli

Parviz Tanavoli was born 24 March 1937 in Tehran.{{Cite web |last=Tate |title=Parviz Tanavoli born 1937 |url=https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/parviz-tanavoli-15957 |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Tate |language=en-GB}} In 1952, he started his education at the Tehran School of Fine Arts (now part of the University of Tehran). He continued his studies in Italy at the Academy of Fine Arts in Carrara (Italian: Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara) in 1956 to 1957; as well as at Brera Academy (Italian: Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera) in Milan from 1958 to 1959 .{{Cite book |last1=Bloom |first1=Jonathan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=un4WcfEASZwC |title=Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture: Three-Volume Set |last2=Blair |first2=Sheila S. |last3=Blair |first3=Sheila |date=2009-05-14 |publisher=OUP USA |isbn=978-0-19-530991-1 |pages=268–269 |language=en}} He studied under sculptor Mariano Marini.

Upon graduating from the Brera Academy in 1959, he returned to Iran in 1960 and taught sculpting at the College of Decorative Arts in Tehran.

Upon his return to Iran, he started teaching at the Tehran College of Decorative Arts, where he was also a founding member. Many pioneers of Iranian modern art, such as Zenderoudi, studied under him at this college. From February 1961 to 1964, Tanavoli taught sculpture for three years at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, as a guest of art collector Abby Grey.{{Cite book |last1=Porter |first1=Venetia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YwHMDwAAQBAJ |title=Metalwork and Material Culture in the Islamic World: Art, Craft, and Text |last2=Rosser-Owen |first2=Mariam |date=2012-06-29 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-0-85773-343-6 |pages=486 |language=en}} He then returned to Iran and assumed the directorship of the sculpture department at the Tehran University (now University of Tehran), a position he held for 18 years until 1979 when he retired from his teaching duties.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

In addition to his tenure as a sculpture professor at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design from 1961 to 1964 and his 18-year directorship of the sculpture department at Tehran University, Tanavoli has continued to teach and mentor young artists. Tanavoli's newest "heeches" exhibition, titled "All and Nothing," was held at Tehran's Art Space Gallery from 6 July to 3 August 2022. The exhibition showcased the works of 40 of his students and his own newest "heeches," which are among his most recognized works.{{Cite web |last=Shima |first=Shahmiri |date=July 26, 2018 |title=Celebrated Sculptor Parviz Tanavoli: They Can't Stop Me |url=https://iranwire.com/en/features/65440/}}{{Cite web |title=تناولي و 40 سال هنرآموزي |url=https://www.sharghdaily.com/بخش-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-100/190839-%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D8%A2%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B2 |access-date=2023-04-03 |website=شرق |language=fa}}

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He is the main figure and the key member of the Saqqakhaneh group of artists who share a common popular aesthetic, according to the scholar Karim Emami.Ekhtiar, Maryam; Rooney, Julia (April 2014). "[http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/saqq/hd_saqq.htm Artists of the Saqqakhana Movement (1950s–60s])". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. Metropolitan Museum of Art. metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2017-02-04. He has been influenced heavily by his country's history and culture, and traditions and has always been fascinated with locksmithing. Tanavoli was once a cultural advisor to the Shahbanu Farah Pahlavi.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}} Tanavoli is known for his {{Lang|fa|heech}}es, three-dimensional representations of the Persian word for 'nothing', {{Lang|fa|heech}}. Composed of three Persian characters in the style of nasta'liq, the three letters he, ye and če are combined to produce the word {{Lang|fa|heech}}.{{cite web |title=Standing heech |url=http://www.nms.ac.uk/explore/stories/world-cultures/standing-heech/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204170242/http://www.nms.ac.uk/explore/stories/world-cultures/standing-heech/ |archive-date=4 February 2017 |website=National Museums Scotland |language=en |accessdate=3 February 2017}}\

In 2003, Tanavoli turned his Tehran house into the "Museum of Parviz Tanavoli," showcasing his personal art collection, which was only open for a few months due to political issues in Iran.

In 1967, Tanavoli, Kamran Diba, and Roxana Saba (daughter of Abolhasan Saba) founded the Rasht 29 Club on a northern street near the Amirkabir University of Technology (formerly the Tehran Polytechnic).{{Cite book |last=Grigor |first=Talinn |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XNnDCgAAQBAJ |title=Contemporary Iranian Art: From the Street to the Studio |date=2014-06-15 |publisher=Reaktion Books |isbn=978-1-78023-309-3 |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Mohebbi |first=Sohrab |title=Rasht 29: A cultural oasis in central Tehran |url=https://bidoun.org/articles/rasht-29 |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=Bidoun, Issue 20 |language=en |issn=1551-4048}} Rasht 29 Club was named after the street address, and it was a popular hangout amongst artists of the time including Marcos Grigorian, Hossein Zenderoudi, Sadegh Tabrizi, Faramarz Pilaram, Sohrab Sepehri, Massoud Arabshahi, Yadollah Royai, Nader Naderpour, Reza Baraheni, Esmail Shahroudi, Ahmadreza Ahmadi, Bijan Elahi, Ebrahim Golestan, Hageer Daruish, Kamran Shirdel, Sadeq Chubak, Karl Schlamminger, and others.

Tanavoli's work has been auctioned worldwide, leading to over $9 million in overall sales, making him the most expensive living Iranian artist.{{cite web |title=.:: Art Tomorrow Magazine ::. |url=http://www.artomorrow.com/eng/index.asp?page=49&id=206 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105212700/http://www.artomorrow.com/eng/index.asp?page=49&id=206 |archive-date=2013-11-05 |website=www.artomorrow.com}} In 2008, his work, The Wall (Oh Persepolis), an almost 2-meter tall bronze sculpture covered in incomprehensible hieroglyphs fetched USD 2.84 million at a Dubai Christie's sale, which was an auction record for an artist of Middle Eastern origins.{{Cite web |last=Niknejad |first=Golnoush |date=April 26, 2009 |title=Oh Persepolis |url=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2009/04/oh-persepolis.html |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=Frontline, Tehran Bureau |language=en}}{{Cite web |last= |date=2008-05-02 |title=Sculpture sets auction record |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-02-et-quick2.s2-story.html |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |issn=0458-3035}}

The most recent solo exhibition of Parviz Tanavoli, "Parviz Tanavoli: Poets, Locks, Cages",{{cite web |title=Parviz Tanavoli: Poets, Locks, Cages |url=https://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/exhibitions/parviztanavoli |website=www.vanartgallery.bc.ca}} took place from 1 July 2023, to 19 November 2023, showcasing a comprehensive range of his works spanning six decades. This exhibition, held at Vancouver Art Gallery, provided a thorough retrospective of his career.{{Cite web |last=Thomson |first=John |date=2023-07-31 |title=Sculpture Meets Poetry |url=https://www.gallerieswest.ca/api/content/c78f0936-25c7-11ee-9126-12163087a831/ |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=Galleries West |language=en-ca}}{{Cite web |date=2023-07-29 |title=West Van artist known as 'Father of modern Iranian sculpture' featured at VAG |url=https://www.nsnews.com/local-news/north-van-forensics-specialists-use-science-to-solve-crime-7184749 |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=North Shore News |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Parviz Tanavoli: Poets, Locks, Cages |url=https://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/exhibitions/parviztanavoli |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=www.vanartgallery.bc.ca}}

Prior to this, his solo exhibition was in 2019 at the West Vancouver Art Museum entitled "Oh Nightingale". Before that, he had another solo exhibition in 2017 at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art based on his Lions works and Lion collection.{{Cite web |last= |date=2017-06-18 |title=Tanavoli's Works at TMoCA After 17 Years |url=https://financialtribune.com/articles/art-and-culture/66679/tanavoli-s-works-at-tmoca-after-17-years |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Financial Tribune |language=En}}

In 2015, after four decades, Davis Museum at Wellesley College organized the first solo exhibition of Tanavoli's work in the US.

In 2003 he had a major retrospective at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art. Prior to that he had held solo exhibitions in Austria, Italy, Germany, United States and Britain. Tanavoli has been in group exhibitions internationally.

His work has been displayed at the Tate Modern, British Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Grey Art Gallery - New York University, the Isfahan City Center, Nelson Rockefeller Collection, New York, Olympic Park, Seoul, South Korea, the Royal Museum of Jordan, the Museum of Modern Art, Vienna, Museum of Modern Art, New York, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Hamline University, St. Paul{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/44687950743/photos/heech-sculpturea-defining-sculpture-on-the-hamline-campus-the-heech-is-the-work-/10151642516945744/|title = The Heech {{pipe}} Photos of Exhibition on Hamline Campus {{pipe}} Hamline University| website=Facebook }} and Shiraz University, Iran.{{cite news|last1=Harouni|first1=Shadi|title=Parviz Tanavoli: plenty of 'nothing' - exhibition|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran-blog/2015/feb/10/parviz-tanavoli-solo-us-exhibition-iranian-sculptor|accessdate=3 February 2017|work=The Guardian|date=10 February 2015}}

In 2005, he created a small piece of sculpture called Heech in a Cage to protest the conditions of the American-held prisoners at Guantanamo Bay detainment camp and in 2006, began work on his piece to honor the victims of the Israeli-Lebanon war.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

A day before Tanavoli was due to speak at the British Museum in 2016, authorities in Iran confiscated his passport, preventing him from leaving the country, accusing him of "disturbing the public peace". Tanavoli explained that "I have not done anything wrong. I spent the whole day at the passport office, but no one told me anything, nor did anyone at the airport. I'm not a political person, I'm merely an artist."

In 2015, the biographical documentary film, Parviz Tanavoli: Poetry in Bronze, was released. It was directed by Terrence Turner and produced by Timothy Turner and Tandis Tanavoli.{{Cite web |title=Photos: Sculptor Parviz Tanavoli and students reunite at Tehran's Boom gallery |url=http://www.payvand.com/news/17/nov/1029.html |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=Payvand.com}}{{Cite web |date=2017-11-05 |title=Sculptor Parviz Tanavoli and students reunite at Tehran gallery |url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/418231/Sculptor-Parviz-Tanavoli-and-students-reunite-at-Tehran-gallery |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=Tehran Times |language=en}}

In October 2020, the former Mina Street in the Niavaran neighborhood was renamed Parviz Tanavoli by the municipality of Tehran.{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}

Tanavoli has authored over forty publications dating back over four decades. Among these are:

• {{Cite book |last1=Tanavoli |first1=Parviz |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4kLrAAAAMAAJ |title=Locks from Iran; Pre-Islamic to Twentieth Century |last2=Wertime |first2=John T. |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service |year=1976}}
• {{Cite book |last=Tanavoli |first=Parviz |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QV5JAQAAIAAJ |title=Lion Rugs: The Lion in the Art and Culture of Iran |location=Basel |publisher=Transbooks |others=Universität Zürich. Völkerkundemuseum, Musée des arts décoratifs de la ville de Lausanne |year=1985 |isbn=9783859770782}}
• {{Cite book |last=Tanavoli |first=Parviz |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zN1tQgAACAAJ |title=Shahsavan Iranian Rugs and Textiles |location=New York City, NY |publisher=Rizzoli |year=1985 |isbn=9780847806263}}
• {{Cite book |last=Tanavoli |first=Parviz |title=Gabbeh |location=Baar, Switzerland |year=1990}}
• {{Cite book |last=Tanavoli |first=Parviz |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nqqSswEACAAJ |title=Bread and Salt: Iranian Tribal Spreads and Salt Bags |publisher=Ketab Sara Company |others=Shirin Samii (translator) |year=1994}}
• {{Cite book |last=Tanavoli |first=Parviz |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y0LaAAAAMAAJ |title=Kings, Heroes and Lovers: Pictorial Rugs from the Tribes and Villages of Iran |location=London, UK |year=1994 |publisher=Scorpion Pub. |isbn=9780905906867}}
• {{Cite book |last=Tanavoli |first=Parviz |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XIfFtgAACAAJ |title=Sofreh of Kamo |location=Tehran, Iran |publisher=Yassavoli |year=1998 |isbn=9789643060640}}
• {{Cite book |last=Tanavoli |first=Parwīz |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UfuqmwEACAAJ |title=Horse and Camel Trappings from Tribal Iran: Riding in Splendour |publisher=Intišārāt-i Yasāwulī |year=1998}}
• {{Cite book |last=Tanavoli |first=Parviz |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KDwhAAAACAAJ |title=Tacheh of Chahar Mahal |publisher=Yassavoli |year=1998 |isbn=9789643060688}}
• {{Cite book |last=Tanavoli |first=Parviz |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YWzWAAAAMAAJ |title=‏دستبافتهاى روستايى و عشايرى ورامين |publisher=Yassavoli |year=2001 |isbn=9789643062118 |language=fa |trans-title=Rustic and Tribal Weaves from Varamin}}
• {{Cite book |last=Tanavoli |first=Parviz |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wSPrAAAAMAAJ |title=Persian Flatweaves: A Survey of Flatwoven Floor Covers and Hangings and Royal Masnads |location=London, UK |year=2002 |publisher=Antique Collectors' Club |isbn=9781851493357}}
• {{Cite book |last=Tanavoli |first=Parviz |title=Gabbeh: Art Underfoot |year=2004 |isbn=9789643062972 |publisher=Yassavoli Publications |location=Tehran, Iran}}
• {{Cite book |last=Tanavoli |first=Parviz |title=Atelier Kaboud |publisher=Bon-Gah |year=2005 |isbn=9789649638300 |location=Tehran, Iran}}
• {{Cite book |last1=Tanavoli |first1=Parviz |title=Sormehdan: Kohl Containers of Iran from Prehistory to the 19th Century |last2=Sherrill |first2=Sarah B. |others=C. Ferguson (translation) |year=2006 |publisher=Bon-Gah |isbn=9789649638331}}
• {{Cite book |last=Tanavoli |first=Parviz |title=Talisman |year=2006}}
• {{Cite book |last=Tanavoli |first=Parviz |title=Scales and Weights |year=2007}}
• {{Cite book |last=Tanavoli |first=Parviz |title=Jewelry by Parviz Tanavoli |year=2008}}
• {{Cite book |last=Tanavoli |first=Parviz |title=Tomb Stone |publisher=Bongah |location=Tehran |year=2009}}
• {{Cite book |last=Tanavoli |first=Parviz |title=Ceramics |publisher=Bongah |location=Tehran |year=2010}}
• {{Cite book |last=Tanavoli |first=Parviz |title=Afshar; Tribal Weaves from Southern Iran |publisher=Iranian Academy of Arts |location=Tehran |year=2010}}
• {{Cite book |last=Tanavoli |first=Parviz |title=Rugs |publisher=Bongah |location=Tehran |year=2011}}
• {{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SjggKQEACAAJ |title=Undiscovered Minimalism: Gelims from Northern Iran |publisher=Laurence King Publishing |year=2012 |isbn=9781898113768 |location=London, UK |last1=Tanavoli |first1=Parviz}}
• {{Cite book |last=Tanavoli |first=Parviz |title=Wonders of Universe |publisher=Bongah |location=Tehran |year=2012}}
• {{Cite book |last=Tanavoli |first=Parviz |title=Poet |publisher=Bon-Gah |location=Tehran, Iran |language=fa |year=2014}}
• {{Cite book |last=Tanavoli |first=Parviz |title=An Introduction To The History Of Graphic Design In Iran |publisher=Nazar Publishing |year=2015 |location=Tehran, Iran}}
• {{Cite book |last=Tanavoli |first=Parviz |title=Salt Bags: Iranian Tribal And Rural Weavings |publisher=Nazar Publishing |year=2015 |isbn=9786001521867 |location=Tehran, Iran}}
• {{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mkBPzAEACAAJ |title=European Women in Persian Houses: Western Images in Safavid and Qajar Iran |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |year=2016 |isbn=9781784535070 |last1=Tanavoli |first1=Parviz}}
• {{Cite book |last=Tanavoli |first=Parviz |title=Khorjins: Tribal And Rural Weaves From Iran |publisher=Nazar Publishing |volume=2 |location=Tehran, Iran |language=Fa |year=2017 |isbn=9786001522239 |editor-last=Sherrill |editor-first=Sarah B.}}
• {{Cite book |last1=Khosrowshahi |first1=Maryam |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OEcoMQAACAAJ |title=Sofreh: The Art of Persian Celebration |last2=Floor |first2=Willem M. |last3=Tanavoli |first3=Parviz |publisher=ACC Art Books |year=2017 |isbn=9781851498581 |volume=1}}
• {{Cite book |last=Tanavoli |first=Parviz |title=Khorjins: Tribal And Rural Weaves From Iran |publisher=Nazar Publishing |volume=2 |location=Tehran, Iran |language=Fa |year=2017 |isbn=9786001522239 |editor-last=Sherrill |editor-first=Sarah B.}}

Films, books, catalogs and magazines on Parviz Tanavoli

• Film: The biographical documentary film, “Parviz Tanavoli: Poetry in Bronze” was released in 2015
• Parviz Tanavoli's : Monograph is considered the first exquisite "Catalog raisonné " of an artist in the Middle East. Notes by Parviz Tanavoli, Sia Aramjani, Shiva Balaghi, Kamran Diba, Gisela Fook, Maryam Saudi, Alireza Sami Azar and Tandis Tanavoli have been published in this book.

This book, in English and Arabic, was published once and for all in a limited edition of 1000 volumes, each with a unique number, in 2010 with the support of the Sheikh of Abu Dhabi, Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and was purchased by famous collectors and libraries.

• {{Cite book |publisher=Tiroler Landesmuseen Betriebsgesellschaft m.b.H. |isbn=978-3-7099-8119-1 |last1=Tanavoli |first1=Parviz |last2=Rafiee |first2=Tarlan |authorlink2=Tarlan Rafiee |last3=Samimi Mofakham |first3=Yashar |authorlink3=Yashar Samimi Mofakham |last4=Assmann |first4=Peter |authorlink4=Peter Assmann |title=Solace of Lovers. Trost Der Liebenden. |location=Innsbruck, Austria |date=2020}}
• {{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zN1tQgAACAAJ |title=Parviz Tanavoli and the Lions of Iran |isbn=9786001522413 |editor-last=Porter |editor-first=Venetia |editor-link=Venetia Porter |publisher=Nazar Publishing |location=Tehran, Iran |editor-last2=Hatam |editor-first2=Behzad |year=2017}}
• {{Cite book |others=Davis Museum and Cultural Center |isbn=9780985824938 |last1=Tanavoli |first1=Parviz |last2=Fischman |first2=Lisa |last3=Balaghi |first3=Shiva |last4=Amirsadeghi |first4=Hossein |last5=Eisler |first5=Maryam Homayoun |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h2tnrgEACAAJ |title=Parviz Tanavoli |date=2015 |publisher=Davis Museum, Wellesley College}}
• {{Cite book |last1=Ghomshei |first1=Morteza |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uBkxzgEACAAJ |title=Heech: Works of Parviz Tanavoli |last2=Royaee |first2=Sina |last3=Balaghi |first3=Shiva |publisher=Bon-Gah Publications |location=Tehran, Iran |year=2011 |isbn=9786005268102 |editor-last=Sherrill |editor-first=Sarah B.}}
• {{Cite book |publisher=Austin/Desmond Fine Art |isbn=978-1-872926-35-3 |last=Tanavoli |first=Parviz |title=Parviz Tanavoli: Poet in Love: 1970s-2011 works from the artist's collection |location=London |date=2011}}
• {{Cite book| publisher = Publications Department of Meem with Art Advisory Associates Ltd.| isbn = 978-1-907051-03-6| last1 = Tanavoli| first1 = Parviz| last2 = Pocock| first2 = Charles| last3 = Faruqi| first3 = Samar| title = Parviz Tanavoli: Monograph| location = Dubai, United Arab Emirates| date = 2010}}
• {{Cite book |last1=Allan |first1=James W. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qg_rAAAAMAAJ |title=Persian Steel: The Tanavoli Collection |last2=Gilmour |first2=Brian J. J. |publisher=Oxford University Press for the Board of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford and the British Institute of Persian Studies |year=2000 |isbn=9780197280256 |series=Oxford Studies in Islamic art |volume=15}}
• {{Cite book |editor-last1=Galloway |editor-first1=David D. |editor-link1= David Galloway (writer) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0YG6AAAACAAJ |title=Parviz Tanavoli: Sculptor, Writer & Collector |publisher=Iranian Art Publishing |others=James W. Allan |year=2000 |isbn=9789649140346}}
• {{Cite book| title = Lion rugs: the lion in the art and culture of Iran | publisher = publisher not identified]; Distributed in the USA by Transbooks| isbn = 978-3-85977-078-2| last1 = Tanavoli| first1 = Parviz| last2 = Universität Zürich| last3 = Völkerkundemuseum| last4 = Musée des arts décoratifs de la ville de Lausanne | location = Basel | date = 1985}}
• {{Cite book |publisher=Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, New York University |others=Grey Art Gallery and Study Center |last1=Tanavoli |first1=Parviz |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h3riPgAACAAJ |title=Parviz Tanavoli: Fifteen Years of Bronze Sculpture |location=New York |type=art exhibition |date=1976}}

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• Venetia Porter (2022), Parviz Tanavoli: A Life In Art: Virus of Collecting and Atelier Kaboud, Tehran, Iran, Nazar Art Publication ISBN 9786001523489.
• {{Cite book |last1=Babaie |first1=Sussan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cds-vgAACAAJ |title=Honar: The Afkhami Collection of Modern and Contemporary Iranian Art. |last2=Porter |first2=Venetia |last3=Morris |first3=Natasha |publisher=Phaidon Press |year=2017 |isbn=9780714873527 |location=New York City, NY |author-link=Sussan Babaie}}
• {{Cite book |last1=Allan |first1=James W. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qg_rAAAAMAAJ |title=Persian Steel: The Tanavoli Collection |last2=Gilmour |first2=Brian J. J. |publisher=Oxford University Press for the Board of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford and the British Institute of Persian Studies |year=2000 |isbn=9780197280256 |series=Oxford Studies in Islamic art |volume=15}}

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• Film: [http://www.poetryinbronze.com Poetryinbronze.com]
• {{IMDb title|4420538|Parviz Tanavoli: Poetry in Bronze}}
• Video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9RpWO3Ypvo 1970s Parviz Tanavoli, Iranian Sculptor], from Kinolibrary Archive Film Collections on YouTube
• Video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulkpbt_GigU 1978 Interview with Parviz Tanavoli, Iranian Sculptor in HD], from Kinolibrary Archive Film Collections on YouTube

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