Parvine Curie

By vine Curie.

Small bronze with brown patina.

Stamp of the TEP foundry, Greece. Numbered 2/8.

Source: Martel Greiner Gallery.

Dimensions: 10X7X7 cm

Of Franco-Iranian origin, Parvine Curie was born in Nancy in 1936. After her studies she went to visit Europe and decided to settle in Barcelona in 1957, discovering Catalan art. She practices sculpture on her own, following the advice of the sculptor Marcel Marti with whom she had a son, David in 1959. In 1970 she moved to Paris and presented Salon de la Jeune Sculpture the work Première Mère, which would mark the sculptor François Stahly. He invites her to come and work alongside him at the collective workshop in Crestet (Vaucluse). There, Parvine learned the basics of the trade and the cutting of wood and stone. She married Stahly 1975 and subsequently completed numerous public commissions. His work was initially more hierarchical and then evolved into a more dynamic style. Her sculptures, between figures and architectures, and strongly inspired by the places she visited, are marked by clean lines and materials and demonstrate her constant desire to question space and light.

Works in museums:

— Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, Paris— Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris

— Museum of Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture, Paris

— Museum of Art and History, Meudon

— Mont-de-Marsan City Museum

— Troyes Museum of Modern Art

— Massey Museum in Tarbes

— Pontoise Museum

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