Lot 36
KAMELKARAWAN IN ISFAHAN, 1961
YERVAND NAHAPETIAN (IRANIAN-ARMENIAN 1916-2006)
Auction: 09 December 2026 from 14:00 GMT
Description
watercolour on paper, signed lower left ‘YERVAND ISFAHAN 1961', depicting a camel train being led across a bridge towards mountains
Dimensions
sight seen 44.5cm x 57.6cm
Provenance
Colonel Eric Hamburger (1905-1988); thence by descent.
Col. Hamburger worked in Ispahan for the British Council after the war during the 1950s and 1960s.
Footnote
Yervand Nahapetian (1916–2006) was a pioneering Iranian-Armenian artist who co-founded the Isfahan watercolor school. Training from age seven under masters like Sargis Khachatryan and Persian miniaturist Haj Mosavver-al-Molk, he developed a hyper-precise style that uniquely blended Eastern and Western techniques. His vast body of work is most famous for its intricate architectural landmarks, ethnographic city scenes, and frequent paintings of desert landscapes and camel caravans