Hossein Mohseny, the manager of the "Club Gallery", announced that 5 large bronze sculptures from the works of Mohammad Pesunki were stolen from the balcony of the gallery on Friday morning, November 13.
In an interview with the IRNA news agency, Mohsani said that the photos and specifications of these 5 sculptures were provided to the media to help identify them and prevent the possible buying and selling of stolen works. He asked gallery owners, collectors and art market activists to cooperate in identifying and finding these works.
According to the manager of the club's gallery, the total value of 5 sculptures is estimated at more than 50 thousand dollars. Expressing concern about the security and protection of works of art in Iran, he said that this theft once again exposed the lack of a dedicated and effective insurance system for works of art.
Mohseny stressed that the damage caused by the theft of works of art is not limited only to their monetary value, because each work is part of the artist's career and the cultural memory of society.
Mohammad Pesunki, an Iranian painter and sculptor, was born on December 17, 1322 in Tabriz. He began his artistic activity by studying at the Conservatory of Music in Tabriz, but after several years, he switched to painting and studied at the Conservatory of Visual Arts Mirek in Tabriz with teachers such as Hossein Kazmi and Morteza Rassam Nahjavani. Pesonki traveled to Germany and Italy to continue his studies and for a time studied sculpture at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Rome. Man, human states and emotions are the central axes of his works and he has been active in the field of painting and sculpture for more than five decades.