"I never meant to become integrated. I always disliked to be labeled as 'artist'. I consider myself a craftsman. I never felt I belonged to any place, any country, any people, even less Iranian. I consciously destroyed the works that remained for they had become useless and I would never leave anything for the necrophilic. After all, what is the point of painting a world where a sky is without birds, a sea without fishes and a wood without wild beasts."
- Extract from Bahman Mohasses' autobiography

Bahman Mohassess at the Bruni Foundry in front of a larger version of the sculpture Lottatori II, Fonteblanda, Italy, 1970s. Image Courtesy of the Bruni Family.
Bahman Mohassess, Leda and the Swan, 1979, bronze, sold in October 2020 at Replica Shoes ’s for £252,000 (a world record price for a sculpture price the artist).