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Nejad Devrim often signed the lower left corner of his works. Though initially using “Nejad Melih”, he is best known for his Frenchized signature “Néjad”, with a distinguishing accent aigu over the letter “e”, or simply his surname’s initial, a curved lower case “n”. It wasn’t uncommon for the artist to include the name of a city beside his signature. He sometimes incorporated dates or numerals as well, occasionally in a hyphenated format, such as 3- 1975, which might indicate March of the year 1975 or refer to a series or a succession of paintings.

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