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Auction no. 30, Modern and Contemporary Art Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 20:00

  • Item number 51
  • Artist's name Avigdor Arikha, 1929-2010
  • Item name Facing Mount Zion, 1978
  • Technique Portfolio including 7 lithographs
  • Measurements 38X48 cm
  • Signed Signed and numbered 56/99.
  • Estimate $700 - 900
  • Remarks Gordon Galleries publishing, 1978.
  • About The Artist

    Painter, born 28th April, 1929, Bukovina, Romania, died 2010-Paris.

    Education
    High School for Arts, Czernowitz-Bukovina
    1946-1949 Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem
    1949-1951 Ecole des Beaux Arts and Philosophy at Sorbonne, Paris.
    studied History of Art.

    Teaching
    1971 Cabinet des Dessins, Louvre Museum, Paris, curatorial courses on drawing.

    Awards and Prizes
    1954 Gold Medal, Triennale, Milan
    1987 Paris Prize for Artists
    1989 French Jews' Foundation Prize
    1995 Honorary Professor, National Academy of Fine Arts of China, Hangchow
    1997 Doctor of Philosophy, Honorus Causa, Hebrew University, Jerusalem

    Environmental Sculptures
    Woonsocket, Rhode Island, 30 stained-glass windows, Bnei Israel Synagogue. Jerusalem, 5 stained glass windows Municipal Council Hall and mosaic, Beit Hahayal. New York, stained glass window, J.F. Kennedy Airport, El Al terminal, first class lounge.

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