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Auction no. 31 Modern and Contemporary Art Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at 20:00

  • Item number 81
  • Artist's name Avigdor Arikha, 1929-2010
  • Item name Adam and Eve, 1956
  • Technique Oil on canvas
  • Measurements 59.5X48.5 cm
  • Signed Signed and dated.
  • Estimate $10000 - 15000
  • Sold for $12000
  • Provenance Private collection.
    Stanley Batkin collection, New York.
  • Item from overseas
  • 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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