Online Auction no. 66, Modern and Contemporary Art
By Montefiore auction house
Mar 5, 2024
Tel Aviv, Israel

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LOT 20:

Avigdor Arikha , 1929-2010
Facing Mount Zion, 1978

Sold for: $280
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Estimated price :
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Facing Mount Zion, 1978
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: $600 - 800
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.