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LOT 174:
Samuel (Shmuel) Ackerman (Ukrainian - French - Israeli, b. 1951)
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Start price:
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Auction house commission: 19%
VAT: 17% On commission only
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Metaphysical love, 1977, Watercolor on paper (attached to cardboard), 71 x 50 cm, Signed and dated.
Samuel (Shmuel) Ackerman, born 1951 in Ukraine to a religious family, active in Israel and France.
In 1973, he immigrated to Israel and settled in Jerusalem. From his earliest work, he created abstract symbolist art influenced by folkloristic motifs and modern Western art.
In 1976, he founded the Leviathan group with Avraham Ofek and Mikhail Grobman, which sought to create a "national" style of art through the synthesis of symbolism, metaphysics and Judaism.
Ackerman was an active member of the group until 1981. In 1984, he moved to Paris, France.
Education: 1965-1970 Institute for Monumental Art, Ukraine.
Works in public collections: Russian Museum (Musée Russe), St. Petersburg; Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Haifa Museum of Modern Art, Israel; National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kiev.
