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LOT 186:
A book of paintings by Yosl Bergner from 1955-1975. Inscription and signature by Bergner as well as a rare drawing ...
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A book of paintings by Yosl Bergner from 1955-1975. Inscription and signature by Bergner as well as a rare drawing of the apple. 1976.
The inscription is to Yosef Luben, an acclaimed Argentinian-Israeli artist (1925-1992).
22x22 cm. With seldom moth damage, it is in good condition.
Yosl Bergner (1920-2017), was an Israeli painter. He was born in Vienna, Austria, grew up in Warsaw, Poland, lived in Melbourne, Australia from 1937 until 1948, when he moved to Israel.
Bergner designed scenery and costumes for the Yiddish and Hebrew theatres, particularly for the plays of Nissim Aloni, and has illustrated many books. The culmination of Bergner's paintings is his allegorical works. Using kitchen tools such as squashed pots, oil lamps, wrecks and cracked jugs, he anthropomorphizes them. These old instruments symbolize distorted and poor world of wars, secrets and darkness.
He was awarded both the Dizengoff Prize and the Israel Prize, both for painting.
