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LOT 37:
Yechiel Shemi 1922 - 2003
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Estimated price:
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3,000 - $4,000
Auction house commission:
20%
VAT: On commission only
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Untitled, 1991
Oil on masonite, 112X112 cm, Signed and dated.
About The Artist:
sculptor and painter, born 1922, Haifa. 1945-48 Stayed in U.S.A. 1955-65 Member of New Horizons Group. Lived in Kibbutz Cabri.
Education:
1959-61 Paris, advanced studies.
Teaching:
Oranim Art Institute, Tivon
Art School, Ein Hod, sculpture, 1977-78
Technion, Haifa, Lecturer on environmental design, 1977-79
Awards and Prizes:
Dizengoff Prize,1954. 1981
Sandberg Prize for Israeli Art, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1981.
Israel Prize, together with Batia Lishinsky, 1986.
Pundik Prize, Tel Aviv Museum, 2000
Environmental Sculptures:
Sculpture, Binyanei Hauma, Jerusalem,1958
Wall relief, Jerusalem Theatre, 1970
Nayot, Jerusalem,1982
Rupin Street, Jerusalem, 1984
Sculpture and relief, Jerusalem Theatre, 1986
Sculpture, steel, Dizengoff Street 253 Tel Aviv 1963
Raanana Sculpture Park, 1998
