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This item WAS NOT SOLD. Auction date was 2010 Sep 21 @ 16:00UTC+2
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Signed and dated 1957 (lower right)
Technique
Aquarelle
Date Created
1957
Dimensions
70 x 49.5 cm
Provenance
Estate of Mrs. Fani Eitan (widow of a past director of Bezalel Museum)
Condition
Good, not examined out of frame.
Exhibitions
Landscape of Longing: Avraham Ofek's Early and Late Works, Israel Museum, 2007
Biography
Avraham Ofek, Painter and Sculptor. b. 1935, Bourgaz, Bulgaria. Died 1990, Jerusalem. Immigrated 1949, settled in Ein Hamifratz where he was educated. Professional Studies: Painting under Arie Rothman; 1958-60 Academy of Fine Arts, Florence; 1961 Study Tour to Seville and Madrid, Spain, and London and in 1969 to Europe and U.S.A. Teaching: 1962-75 Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem; 1978 appointed Head of the Art Department, Haifa University. Prizes: 1962 Biennale, Paris; 1969 Jerusalem Prize for Painting and Sculpture; 1972 Represented Israel at Venice Biennale;1990 Ish-Shalom Prize for Life's Work in Art. 1975 Head of the Art Department, Israel T.V., Jerusalem; 1976 Founded the "Levitan" Group together with Shmuel Ackerman and Michael Grobman; 1981-83 Consul for Sculpture and Science, Embassy of Israel, Rome. Made wall paintings in Kfar Uria; Central Post Office Building, Jerusalem; Stone and Agron Schools, Jerusalem.
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40 Tagor Street, Tel Aviv, 69203, Israel
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