Exploding Colors.

AUCTION 67 | Wednesday, December 16th, 2015 at 1:00

One Hundred and Fifty Years of Jewish Art

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Lot 32

KADISHMAN, MENASHE

Exploding Colors.

Oil on canvas. Boldly signed lower center, and again on reverse in Hebrew and English. 21.75 x 15.75 inches / 55.25 x 40 cm.

(Israeli, 1932-2015):

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

PRICE REALIZED $2,000

On the verso of the canvas appears Cupid’s bow and arrow above two passionate and playful sheep. Well-known for his renderings of sheep in both painting and sculpture, Menashe Kadishman’s obsession with this Bible-alluded animal began while serving as a shepherd in the Nahal unit of Kibbutz Ma’ayan Baruch, located at the intersection of the Israeli, Syrian and Lebanese borders. Sadly, Kadishman died this past summer.