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Bidding Information
Lot #
10361
Auction End Date
4/19/2005 3:35:00 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
Title Information
Title (English)
We Are All Children of Israel
Title (Hebrew)
יחד שבטי ישראל
Author
Ernst Neizvestny
City
New York
Publisher
Exodus Art Studios
Publication Date
20th cent.
Collection Information
Independent Item
This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
Description Information
Physical
Description
Large serigraph, signed and numbered by the artist in pencil 129/300.
Detailed
Description
Ernst Neizvestny, Russian sculptor and draughtsman. Neizvestny was one of the few living Russian artists whose work became known and admired in the West. This was largely the result of the admiration and advocacy of the English art critic John Berger, in whose opinion "Neizvestny is principally the first visual artist of genius to have emerged in the Soviet Union since the twenties." He came into prominence during the regime of Khrushchev. On a famous occasion Neizvestny argued with the Russian leader at the opening of an exhibition of advanced art he had organized in Moscow. Neizvestny's art is best when dealing with the human figure. He cast his bronzes personally in a small furnace, since access to a state foundry was denied him. Both his drawings and sculptures have heroic quality, even willfully abstract. After Khruschev's deposition, a close friendship developed between the two and the headstone over Khrushchev's tomb in the Novodevichi cemetery in Moscow was carved by Neizvestny, in accordance with a wish expressed by Khrushchev before his death. Neizvestny later emigrated to the United States. He has held exhibitions in many countries including Scandinavia, Italy, and Switzerland.
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20th Century:
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