Moshe Gershuni b. 1936

Overall very good condition. Slight rippling throughout sheet. Small pinholes in all corners sheet. Not examined outside of frame.
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Jeremy Lewison and Giorgia Bottinelli refer to Moshe Gershuni, whose work is in the Tate Collection and note: "Moshe Gershuni was born in Tel Aviv into a family of first generation Polish immigrants. From early beginnings as a conceptual artist Gershuni, for the last twenty years, has been painting in an expressive manner. His work is autobiographical as well as touching on matters of national and universal value. The principal motif of this group of paintings is the cyclamen which, since the War of Independence in 1948, has become Israel's national symbol of regeneration... Painted after the invasion of Lebanon by the Israeli army in what is considered by some Israelis as the first 'unnecessary' war, Gershuni's series thus concerns reconciliation. Militarism is replaced by natural growth and military order by natural order." (Jeremy Lewison and Giorgia Bottinelli quoted in http://www.tate.org.uk). The inscription on the work is written in Biblical Hebrew and taken from the Jewish Kaddish, the prayer for the dead: "Blessed and praised, glorified and exalted" "Extolled and honored, elevated and lauded."