Lot 34
  • 34

Yehezkel Streichman

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • Yehezkel Streichman
  • Untitled (Final State of Ball of Yarn Against a Green Background)
  • signed Y. Streichman, signed in Hebrew, and dated 68 (on the reverse); signed STREICHMAN (on the stretcher)
  • oil on canvas
  • 51 1/8 by 51 1/8 in.
  • 130 by 130 cm
  • Painted in 1968.

Exhibited

Haifa Museum of Modern Art, Yehezkiel Streichman, 1980, no. 31, illustrated in black and white in the exhibition catalogue
Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, Yehezkel Streichman, 1987, no. 21, illustrated in color in the exhibition catalogue

Literature

Yona Fischer, Streichman, 1997, illustrated p. 222

Condition

Oil on canvas. Surface in generally good condition, aside from some minor craquelure visible along the upper edge of the canvas. A few minor areas of loss and craquelure visible throughout. Some minimal wear visible at corners. Under UV light; no apparent inpainting visible.
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