Lot 78
  • 78

Tsibi Geva

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • Tsibi Geva
  • Backgammon No. 1
  • signed Tsibi Geva and dated 88 twice (on the reverse)
  • oil and acrylic on canvas
  • 61 1/2 by 88 1/2 in.
  • 156 by 225 cm
  • Painted in 1988.

Provenance

Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1988

Exhibited

The Jewish Museum, In the Shadow of the Conflict, New York, 1989
Kunsthaus, Zürich;
Orangerie Herrenhausen, Hannover, Nine Israeli Artists, 1989, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tsibi Geva: Mound of Things, Works and Projects 1982 > 2008, November 13, 2008 - February 14, 2009, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue

Condition

Oil and woodpaint on canvas, not lined. Surface in generally good condition, colors are vibrant and fresh. Canvas is slightly slack on the stretcher bar. Under UV light: No apparent inpainting visible.
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