GRISHA BRUSKIN | BARAKIEL
GRISHA BRUSKIN
b.1945
BARAKIEL
signed and titled in Latin, numbered 1/8 and dated 1993 on the bottom of the base
enamel on steel
Height: 22in., 56cm
There are several nicks to the enamel, some with associated paint loss, notably to the lower part of one of the legs, to the opposite shoulder and to the tips of the lightning bolts. There are further nicks and paint losses to the base and the top surface of the base, the top surface of which is scratched.
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The artist
Marlborough Gallery, New York
Private collection, New York
Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York
Literally meaning 'Lightning of God', Barakiel was the 9th Watcher of the 200 fallen angels. He appears in the Book of Enoch and the theosophical teachings of the 19th century Russian spiritualist Helena Petrovna Blavatsky. It was Barakiel who taught man the art of astrology and he is master of meteorological phenomena and electricity.