Bidspirit auction | Ira (Irena) Rauchwarger, (1951-2001) ”Sitting”

Ira (Irena) Rauchwarger, (1951-2001) ”Sitting” - ... ”I work in soft material and the material dictates to me.” ”Youth, beauty, these are concepts that belong to the cinema. What I do is sculpture. I'm dealing with shapes. It's a higher thing.  These are not beautiful women or ugly women. . When I work there are no breasts, it's lines, shapes. It is abstraction, the human body is only a starting point for work ... ”(Ira Reichwerger) (Appears in the catalog Efrat Gallery, Tel Aviv, 1998) A life size figure of a woman sitting  made out of Cotton wool, nylon stockings, and iron wires. 70's height: 130 cm light stains and flaws Provenance: Sara and Ephraim Kishon collection.