Bidspirit auction | Western Wall Terracotta, Yosef Manovla,

Western Wall Terracotta, Yosef Manovla, Israel, 1950s, decorated with people praying at the Western Wall in a realistic relief made with material and with the help of paints. Yosef Manovla is a master painter who studied in Paris and approached this great work of his with proper mental and spiritual preparation. He read every book about the Western Wall, examined every picture and every painting of the Wall. Yosef Manovla's work is a realistic relief made with material and with the help of paints. With a unique talent and with the help of ? protrusions within the work, the artist created a third dimension and a spirit of life into the picture and turned it into a unique work of art, which has no child, brother and example in the world. Dimensions without frame: 30*41.5 cm. Source: Private collection.