Avigdor Arikha , 1929-2010
L'Issue

L'Issue
Artist's name: Avigdor Arikha , 1929-2010
Item name: L'Issue
Technique: Portfolio including 6 etchings
Measurements: 29X22.5 cm
Signed: Signed, dated and numbered 132/139.
Estimate: $500 - 700
Remarks: L'Issue, a short passage from "The Lost Ones" by Samuel Beckett. The text is accompanied by six etchings by Avigdor Arikha. Published by Georges Visat, Paris, 1968.

About The Artist:
Painter, born 28th April, 1929, Bukovina, Romania, died 2010-Paris.

Education
High School for Arts, Czernowitz-Bukovina
1946-1949 Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem
1949-1951 Ecole des Beaux Arts and Philosophy at Sorbonne, Paris.
studied History of Art.

Teaching
1971 Cabinet des Dessins, Louvre Museum, Paris, curatorial courses on drawing.

Awards and Prizes
1954 Gold Medal, Triennale, Milan
1987 Paris Prize for Artists
1989 French Jews' Foundation Prize
1995 Honorary Professor, National Academy of Fine Arts of China, Hangchow
1997 Doctor of Philosophy, Honorus Causa, Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Environmental Sculptures
Woonsocket, Rhode Island, 30 stained-glass windows, Bnei Israel Synagogue. Jerusalem, 5 stained glass windows Municipal Council Hall and mosaic, Beit Hahayal. New York, stained glass window, J.F. Kennedy Airport, El Al terminal, first class lounge.