Yechiel Shemi

Untitled,

Item number 56
Artist's name Yechiel Shemi, 1922-2003
Item name Untitled,
Technique Iron sculpture
Measurements 28X24 cm
Signed Signed at the base,
Estimate $1500 - 2000
Sold for $1440
Remarks 28x24x41 cm.
About The Artist sculptor and painter, born 1922, Haifa. 1945-48 Stayed in U.S.A. 1955-65 Member of New Horizons Group. Lived in Kibbutz Cabri.
Education:
1959-61 Paris, advanced studies.
Teaching:
Oranim Art Institute, Tivon
Art School, Ein Hod, sculpture, 1977-78
Technion, Haifa, Lecturer on environmental design, 1977-79
Awards and Prizes:
Dizengoff Prize,1954. 1981
Sandberg Prize for Israeli Art, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1981.
Israel Prize, together with Batia Lishinsky, 1986.
Pundik Prize, Tel Aviv Museum, 2000
Environmental Sculptures:
Sculpture, Binyanei Hauma, Jerusalem,1958
Wall relief, Jerusalem Theatre, 1970
Nayot, Jerusalem,1982
Rupin Street, Jerusalem, 1984
Sculpture and relief, Jerusalem Theatre, 1986
Sculpture, steel, Dizengoff Street 253 Tel Aviv 1963
Raanana Sculpture Park, 1998