{"product_id":"igael-tumarkin-untitled-c-1975","title":"IGAEL TUMARKIN, \"UNTITLED\" c.1975","description":"\u003cp\u003eTo zoom in, click on each image and mouse over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEdition: 9\/50\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMixed Media on Paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDate: c. 1975\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSigned Lower Left\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSheet: 27 x 19  inches (68.6 x 48.3 cm)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFramed: 36 x 26 inches (91.4 x 66 cm)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition: Excellent\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFramed under glass\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Artist: Igael Tumarkin (Israeli,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e1933 - 2021)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003eIgael Tumarkin was a towering, highly controversial Israeli painter, sculptor, and stage designer renowned for his avant-garde assemblages and profound impact on modern Israeli art. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003eBorn Yigal Tumarkin in 1933, in Dresden, Germany, to a Jewish mother and a non-Jewish German theater director, he immigrated to Mandate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003ePalestine at the age of two. After serving in the Israeli Navy, he studied sculpture under Rudi Lehmann before traveling to East Berlin in 1955, where he worked as an assistant set designer for the legendary playwright Bertolt Brecht at the Berliner Ensemble. Following Brecht's death, Tumarkin moved to Paris and Amsterdam, where he encountered the burgeoning European \"Junk Art\" movement, which inspired him to begin constructing raw sculpture out of scrap metal, weapons, and discarded industrial detritus. His time in the theater heavily influenced his subsequent art, lending a dramatic, staging-like quality to his later, large-scale public monuments. He passed away in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003e2021, in Tel Aviv, Israel, concluding a prolific career that spanned more than six decades.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003eUpon his return to Israel in 1961, Tumarkin revolutionized the local art scene by introducing assemblage and raw expressionism. He famously integrated actual weapons, artillery shells, and machine parts directly into his sculptures to confront the continuous trauma, anxiety, and militarism of the region. One of his most iconic and defining public works is the massive, geometric iron-and-glass pyramid monument dedicated to the Holocaust and Heroism, located in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square. Tumarkin was as famous for his abrasive personality and fierce, anti-establishment political views as he was for his art. His work frequently used shocking, visceral symbolism to critique war, religious orthodoxy, and state politics, rendering him a highly polarizing figure in Israeli public life who actively operated as a perennial dissident.\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wfWfIf fxyaSe\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"jAOkJc\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003eIgael Tumarkin\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[false,\u0026quot;\u0026quot;,false,\u0026quot;\\u0026BfDIjb_v:aPo2Hd\u0026quot;]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[[[\u0026quot;\/m\/09yr8y\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;Igael Tumarkin\u0026quot;,0,\u0026quot;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\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;PEOPLE\u0026quot;],\u0026quot;\u0026quot;,0,[null,null,null,1,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,[291933,null,1,1],null,null,[{\u0026quot;205\u0026quot;:[null,\u0026quot;\/m\/09yr8y\u0026quot;],\u0026quot;1219\u0026quot;:[null,null,\u0026quot;PEOPLE\u0026quot;,null,null,\u0026quot;\/m\/09yr8y\u0026quot;],\u0026quot;3524\u0026quot;:[69]}]],null,0,null,\u0026quot;\u0026quot;,0]]--\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e was an exceptionally prolific printmaker who produced over three hundred prints, seamlessly translating the violent expressionism and raw assemblage techniques of his famous iron sculptures onto paper.\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Encouraged by the massive boom in American print studios during his travels in the 1960s—where he observed pioneers like Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg push the boundaries of the medium—Tumarkin developed a hybrid graphic style that stood at the crossroads of Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, Dada, and European Surrealism. Rather than treating printmaking as a secondary pursuit, his graphics functioned as intense, layered visual testing grounds. His mixed-media prints are instantly recognizable for combining free, aggressive brushstrokes and spontaneous paint drips with tactile, \"non-art\" materials like newspaper clippings, historical photographs, maps, text fragments, and everyday junk.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTumarkin utilized a complex array of techniques, frequently blending photo-etching, drypoint, lithography, and silkscreen (serigraph) print surfaces within a single composition, to construct deeply political, provocative series that targeted war, state power, and cultural history. In seminal print cycles like his 1973 \u003cem class=\"zhvwWe\"\u003eWar\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem class=\"zhvwWe\"\u003eCrucifixion\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e portfolios, he juxtaposed precise, Leonardo da Vinci-style anatomical and wireframe drawings (reflecting his early training) with harsh, visceral imagery of military conflict, gas masks, and industrial machinery. 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He was awarded the prestigious \u003cstrong\u003eDizengoff Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e for painting in 1961 and ultimately received the nation's highest cultural accolade, the \u003cstrong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003eIsrael Prize for Sculpture\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, in 2004. Today, his works are prominent features of the Israeli landscape, with major outdoor sculpture installations gracing the \u003cstrong\u003eIsrael Museum\u003c\/strong\u003e in \u003cstrong\u003eJerusalem\u003c\/strong\u003e and the \u003cstrong\u003eTel Aviv Museum of Art\u003c\/strong\u003e. His pieces also maintain a significant international footprint, held in premier global collections including the \u003cstrong\u003eMuseum of Modern Art\u003c\/strong\u003e in \u003cstrong\u003eNew York\u003c\/strong\u003e and the \u003cstrong\u003eHakone Open-Air Museum\u003c\/strong\u003e in \u003cstrong\u003eJapan\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Story:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan\u003eFrom a private collector in Toronto.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShipping Information:\u003c\/strong\u003e Packaging and shipping within Canada is $200. At checkout, you will have the option to insure your purchase for shipping at up-to-$500; you will be able to select the option you prefer from the drop down menu. 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