Lot 436: Large Tsibi Geva Painting, Terrazzo 24

Tsibi Geva (Israel, b. 1951) acrylic and oil on canvas abstract painting in gray tones with muted gold, purple, blue, and red highlights resembling terrazzo flooring, 1990. With gestural, linear oil stick embellishments. Signed, dated, and titled en verso. Housed in a modern, silvered wood frame. Canvas: 70″ H x 70″ W. Framed: 74″ H x 74″ H. Biographical note: “Tsibi Geva is one of Israel’s most prominent and influential artists. Born on 1951 in Kibbutz Ein Shemer, Israel, Geva lives and works in Tel Aviv and New York. Since 1979 he has exhibited extensively worldwide…His works are included at major public and private collections, among them, The MoMA Collection, NY; The Jewish Museum, New York ; Rothfeld Collection, American University Museum, Washington DC; Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem; Tel Aviv Museum of Art; The Phoenix collection; Annina Nosei, NY; Arturo Schwartz, Italy; Donald Rothfeld, NY; Joshoua Gessel, Zurich; Michael Recanati, NY; Monique and Max Burger, Zurich. Geva is a professor at the School of Visual Arts, MFA program, NY; the University of Haifa, and Hamidrasha School of Art, Beit Berl College, Israel. He is the recipient of numerous awards and grants, including the Sandberg Prize from The Israel Museum, Jerusalem; the Mendel and Eva Pundik Foundation Prize from the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Israeli Ministry of Culture.” (Source: www.tsibigeva.com)

CONDITION: Excellent condition.