Modern and Contemporary Art (buyer's premium through bidspirit in this auction is 22.5%)
By Montefiore auction house
Nov 21, 2017
36 Gordon Street, Tel Aviv, Israel
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LOT 50:

Marcel Janco , 1895-1984
Composition

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Sold for: $2,500
Estimated price :
$ 3,000 - $4,000
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Auction took place on Nov 21, 2017 at Montefiore auction house

Composition
Artist's name: Marcel Janco , 1895-1984
Item name: Composition
Technique: Assemblage and oil on cardboard
Measurements: 34.5X49.5 cm
Signed: Signed.
Estimate: $3000 - 4000

About The Artist:

Marcel Janco, painter, born 1895, Bucharest, Romania. Immigrated 1941. 1915 Went to Switzerland and joined Hugo Bell, Jean Arp. 1916 -19 An originator of the Dada movement and participated in all its activities. Painted the famous masks in the style of African masks which were exhibited in "Cabaret Voltair". Painted abstract reliefs, combining expressionism and cubism. 1921 After a short time in Paris, returned to Bucharest, worked in architecture and was active in artists groups. 1948 A founder of New Horizons Group. 1953 A founder of the artists villege Ein Hod. Died 1984. .
Education
1915 Studied Architecture, l'Ecole Polytechnique, Zurich, Switzerland

Teaching
1953 Seminar Ha'Kibbutzim, Oranim

Awards and Prizes
1945, 1946 The Dizengoff Prize for Painting and Sculpture, Municipality of Tel Aviv Jaffa, Tel Aviv
1950, 1951 The Dizengoff Prize for Painting and Sculpture, Municipality of Tel Aviv Jaffa, Tel Aviv
1958 The Histadrut Prize
1967 Israel Prize for Painting
1982 worthy of the City of Tel-Aviv, Municipality of Tel Aviv-Yaffo, Tel Aviv


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