Michael Gross Israeli Sculptor.

Orig. Autograph in Hebrew on large photo of his sculpture, 1968

Inscription in Hebrew:

“MICHAEL GROSS “KINGDOM”

IRON HEIGHT 4.6 m. IN USA FOR EXHIBITION IN MUSEUM 1968″

WITH STAMP OF PHOTO-ATELIER IN HEBREW IN ISRAEL – HARD TO READ

DIMENSIONS: 29.3 x 20.4 cm. (11.5 x 8″)

SOME DAMAGES TO CORNERS

This item comes from archive of Gabriel J.Talpir

TALPHIR, GABRIEL JOSEPH (1901–1990), Hebrew art critic and poet. Talpir was born in Stanislav, Galicia, and after teaching in secondary schools in Vilna and Zamosc immigrated to Palestine in 1925, and from 1932 became editor of Gazit, a periodical for art and literature.

He published poems in Israel’s newspapers and literary journals, as well as essays and articles on literature and art, mostly in Gazit, perhaps the first periodical in Hebrew devoted

MICHAEL GROSS (1920-2004), Sculptor and Painter. Born in Tiberias, Israel in 1920. Studies: 1936-40 Teachers’ Seminary, Jerusalem; 1943-45, Technion, Haifa, architecture; sculpture with Moshe Fisher; 1951-54 Beaux Arts, Paris, with Michel Gimond. Teaching: 1957-60 Bezalel, Jerusalem; 1960-80 Oranim Art Institute, Tivon. Prizes: 1964 Herman Struck Prize; 1967 Dizengoff Prize; 1971 Gold Medal, Sao Paolo Biennale; 1977 Sandberg Prize for an Israeli Artist, Israel Museum, Jerusalem; 1987 Minister of Education and Culture Prize for Painting and Sculpture; 1995 Gamzu Prize, Tel Aviv Museum; 2000 Israel Prize together with Michael Bar Am and Moshe Kupferman. Environmental Sculptures: 1974 Kiryat Hayovel, Jerusalem; 1980 Kibbutz Messilot; 1882, 1985 Tel Aviv University; 1996 Tel Aviv Museum, “Trio”. Died in November 2004.