Weil Shraga
S-2 Gates of Jerusalem
$400
18.5 inches wide x 24 Inches high 47 cm wide x 61 cm high Serigraph 1963 Edition 150
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“The Gates of Jerusalem” are composed of numberous symbols and calligraphic designs. In the upper right corner of the work, ‘Jerusalem’ appears in Hebrew; beneath it the ‘Lion of Judah’ stands next to a hand with an eye – a form used as an amulet by Jewish mystics. In the upper left hand area, a design of letters creates the word ‘Jerusalem’ above the word ‘Israel’. The two panels on the left show the ram’s horns entangled in the bush above the breast plate of the high priest which includes twelve shapes, each representing one of the tribes of Israel.
Shraga Weil was born in Nitra, Czechoslovakia in 1918 to a family of teachers, journalists and merchants. His father, a building engineer, who was an amateur painter, sent him to study with a local sculptor and then to the Prague School of Art.
He produced his first graphic works during World War II, part of which he spent as a prisoner. After the war, Weil sailed for Israel on an illegal immigrant ship, eventually arriving in the new country in 1947 and becoming a member of Kibbutz Haogen, where he has been living ever since.
In 1954 Weil spent some time studying murals and graphic techniques at the Academie des Beaux Arts, Paris and Ravenna mosaics with Prof. Severinl.
Shraga Weil’s works have been exhibited in the United States, South America, Canada, Australia, France, the USSR, Switzerland, and in the International Exhibition of Graphic Arts, in Lugano. In 1959, Weil was awarded Tel Aviv’s Dizengoff Art Prize.
Museums and Public Collections
Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
Boston Public Library
Israel Museum, Jerusalem
William Rockhill Nelson Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Fogg Museum, Harvard University
Los Angeles County Museum
Jewish Museum, New York
Philadephia Museum of Art
Joslyn Museum, Omaha, Nebraska
Judah Magnes Museum, Berkeley, CA
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