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Oded Halahmy
Rare Oded Halahmy Cast Sculpture Art Menorah Artisan Judaica in Jewish Museum

1997

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Oded Halahmy (Iraqi-Israeli, b. 1938) Bronze and aluminium "Peace Shalom Salaam" Hanukkah/ Chanukah menorah, 1997 The base signed on one side with his stamped initials, "O.H. © 97." This simple pomegranate menorah by Iraqi artist Oded Halahmy is made from cast aluminum and bronze or brass with a polished patina. The menorah sits on two pedestals. Smaller pomegranates on the top function as the candleholders. Dimensions: 16 x 2.75 X 8.5 Like countless New Yorkers who arrived from distant lands, Oded Halahmy has a rich personal history of exile, migration, and travels. Born in the old city of Baghdad in 1938, Halahmy came from a family of Orthodox Jews with deep roots in ancient Babylonian culture. Although New York has been his home for over 45 years, memories of Iraq left an indelible imprint on his life and work. Known for his dynamic yet often playful figurative sculptures in wood and bronze, he fills his work with images—albeit abstracted from reality—that evoke the landscape, architecture, and rich colors of the Middle East. Palm trees, doves, pomegranates, temples, and age-old symbols are central themes in his work. Halahmy’s work is included in the collection of the Jewish Museum. Oded Halahmy, Abstract Modernist artist, was born in Iraq in the old city of Baghdad in 1938, the artist came from a family of Orthodox Jews with deep roots in ancient Babylonian culture. His father, Salech Haskel Chebbazah, was a prosperous goldsmith in Baghdad and a Jewish member of the Communist Party when Jews comprised more than a quarter of the population of Baghdad. He refers to his home as the “land of wheat, barley, grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives and dates.”, Oded moved with his family to Israel in the 1950s, was educated at St. Martin's School of Art in London which was then a leading center for sculpture, led by Anthony Caro and Philip King and having links to Henry Moore. He taught sculpture are in the collection of the Guggenheim Museum, the Hirshhorn Museum, and the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, as well as many other public and private collections worldwide. He currently lives in New York City and Old Jaffa, Israel. Like countless New Yorkers who arrived from distant lands, Oded Halahmy has a rich personal history of exile, migration and travels. Although New York has been his home for over 45 years, memories of Iraq left an indelible imprint on his life and work. Known for his dynamic yet often playful figurative pop art style sculptures in wood and bronze, he fills his work with images — albeit abstracted from reality — that evoke the landscape, architecture, folk art and rich colors of the Middle East. Palm trees, doves, pomegranates, temples and age-old symbols abound along with deep reds, amber, sky blue and the familiar greenish-blue hues of aged bronze. Halahmy's work is in the permanent collections of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, (New York, NY); Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC); Israel Museum (Jerusalem, Israel); Jewish Museum, New York, NY; among others. SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS Dates-Pomegranates-Olive Oil: Chanukah Lamps, Yeshiva University Museum, New York, NY District of Columbia Jewish Community Center Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery, Washington, D.C. Homeward: Baghdad - Jerusalem - New York, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, NY Homelands: Baghdad-Jerusalem-New York, A Retrospective, The Ann Loeb Gallery, Washington, Homelands: Baghdad-Jerusalem-New York, A Retrospective, Yeshiva University Museum, NY The Common Ground; The Sculpture Of Oded Halahmy, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, NY Herr-Chambliss Fine Arts, Hot Springs, AR Artists Studio, Old Jaffa, Israel Byer Museum of Art, Evanston, IL The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT Tomasulo Gallery, Union College, Cranford, NJ Martha White Gallery, Louisville, KY Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY New England Center for Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, CT Hebrew Union College, New York, NY Bicentennial Tribute, United States Federal Plaza, New York, NY Horace Richter Galleries, Jaffa, Israel, 1976 Parsons School of Design, New York, NY America-Israel Culture House, New York, NY Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY Gallery Moos, Toronto, Canada Old Jaffa Gallery, Jaffa, Israel Pollack Gallery, Toronto, Canada SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2006 Iraqi Art Today, Pomegranate Gallery, New York, NY 2003 Iraqi Art Now, DePaul University Art Gallery, Chicago, IL 2002 The Nude In Three Dimensions, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY Iraqi Art and Literature Around the World, Grinnell College, Grinnell, 1989 Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel 1988 Art at the Armory, New York, NY 1987 The New Generation, Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY 1983 Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY 1982 Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels, Belgium 1981 Marisa Del Re Gallery, New York, NY 1978-1981 Sid Deutsch Gallery, New York, NY 1979 The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT 1977 Alexander F. Milliken Gallery, New York, NY Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY 1976 Faculty Exhibition, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY 1976 Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, NY Bonino Gallery, New York, NY 1974 Gruenebaum Gallery, New York, NY Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY International Sculpture Show, Gallery Moos, Toronto, Canada Ten from America International Sculpture Symposium, New York, NY 1973-1986 Horace Richter Galleries, Jaffa, Israel 1973 Queens Museum, Queens, NY 1972 American International Sculpture Symposium, New York, NY 1970 Alwin Gallery, London, England The Tel Aviv Museum, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion, Tel Aviv, Israel 1968 The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada 1967 London Group, London, England The Mayor Gallery, London, England Grosvenor Gallery, London, England Ben Uri Gallery, London, England And the pomegranates bud forth: The Pomegranate in Israel Art Mayanot Gallery, Jerusalem, 1991 Artists: Raban, Ze'ev Rabinovitz, Israel Naaman, Michal Gerstein, David (Dudu) Halachmi, Oded Ofek, Avraham Bergner, Yosl Streichman, Yehezkel Abramovich, Pinchas Mairovich, Zvi Janco, Marcel Gliksberg, Haim Gutman, Nachum Rubin, Reuven Ovadyahu, Shmuel Schatz, Boris Yemini, Yihye The Autumn Exhibition - Israeli Artists The Autumn Exhibition - Israeli Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion, Tel Aviv 28 September, 1970 - 7 November, 1970 Artists: Evyatar, Hena Uri, Aviva Eizemann, Michael Rita, Alima Beeri, Tuvia Byle, John BarEl, Yoav Geva, Avital Granoth, Yeshayahu Gershuni, Moshe Halevi, Joseph Halachmi, Oded Hack, Kalman Wexler, Yaacov Tolkovsky, Zvi Yardeni, Yehezkel Lavie, Raffi Lieblich, Ziva Merhav, Shimshon Neustein, Joshua Oz, Dida Eshet, Pinchas Peralta, Daniel Propes, Moshe Kiewe, Chaim Shavit, Amichai (Ami) Schwartz, Buky Shelesnyak, Henry Shenbar, Baruch Tick, Gad 1967: The Americanization of Israeli Art 1967: The Americanization of Israeli Art Bograshov Gallery, Tel Aviv Ha' Kibbutz, Israeli Art Gallery, Tel Aviv 2 September, 1989 - 23 September, 1989 Artists: Abramovich, Pinchas Ullman, Gad Ullman, Micha Uri, Aviva Ayal, Avishay Rita, Alima Argov, Michael Aroch, Arie Batlle, Georgette Ben Shaul, David (Dedi) Brown, Aika (Ariel) BarEl, Yoav Kadim (Berman), Reuven Gaon, Izzika Givati, Moshe Garbuz, Yair Gershuni, Moshe Dorchin, Yaacov Druks, Michael Witkin, Aaron Weinfeld, Yocheved (Juki) Tolkovsky, Zvi Tartakover, David Yardeni, Yehezkel Kahana, Aharon Lavie, Raffi Lieblich, Ziva Lifschitz, Uri Neustein, Joshua Eshet, Pinchas Feingersh, Oded Propes, Moshe Cizik, Milka Kadishman, Menashe Kiewe, Chaim Kilemnik, Arie Ron, Ziva Schwebel, Ivan Schwartz, Buky Shechori, Ran Shelesnyak, Henry Shemi, Yehiel Shatz, Shaul Tumarkin, Igael Byle, John Hack, Kalman Halachmi, Oded Rozov, Joram
  • Creator:
    Oded Halahmy (1938)
  • Creation Year:
    1997
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 8.5 in (21.59 cm)Width: 16 in (40.64 cm)Depth: 2.75 in (6.99 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    good. minor wear at corners and a couple of minor scuffs. please see photos.
  • Gallery Location:
    Surfside, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU38213711222
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