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Menashe Kadishman

Israeli, 1932-2015
Menashe Kadishman was born in Mandate Palestine. His father died when he was 15 years old. He left school to help his mother and provide for the family.[1] From 1947 to 1950, Kadishman studied with the Israeli sculptor Moshe Sternschuss at the Avni Institute of Art and Design in Tel Aviv, and in 1954 with the Israeli sculptor Rudi Lehmann in Jerusalem. In 1950–1953, Kadishman worked as a shepherd on Kibbutz Ma'ayan Baruch. This experience with nature, sheep and shepherding had a significant impact on his later artistic work and career. In 1959, Kadishman moved to London to study at Saint Martin's School of Art and the Slade School of Art.[2] In 1959-1960 he also studied with Anthony Caro and Reg Butler.[2] He had his first one-man show there in 1965 at the Grosvenor Gallery. In 1972, he returned to Israel. In the 1960s, Kadishman's sculptures were Minimalist in style, and so designed as to appear to defy gravity. This was achieved either through careful balance and construction, as in Suspense (1966), or by using glass and metal so that the metal appeared unsupported, as in Segments (1968). The glass allowed the environment to be part of the work. The first major appearance of sheep in his work was at the 1978 Venice Biennale, where Kadishman presented a flock of colored live sheep as living art.[4] In 1995, he began painting portraits of sheep by the hundreds, and even thousands, each one different from the next. These instantly-recognizable sheep portraits soon became his artistic "trademark"
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$2,512
Styles
Abstract
Materials
Screen Print
Paint
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Sheep 7, Conceptual Etching and Screenprint by Menashe Kadishman
Sheep 7, Conceptual Etching and Screenprint by Menashe Kadishman

Menashe KadishmanSheep 7, Conceptual Etching and Screenprint by Menashe Kadishman, 1981

$750

H 33.5 in W 31 in

Sheep 7, Conceptual Etching and Screenprint by Menashe Kadishman

By Menashe Kadishman

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Menashe Kadishman, Israeli (1932 - 2015) Title: Sheep 7 Year: 1981 Medium: Screenprint and Etching, signed in pencil Edition: 65, AP 5 Size: 33.5 x 31 in. (85.09 x 78.74 cm)

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1980s Conceptual Menashe Kadishman

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Etching, Screen

Sheep Portfolio 7, Conceptual Pop Art Screenprint by Menashe Kadishman
Sheep Portfolio 7, Conceptual Pop Art Screenprint by Menashe Kadishman

Menashe KadishmanSheep Portfolio 7, Conceptual Pop Art Screenprint by Menashe Kadishman, 1981

$750

H 33.5 in W 31 in

Sheep Portfolio 7, Conceptual Pop Art Screenprint by Menashe Kadishman

By Menashe Kadishman

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Menashe Kadishman, Israeli (1932 - 2015) Title: Sheep Portfolio 7 Year: 1981 Medium: Screenprint and Etching, signed in pencil Edition Size: 65, AP 5 Size: 33.5 x 31 in. (85...

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1980s Conceptual Menashe Kadishman

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Screen

Sheep 1, Conceptual Art Screenprint by Menashe Kadishman
Sheep 1, Conceptual Art Screenprint by Menashe Kadishman

Menashe KadishmanSheep 1, Conceptual Art Screenprint by Menashe Kadishman, 1981

$750

H 33.5 in W 31 in

Sheep 1, Conceptual Art Screenprint by Menashe Kadishman

By Menashe Kadishman

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Menashe Kadishman, Israeli (1932 - 2015) Title: Sheep Portfolio 1 Year: 1981 Medium: Screenprint and Etching, signed in pencil Edition: 65, AP 5 Size: 33.5 x 31 in. (85.09 x...

Category

1980s Conceptual Menashe Kadishman

Materials

Screen

Black Earth, Conceptual Etching with Aquatint by Menashe Kadishman
Black Earth, Conceptual Etching with Aquatint by Menashe Kadishman

Menashe KadishmanBlack Earth, Conceptual Etching with Aquatint by Menashe Kadishman, circa 1979

$600

H 31 in W 38 in

Black Earth, Conceptual Etching with Aquatint by Menashe Kadishman

By Menashe Kadishman

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Menashe Kadishman, Israeli (1932 - 2015) Title: Black Earth Year: circa 1979 Medium: Etching with Aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 75, AP Image Size: 20 ...

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1970s Abstract Expressionist Menashe Kadishman

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

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2026$3,400Animal PaintingsAcrylic Paint1980
2025$3,500Decorative Objects, SculpturesAluminum1972
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2025$1,800Animal Paintings, Animal Drawings and WatercolorsPaper, Acrylic Paint1985
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