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Modular Cube Sculpture by Kosso Eloul Israeli Artist 1920-1995 Toronto Canada

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Modular Cube sculpture by Kosso Eloul Israeli artist 1920-1995 Sold in Toronto circa 1970s Brushed aluminum and black painted wood interior Unsigned, which is typical as most were not. Kosso Eloul was born in the city of Murom, Russia. In 1924 (aged 4) he immigrated with his family to Palestine. His artistic education began in the Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium in Tel Aviv, and continued at the Reali School in Haifa with Yitzhak Sirkin as his teacher. He spent 1938 studying sculpture at Yitzhak Danziger's studio in Tel Aviv. In 1939, at age 19, he went to the United States in order to study at the Art Institute of Chicago, which he did until 1943. He continued his studies in New York and Philadelphia. During World War II he volunteered for the United States Navy, in which he served for two years. Returning to Palestine in February 1946, he settled in Shfeya. During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War he lived in the kibbutz of Ein Harod and served as a medic in battles taking place near Mount Gilboa. In Ein Harod he worked for five years as an art teacher. Afterwards he moved to Ramat Gan and continued teaching there until 1955. Among his students were Pinhas Ashat,Matanya Abramson, and Raffi Lavie. He joined the New Horizons art group in 1948. In 1951 he won the Dizengoff Prize for Sculpture for his sculpture "Prisoner". Beginning in the 1950s he took an active roles in Symposia in Israel, and from 1960 in international symposia for sculptors, including in Berlin[3](1963) and Montreal(1964), while displaying his work in European cities such as Rome and Berlin. Towards the end of 1962 he organized an international sculpture symposium which took place in Mitzpe Ramon. This event indicated the growing interest of sculptors in the Israeli landscape, especially desert and barren landscapes. In 1964 Eloul immigrated to Toronto, Canada, where he lived until his death in 1995. During his residence there he erected more than 40 sculptures around the city.

Dimensions:

Height: 14.5 in (36.83 cm)Width: 9.5 in (24.13 cm)Depth: 9.5 in (24.13 cm)

Style:

Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Aluminum

Place of Origin:

Canada

Period:

1970-1979

Date of Manufacture:

1970s