Pan
10.16 cms x 10.8 cms (4 ins x 4 ins)
Signed lower right, editioned lower left, signed, titled and dated verso
printed in 1988
Lot offered for sale by Saskatchewan NAC, Regina at the auction event "Prints and Photography" held on Sun, Mar 19, 2023.
Lot 164
Lot 164
Estimate: CAD $70 - $100
Realised: CAD $28
Realised: CAD $28
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Ex Libris Bookplate for Margot Schmitz.
Notes:
David Julijovyc Bekker was born in Odessa, Ukraine, in 1940 from a family of German settlers and his father was executed in a Stalinist purge just before David Bekker's birth. From 1955 to 1960 David Bekker attended art school in Odessa and from 1960 to 1966 the arts and crafts institute in Kharkov, Ukraine. In 1968 he created his first linocut bookplate and from then on he worked extensively in printmaking. In 1970 Bekker was accpeted into the Union of Artist of the USSR and in 1991 he became a member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine. Bekker's works can be found in many public collections including the Pushkin Museum (Moscow), the Ex Libris Centre (Belgium) and the Book Museum (Netherlands).
Ex Libris Bookplate for Margot Schmitz.
Notes:
David Julijovyc Bekker was born in Odessa, Ukraine, in 1940 from a family of German settlers and his father was executed in a Stalinist purge just before David Bekker's birth. From 1955 to 1960 David Bekker attended art school in Odessa and from 1960 to 1966 the arts and crafts institute in Kharkov, Ukraine. In 1968 he created his first linocut bookplate and from then on he worked extensively in printmaking. In 1970 Bekker was accpeted into the Union of Artist of the USSR and in 1991 he became a member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine. Bekker's works can be found in many public collections including the Pushkin Museum (Moscow), the Ex Libris Centre (Belgium) and the Book Museum (Netherlands).
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Saskatchewan NAC auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Saskatchewan NAC auction house for permission to use.