Contemporary Art | New York
Contemporary Art | New York
Jacob El Hanani
MISPARIM
Lot Closed
December 17, 08:16 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Jacob El Hanani
b. 1947
MISPARIM
signed and dated 1981 (on the verso)
ink on paper
17¾ by 17¾ in.
45 by 45 cm.
Executed in 1981.
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner
“The chief interest of El Hanani’s drawings lies in the micrographic plane, in the tiny but discrete images out of which the abstract pattern is ‘woven’. The ‘cartoon’ is in the mind of the artist- from forty years of graphic experience, he knows, intuitively how the pattern will look when the drawing is finished” (Arthur C. Danto, Small Wonders: The Art of Jacob El Hanani, Acquavella Galleries, New York 2015, p. 10)