Moshe Oved 1885-1958
The Winged Human, 1946-8
bronze
38 x 28 x 18 cm
1988-41
© Mosheh Oved estate
Photo: Bridgeman images
Oved’s highly individual works with their esoteric titles express his ‘fantasies and visions through the medium of sculpture’. Both heads are part of a group of 16 bronzes he exhibited...
Oved’s highly individual works with their esoteric titles express his ‘fantasies and visions through the medium of sculpture’. Both heads are part of a group of 16 bronzes he exhibited under the title ‘Sculptural Expressions’ at Viennese émigrée Lea Bondi Jaray St George's Gallery in 1948. A writer, jeweller and owner of the famous shop, Cameo Corner, as well as one of Ben Uri’s founders, Oved began modelling with his hands while sheltering from bombs during the Second World War.
Provenance
presented in honour of the Mamlok family, 2015Literature
Walter Schwabe and Julia Weiner, eds., Jewish Artists: the Ben Uri Collection - Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture (London: Ben Uri Art Society in association with Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, 1994), p. 142.Be the first to know – Sign Up
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