Art
Al Kanfei Nesharim I
- Item Number
- 105
- Estimated Value
- 10800 USD
- Opening Bid
- 5400 USD
Item Description
Pastel on Paper
23.5"x 19.5"
Item Special Note
Eduardo Cohen was an established Jewish Mexican artist who considered himself an expressionist. His subject matter was mostly figurative. His mastery of academic drawing allowed him to explore and distort in a very personal language the images he wished to express. During the late 80s and early 90s before his death, Cohen was commissioned to paint a mural for a synagogue in Mexico City. This was followed by a commission of two series of stained-glass windows for libraries in Jewish schools. These projects inspired him to conduct painstaking research on the subjects of Jewish festive rites, biblical prophets and the creation of the world which were the subjects of the murals and stain-glass windows. His images were ultimately a loose interpretation of the Bible.
The subjects also focused on central aspects of Jewish culture that were close to Eduardo’s heart. Combining part of his personal experiences and charged with a mixture of emotion and lucid reflection that served to filter and reinterpret an ancestral symbolic cosmos, recaptured and updated by his particular vision.
During his life he had dozens of solo and group shows throughout Mexico, Israel and the United States. After his death, the Mexican Department of Fine Arts and the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs organized several solo shows of Cohen’s work inside and outside Mexico.
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