Igael Tumarkin (1933- ), a 1960's brutalist-sculptural gem s...

Igael Tumarkin (1933- ), a 1960's brutalist-sculptural gem set gilt-white-metal abstract pendant, in the form of a rectangular panel collet and claw set with oval cabochon sapphires, rubies and emeralds and a facetted pear-shaped emerald, with abstract highly-textured appendages, a polished arch and a plain ribbon suspension, signed 'Tumarkin', approx. 92mm high overall, 111mm wide, 332g gross

Note; Igael Tumarkin, born in Dresden, Germany. Raised in Israel from the age of 2. Following service in the navy he worked as a set designer for Bertolt Brecht's Berliner Ensemble. The sculptors Rudy Lehman and Itzhak Danziger became influenced his work and his first iron sculptures appeared in the summer of 1956. He was heavily influenced during the 1960's by his surroundings in Israel producing sculptured from the junk of Israeli ships, weapons and machines. He was a major figure in 'modern' Israeli art and subsequently his sculptures were placed all over the world.