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

Igael Tumarkin (1933- ), a 1960's brutalist-sculptural gem set gilt-white-metal abstract shaped-round pendant, in the form of a lightly-textured off-round panel with a raised central circlet, partial abstract border and a scroll and two raised abstract-molten panels, set with a cabochon emerald, a ruby and a dark-blue/black sapphire and a facetted marquise-shaped stone, two simple-loop suspension, signed verso 'Tumarkin', approx. 125mm high overall, 92mm wide, 213g 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.