Auction 50
Lot 015:
Wonderful bronze statue depicting a synagogue chazan at the lectern, wrapped in a tallis and tefillin, with an open siddur in front of him as he raises his voice. Above him is the inscription: “v’Amru Amen”.
Wonderful work of several phases. By Nicky Imber.
Stands on a black marble base. Total weight: 27kg. Height: 60cm. Numbered 4 of 12.
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A certificate of authenticity from a leading Israeli gallery will be provided upon request for this item.
Nicky Imber is the nickname of Ignaz Imbermann (1920-1996), a Jewish sculptor and photographer who made a series of statues entitled “From Shoah to Tekumah” placed in the public park of Carmiel. Imber was born in Vienna in 1920 (a relative of Naftali Herz Imbar, the author of HaTikvah). After the annexation of Austria by the Nazis in 1938, he was sent to Dachau where he managed to escape. In 1943 he joined the British Army, and after the war lived in Canada and South Africa, where he developed his art.
Between 1978-81 he built a huge series of statues commemorating the Shoah and Judaism’s rebirth, placed at the art park at the entrance to the city of Carmiel. At that time he moved to Israel. He died in 1996 in Vienna
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