SUPERB MID CENTURY ISRAELI MODERNIST BRONZE / BRASS SCULPTURE FROM THE DAYAGI BROTHERS STUDIO
SUPERB MID CENTURY ISRAELI MODERNIST BRONZE / BRASS SCULPTURE FROM THE DAYAGI BROTHERS STUDIO
FEATURING A TALL FIGURAL WARRIOR LIKE DESIGN WITH SHIELD AND SWORD IN BRASS
BLACK PATINATED FINISH TO THE BODY WITH AREAS LEFT NATURAL IN THEIR ORIGINAL UNPOLISHED FINISH
MATCHING LOOP EARRINGS AND RAISED HEAD ADORNMENT
FOUNDRY STAMP BENEATH READING “DAYAGI MADE IN ISRAEL”
MEASURING 285MM TALL AND WEIGHING 600GMS
OFFERED IN EXCELLENT VINTAGE ORDER
I CAN FIND NO REFERENCE TO THIS DESIGN IN THE DAYAGI ARCHIVAL RECORDS AND BELIEVE IT TO BE AN EXTREMELY RARE EXAMPLE OF ITS TYPE
CIRCA MID CENTURY
IN ISRAEL DURING THE 1950’S AND 60’S, OBJECTS OF METAL ARTS AND CRAFTS, SOUVENIRS AND JUDAICA WERE MANUFACTURED IN ABOUT 20 STUDIOS AND WORKSHOPS
THE ITEMS WERE PREVALENT IN NUMEROUS ISRAELI HOUSEHOLDS AND WERE SOUGHT AFTER SOUVENIRS IN JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN THE US, EUROPE AND SOUTH AFRICA
THEY CAME IN A WIDE SELECTION, VARYING IN SHAPES AND IMAGES, RANGING FROM PASSOVER PLATES, HANUKKAH LAMPS AND MEZUZAHS TO JUGS, PLATES, ASHTRAYS, AND NAPKIN HOLDERS, BOOKENDS, WRITING SETS, FIGURINES AND MASKS
MANY OF THESE OBJECTS WERE THE CREATION OF MAURICE ASCALON – THE FATHER OF THE MODERN ISRAEL’S DECORATIVE ARTS MOVEMENT – AND HIS PAL-BELL COMPANY
OTHER OF THE MORE WELL-KNOWN MAKERS INCLUDED THE DAYAGI BROTHERS AND OPPENHEIM
THE DAYAGI BROTHERS MOVED TO ISRAEL FROM HUNGARY DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF THE 20th CENTURY
MOD 23D
$300.00