Dvora Kanegis (American, Contemporary). Eve in Garden of Eden - acrylic on paper, ca. 1998. Signed in black paint below imagery. A striking painting by Dvora Kanegis that demonstrates her unique blend of figurative and abstract expression rendered with bold line, lush brushstrokes, and vibrant color. In this composition, an attractive female visage is accompanied by a large apple as well as a sun that is either rising or setting above the horizon line in the distance. A fascinating interpretation of Eve in the Garden of Eden by Dvora Kanegis. Size (sight view): 17.4" L x 11.4" W (44.2 cm x 29 cm) Size (frame): 24.3" L x 18.375" W (61.7 cm x 46.7 cm)

Dvora Kanegis received scholarships to Skidmore College and Yale University, and continued studying art at Columbia University. Bauhaus artist Josef Albers was one of her greatest influences.

Artist Statement: "Life has taken me to a more internal place where quiet feeds me. I used to be interested in painting the thing. Now I am interested in painting the nothing. Less! Less! What is implied, not defined, interests me.

For me color defines space and evokes emotion. I was influenced by the work and teachings of Josef Albers, a Bauhaus artist who left Germany for the United States in 1933. In 1950 he became the head of the Art Department at Yale University. His revolutionary use of color as it defines space and emotion and his methods of teaching about the use of color influenced my work, as it did a great many artists on the east coast. My professor during my years studying art at Skidmore College was one of his students. Later I attended graduate school at Yale University Art School, where Albers? teachings lived on.

Color is more important to me than line or form. I am interested in how colors come forward or recede depending on the color field in which they live and how combinations of colors evoke different feelings. I mix colors depending on my mood and begin to play; I never know what I am going to do when I start painting. It is an exploration, an adventure, which concludes when I like what I see." (Dvora Kanegis for Paquette Gallery, 2017)

Provenance: private Goldstein collection, Denver, Colorado, USA. The Goldstein's have amassed their collection over the past six decades.

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Signed in black paint below imagery. Mounted in frame beneath plexiglass. Artwork has not been examined outside the frame but appears to be excellent save slight age wear and toning to paper. Frame is intact and has suspension hardware attached.