Tarkay Serigraph "Lady In Blue" Hand Signed And Numbered

"Lady in Blue"
279/350
large beautiful limited edition Serigraph measures 47" x 17" the
overall measurements with the frame is 59" x 29"

artist information
1935 -2012

Tarkay's rich tapestry of form and color is achieved through the
use of silk-screen painting. Many colors are laid over one
another and used to create texture and transparency. Two
women at a café engrossed in intimate conversation. A female
figure draped in a patterned skirt lounging on a chair. A
melancholy lady alone at tea.
These are snapshots of life as seen through the eyes of Itzchak
Tarkay. Today, Itzchak Tarkay is one of the most popular and
loved artists in the world. A modern master, Tarkay draws upon
the entire realm of art history in a body of work that is not only
aesthetically agreeable and compositionally seductive, but a
cultural phenomenon responsible for countless love letters,
innumerable nights of passion and incalculable furtive glances -
the very substance of visual poetry.
Itzchak Tarkay was born in 1935 in Subotica on the Yugoslav
Hungarian border. When he was only nine years old, the Nazis
sent Tarkay to Mathausen concentration camp. After the war,
he returned home and developed an interest in art. While still at
school in Subotica he won a prize for excellence in painting. In
1949 he and his family immigrated to Israel and were sent to a
transit camp for new arrivals at Beer Ya’akov. Their next two
years were spent in a kibbutz. In 1951, Tarkay received a
scholarship to the Bezalel Art Academy in Jerusalem, where he
studied for a year before having to leave due to difficult financial
circumstances at home. In order to continue his scholarship, he
was allowed to study under the artist Schwartzman until his
mobilization to the Israeli army. After returning to the familiar
environment of Tel Aviv, Tarkay enrolled in the Avni Institute of
Art, which he graduated in 1956. His teachers there were

Monkady, Janko, Schtreichman and Sematsky. Tarkay’s roots
as a painter take hold in the decisive years of modern art. The
bright colors and flat patterns build on the paths forged by
Matisse, Mouly, and the Fauves. Like Picasso and Tobiasse,
the sculptural grows stronger than the pictorial. Tarkay
constructs a perspective and then takes it away. The paintings
go through an abstract transformation, the perspective
dissolves into colors and shapes, her face remains, and the
world reconstructs around her. She is the natural woman -
satisfied, calm, and serene. There is an ancient mystery in the
work of Tarkay that must be discovered for oneself. This is what
Tarkay’s paintings achieve. Tarkay’s fertile female form is a
timeless enigma. The poses that Tarkay’s figures manifest are
every bit as classical as The Winged Victory or Venus de Milo.
Tarkay dives deep into history, and brings up pearls for our
times. The quality of his line is organic, the quality of his
woman, his art, is magic.

Notes: good condition

Very Good

18%

Rachel Maxwell | (860) 318-6986 | rachel@clearinghouseestatesales.com

Pickup Details

Private Residence

Adams, MA 01220

When to Pickup

Saturday, 2/29, 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Ask a Question

Report Item