Bar Lev Line
This painting by an Israeli artist takes its name from a chain of fortifications built by Israel along the Suez Canal after the 1967 Six-Day War
Yigael Tumarkin
- Israel 1973|
Yigael Tumarkin was born in 1933 in Dresden, Germany and grew up in Mandate Palestine. A sculptor, painter, printmaker, and stage designer, he has created many public monuments in Israel and elsewhere. He served as a military reporter and photographer during the Yom Kippur War in 1973, and subsequently painted Bar Lev Line, a work named after Israel's defensive sand berms that were breached by the Egyptian Army at the start of the war.
| Name: | Bar Lev Line |
| Artist: | Yigael Tumarkin |
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| Origin: | Israel, 1973 |
| Medium: | Painting |
| Dimensions: | 51 x 51 1/4 in. |
| Credit: | Gift of Herman Spertus |
| Catalog Number: | 95.138 |