Lot 140W
Igael Tumarkin(Israeli, born 1933)Mountains 162.5 x 86 x 86cm (64 x 33 7/8 x 33 7/8in)
29 February 2012, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£10,000 - £15,000
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Igael Tumarkin (Israeli, born 1933)
Mountains
stainless steel
162.5 x 86 x 86cm (64 x 33 7/8 x 33 7/8in)
circa 1972
stainless steel
162.5 x 86 x 86cm (64 x 33 7/8 x 33 7/8in)
circa 1972
Footnotes
PROVENANCE:
Acquired in 1974
The Peter Stuyvesant Collection (later the British American Tobacco Collection), Netherlands
In the late 1950s Alexander Orlow, the Managing Director of Turmac Tobacco, put his love for abstract art to industrial use. "However complicated the operations of a machine may look," he said "it soon becomes monotonous to factory worker". He wanted to improve the working environment and raise the spirits of his dedicated employees. He did this by building year by year what in time became a world-class collection of large, colourful contemporary works specifically chosen to be shown in the factories above the machinery and so provide inspiration and stimulation.
Throughout the last 50 years the collection has expanded and gained worldwide critical acclaim, becoming a high-quality varied and international collection of art that represents artists from Europe, the United States, China, Russia, Brazil and South Africa.