OFER JOSEF, BORN IN 1965 IN TEL AVIV, MOVED TO FRANCE AT THE AGE OF SIXTEEN HE BECAME ONE OF THE YOUNGEST STUDENTS TO GAIN ADMITTANCE TO THE ECOLE DES BEAUX-ARTS IN PARIS, WHICH HE ENTERED AT SEVENTEEN. HE SPENT MUCH OF HIS FREE TIME AT THE PARIS
ZOO, STUDYING ANIMALS – IN PARTICULAR FELINES – AND PRODUCING NUMEROUS ANIMAL SCENES AFTER LEAVING ART SCHOOL, JOSEF SETTLED IN BRAZIL, WHERE HE SPENT MANY YEARS, INCLUDING THREE YEARS WORKING IN RELATIVE ISOLATION IN A SMALL VILLAGE OF SOME EIGHTY INHABITANTS ON THE BANKS OF THE RIO NEGRO, A MAJOR TRIBUTARY OF THE AMAZON RIVER, WHERE HE CONTINUED TO FIND INSPIRATION IN THE LOCAL WILDLIFE.
THE ARTIST NOW DIVIDES HIS TIME BETWEEN SPAIN, PORTUGAL AND BRAZIL, AND CONTINUES TO CREATE HIS SOMETIMES DISTURBING, BUT ALWAYS MEMORABLE VISIONS, BRINGING THEM TO LIFE WITH PEN AND INK WASHES ON PAPER.
SINCE 1987, JOSEF HAS HAD SUCCESSFUL SOLO EXHIBITIONS OF HIS WORK IN GALLERIES IN BERLIN, MALMO, MARSEILLE, PARIS AND PORTO.
OFER JOSEF’S DRAWINGS ARE IN SEVERAL PRIVATE COLLECTIONS WHILE A GROUP OF TWELVE SHEETS WERE RECENTLY ACQUIRED BY THE TEYLERS MUSEUM IN HAARLEM IN THE NETHERLANDS
DRAWINGS EXHIBITED AT STEPHEN ONGPIN FINE ART
LE MONDE EST UN PONT TRÈS ÉTROIT / THE WORLD IS A VERY NARROW BRIDGE
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420 x 594 mm
MEDITATION
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210 x 297 mm.
RAPPEL / ENCORE
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420 x 594 mm.
IL NE VEUT PAS DESCENDRE / HE DOESN’T WANT TO GET DOWN
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594 x 420 mm.
COOPÉRATION / COOPERATION
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297 x 210 mm
CHEF PÂTISSIER / PASTRY CHEF
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297 x 210 mm
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594 x 420 mm.
POGROM, DEUXIÈME VERSION / POGROM, SECOND VERSION
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594 x 420 mm
NICCOLÒ PAGANINI
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297 x 210 mm.
RING
AU RENDEZ-VOUS / THE APPOINTMENT
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420 x 594 mm.
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210 x 297 mm.
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297 x 210 mm.
SOUHAITENT-ILS QU’IL NE TOMBE PAS? / DO THEY WISH HE WOULDN’T FALL?
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594 x 420 mm
SANS CHEMIN / WITHOUT A PATH
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297 x 420 mm
FERMETURE / CLOSING
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297 x 210 mm
SOUPE DÉLICIEUSE / DELICIOUS SOUP
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297 x 210 mm.
DANSE MÉDIÉVALE / MEDIEVAL DANCE
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594 x 420 mm
JOYEUX ANNIVERSAIRE / HAPPY BIRTHDAY
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297 x 210 mm
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LES PAPILLIONS / THE BUTTERFLIES
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420 x 594 mm.
/ LOBINHA CLEANS HERSELF
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210 x 297 mm
/ NAME OF A TANGO)
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297 x 210 mm.
TRAPÈZE / TRAPEZE
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594 x 420 mm.
210 x 297 mm
PARTAGE / SHARING
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LES FILS COUPÉS / CUT THREADS Ink on paper.
594 x 420 mm.
L’INVENTEUR DE LA ROUE / THE INVENTOR OF THE WHEEL Ink on paper.
420 x 297 mm
LOUIS Ink on paper
297 x 210 mm.
SANGLIER 2 / WILD BOAR 2
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210 x 297 mm.
LE JONGLEUR DES CRÂNES / THE SKULL JUGGLER
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594 x 420 mm.
SANS FRIENS / WITHOUT BRAKES
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297 x 420 mm.
LE CANCAN / THE CANCAN
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594 x 420 mm.
LE DROIT DE LA PREMIÈRE NUIT / THE RIGHT OF THE FIRST NIGHT Ink on paper.
JAGUAR 2
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297 x 210 mm.
LE MONDE EST UNE CAISSE DE THÉÂTRE / THE WORLD IS A THEATER BOX Ink on paper.
420 x 594 mm
LA POUSSETTE / THE STROLLER
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297 x 210 mm
BIENVENUE! / WELCOME! Ink on paper.
420 x 297 mm.
GRANDFATHER
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210 x 297 mm
DOMINO
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297 x 210 mm.
UN RENDEZ VOUS DES COUPEURS DE BOIS / A MEETING OF WOODCUTTERS
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420 x 297 mm.
CRÉPUSCULE / TWILIGHT
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297 x 210 mm.
BANDIDO
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210 x 297 mm
DRAWINGS EXHIBITED AT RICHARD NAGY LTD.
DÉSIR ET VOLUPTÉ / DESIRE AND VOLUPTUOUSNESS
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420 x 594 mm
CHANTAL
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LE LAC DES CYGNES / SWAN LAKE
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LONGUE NUIT / LONG NIGHT
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420 x 594 mm.
LA JAVA / JAVA
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297 x 420 mm.
CONFIANCE / TRUST
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594 x 420 mm
LA SIESTE / THE NAP
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210 x 297 mm
AVANT DE DÉCOLLER / BEFORE TAKING OFF
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594 x 420 mm.
CRACHER DU FEU / SPITTING FIRE
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420 x 594 m
CELLE QUE A TOUT VU / THE ONE WHO HAS SEEN IT AL
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297 x 210 mm
ORGIE / ORGY
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420 x 594 mm
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297 x 210 mm.
BASTA!
LA CRUCIFIXION / THE CRUCIFIXION
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420 x 594 mm.
LE COMÉDIEN / COMEDIAN
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594 x 420 mm.
UN AMOUR AVEUGLE / BLIND LOVE
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594 x 420 mm
L’ARMURE NE LE PROTÉGERA PAS / THE ARMOR WILL NOT PROTECT HIM
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297 x 210 mm.
UN JOYEUSE GITANE / A HAPPY GYPSY
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297 x 210 mm.
UN JOUER DE DÉS / A DICE PLAYER
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594 x 420 mm
LES TROIS GRÂCES / THE THREE GRACES
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297 x 210 mm.
QUE ME IMPORTA TU PASSADO (NOME D’UN TANGO / NAME OF A TANG
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297 x 210 mm.
RICHARD NAGY LTD HAS BEEN DEALING IN MODERNIST ART SINCE 1980 THE GALLERY HAS PRESENTED MAJOR MUSEUM QUALITY EXHIBITIONS OVER THE YEARS, INCLUDING SHOWS DEVOTED TO GUSTAV KLIMT, ALFRED KUBIN, EGON SCHIELE AND GEORGE GROSZ, AMONGST OTHERS
STEPHEN ONGPIN FINE ART IS BASED IN MAYFAIR IN LONDON AND SPECIALISES IN MASTER DRAWINGS, WATERCOLOURS AND OIL SKETCHES DATING FROM THE 15TH THROUGH TO THE 21ST CENTURIES. THE GALLERY MOUNTS ANNUAL EXHIBITIONS OF MASTER DRAWINGS IN LONDON AND NEW YORK AND REGULARLY ISSUES SCHOLARLY CATALOGUES OF DRAWINGS
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, OR TO OBTAIN DIGITAL IMAGES OF ANY OF THE WORKS EXHIBITED, PLEASE CONTACT:
ALESA BOYLE AT STEPHEN ONGPIN FINE ART (ALESA@STEPHENONGPINFINEART.COM) OR
NINA HARTL AT RICHARD NAGY LTD (NINA@RICHARDNAGY COM)
