Animals Board the Ark, The

Print

Purdue University Galleries

Name/Title

Animals Board the Ark, The

Entry/Object ID

1981.08.01

Type of Print

Etching

Artwork Details

Medium

Paper

Acquisition

Accession

1981.08

Source or Donor

Harley Bernbach

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Prof. Harley Bernbach, Galleries One

Made/Created

Artist

Amram Ebgi

Date made

1980

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Etching

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Intaglio

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

38-1/4 in

Width

23-3/4 in

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Cultural/Historical Context

Label

Amram Ebgi was born in Morocco in 1939. He immigrated to Israel in 1951. Ebgi was “discovered” in 1958 and received a scholarship to study art at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. After fighting in the Israeli Six Day War, he continued to study at Pratt Graphic Art Center in New York, where he developed a love for printmaking; etching, intaglio, silk screen, relief, and epoxy modeling. He is a true technician who skillfully translates rare and delightful concepts with inks onto paper. He has been considered a visionary whose imagination combines warmth of sensitive feelings with light and the complexities of life with subtle structure.