Adam and Eve hiding behind a tree in the Garden, fabric appliqué made by the artist Kopel Gurwin. Israel, [second half of the 1960s].
Felt fabric appliqué. Stamped: "Kopel" (on the embroidery).
Adam and Eve hiding behind the tree of the Garden, with alarmed expressions on their faces. The figures are surrounded by the verse, "And they heard the voice of G-d traveling in the Garden… And Adam and his wife hid […] amongst the tree of the Garden". On the upper and lower edges are fabric loops, apparently for hanging as a curtain.
The artist Kopel Gurwin (1923-1990) was born in Vilna and had a Hebrew education. He endured the Holocaust years in concentration camps. After World War II, he moved to Sweden and lived there until 1950, thereafter he immigrated to Israel and began studying art in the Bezalel Academy. Concluded his studies in 1957, was renowned as a tapestry artist and graphic designer. His works were exhibited in the Israel Museum and in various galleries in Israel and abroad.
69X87 cm. (without fabric loops).