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THBSami Briss (Born 1930) Romanian, Signed and Numbered Abstract Silkscreen Print
About Seller
522 South Pineapple Avenue
Sarasota, FL 34236
United States
Sarasota Estate Auction specializes in a wide variety of furniture, antiques, fine art, lighting, sculptures, and collectibles. Andrew Ford, owner and operator of the company, has a passion for finding the best pieces of art and antiques and sharing those finds with the Gulf Coast of Florida.
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LiveJun 8, 2025
Over 900 lots will be offered in day 2 of our 2 day auction weekend! There are multiple lots of important fine art from landscapes and etchings to old masters and portraits. We have a Fantastic Rare 1890s Russian Faberge Imperial Desk Clock, Oriental Rugs, Sterling Silver, Rare Books, Old Master Paintings, Asian Antiquities, and more! Sarasota Estate Auction sarasotaestateauction@gmail.com
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Sami Briss (Born 1930) Romanian, Signed and Numbered Abstract Silkscreen Print. Depicts figures in the foreground with a cat, bird, and fish, with a Middle Eastern town atop sand dunes in the distance. Signed in white pen bottom right. Numbered 8/95 in white pen bottom left.
Overall Size: 36 1/2 x 29 in.
Sight Size: 21 x 17 in.
Sami Briss was born in Jassy, Romania in 1930. From an early age he was interested in art, influenced by both the peaceful, rolling beauty of the surrounding landscape and the stately, imposing architecture of his home city. His mother, a dressmaker, encouraged his interest in the arts, and helped him enter the Beaux-Arts of Bucharest. He first worked on still lifes, showing a fascination with creating oblique constructions out of everyday objects. He experimented with lithography and wood cutting, but by the early 1960s he was devoted almost solely to painting in oils and watercolors. A chance meeting with an elderly folk artist led him to study the art of iconography, using the ancient techniques to imbue new materials and motifs into his work. Much of his pieces focused on symbolist subjects, particularly Slavic folklore and Biblical imagery, but as he grew older he began to explore more surrealist concepts. In the late 1970s, seeking to escape from the turmoil slowly destroying Romania under Nicolae Ceaușescu’s regime, he fled to Paris, France, and began to divide his time between ateliers there and in Tel Aviv. The ancient architecture of his adopted home and the beautiful desolation of the Middle Eastern deserts further influenced his work, and from the 2000s onward he frequently chose to focus on portraiture, creating abstract figural images that incorporate all of his many experiences under Communism and his later freedom in the West. His paintings are found in many private and public collections throughout Europe and America, with the largest exhibition of his work in the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
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36 1/2 x 29 in.
