Esther Knobel

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Esther Knobel
Archer Brooch, 1984
tinplate; enamel paint
1996.013.028.001
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Esther Knobel
Frame Man Brooch, 1984
tinplate; enamel paint
1996.013.028.002
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Esther Knobel
Archer on Horseback Brooch, 1984
tinplate; enamel paint
1996.013.028.003

Esther Knobel (b. Poland, 1949)  
Archer, 1984
Frame Man, 1984
Archer on Horseback, 1984
Tin-plated steel, enamel paint, elastic, steel pin
Gift of Robert W. Ebendorf, 1996.013.028.001, 2, 3

 

Esther Knobel vividly colors recycled tin, which she describes as the “craftsmanship of outsiders,” with enamel paint. Merging the personal and the national, she relates memories of archetypical figures to the present traumas of Israel’s invasion of Lebanon in 1982.

Esther Knobel