The Armchair
Avraham Eilat
2002
New York, 2000‑2001
An artist's book containing drawings that Eilat made while he was in the United States for cancer treatments in 2000-2001. Eilat focuses on an armchair placed in the living room of his good friend Rafi Gamzou, with whom he was staying. Throughout the period of his stay, he drew it in countless iterations, full of references to Israeli and international art history. The book was published in a limited edition of 120 copies, which recreates the original spiral-bound sketchbooks.
- Copies: 120
- Pages: 100
- Type of binding: Spiral binding
- Dimensions (cm): 30X24
- Printing: Millennium Print, Haifa
- Binding: Millennium Print, Haifa
- Type of printing: Digital
- Publication: Independent
- Place of publication: Israel
- Supported by: Doron Morad (Mon Senior) and Direct Contact Advertising
- Book photography: Leafing Magazine
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Avraham Eilat (b. 1939) is an artist and curator who works in various fields of visual art. His works have been exhibited in many exhibitions in Israel and abroad, and are in the collections of the main museums in the country. In the 1960s, he studied at the "Atelier 17" for engraving in Paris and was accepted for advanced studies at the Saint Martin's School of Art. He has taught generations of artists; served as curator of photography at the Haifa Museum of Art, artistic director of the Museum of Photography in Tel Hai, founder of the Israeli Biennial of Photography at the Ein Harod Art Center, and more. He lives with his partner, Margol Gutman, in the Ein Hod Artists' Village.
