lithography 73.5x56 cm, signed
 
Aviva Uri, Israeli, 1922-1989. Aviva Uri was born in Safed.
 
Most of Uri's work consists of drawings on paper. Early drawings, such as "Cityscape" (1956), are abstract depictions of landscape. In the late 1950s, her work became more abstract, with expressive shapes vying with minimalistic compositions. In 1968, Uri began to incorporate color in her work. She was influenced by Pop Art. Among her best-known works are her circus drawings (1958) and the Requiem for a Bird series (1975).
 
Uri used white make-up and dark eye shadow and wore oversized black clothing. She deliberately falsified her age, claiming she was born in 1927. Aviva Uri died in Tel Aviv in 1989.