Caption Eli Ilan (1928-1982) an Israeli sculptor, was born in Winnipeg, Canada. He enrolled in a premedical curriculum at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and then immigrated to Israel in 1948. He then studied pre-historic archaeology and physical anthropology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 1956, he returned to Canada to study sculpture at the Ontario College of Art & Design and his sculpture projects reflect his interest in anatomy and anthroploogy. He lived in Kibbutz Sasa from 1959 to 1963. He died in 1982 in Caesarea, Israel.
From:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Ilan The plaque says the sculpture was donated by Edmond Berthe & Marcelle Beck in Memory of Shulem Beck.
You can see other sculptures by Eli Ilan:
Dolmic Arch at Tel Aviv University at:
www.israelpublicart.com/collection/dolmi...Eternal Youth in Jaffa:
www.israelpublicart.com/collection/etern...Ultima at The Open Museum - Tefen:
www.israelpublicart.com/collection/ultim...