Nocturne

Efrat Natan

2005

Installation depicting a wall inset with bed inside.
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Efrat Natan

b. 1947

Efrat Natan is a performance and installation artist and curator who has exhibited her work in Israel since the early 1970s. Among her best-known pieces are Work on the Roof (1979), Dreamless Sleep (1992), Winds (2002), and White Shirt in the Window (2006). She lives in Tel Aviv.

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