National Academy Prize-Winning Drawing 
New York Times, April 10, 1998 
 
 
 
"The Dark Angels," a charcoal drawing by Chaim Koppelman, at the National Academy Museum. 
 
 
From the National Academy Museum Exhibition Catalog:
 
Gladys Emerson Cook Award 
for general excellence 
 
Chaim Koppelman, NA  
The Dark Angels 
Charcoal; 19 X 26 in.
    b. NY; studied with Eli Siegel, Amédée Ozenfant. Collections at the NA, MMA, MoMA, Whitney.
"This drawing was inspired by the Aesthetic Realism idea I learned from Eli Siegel that an animal can represent our conscience. These elephants, in their massive darkness, are like benevolent angels, bringing a very cheerful message from the depths of the world to the recumbent figure in the foreground."
Mr. Koppelman is an Aesthetic Realism consultant.
 
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