Lot 44
  • 44

Jacob Steinhardt

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Jacob Steinhardt
  • Street in Jerusalem
  • signed J. Steinhardt and dated 1934 (lower left) and signed in Hebrew and dated again (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 23 5/8 by 31 5/8 in.
  • 60 by 80.3 cm.
  • Painted in 1934.

Provenance

Acquired by the father of the present owner in Catskill, NY circa 1975
Thence by descent

Condition

Oil on unlined canvas. There is a completed painting of hillsides with two figures on the reverse of the work. The tacking edges are beginning to fray. The canvas is dented in a few areas, particularly to the right of the doorway in the lower right quadrant. The picture surface is in generally good condition aside from a dirty varnish and surface dirt. Under UV: there are small scattered areas of inpainting throughout the work.
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