Lot 18
  • 18

Reuven Rubin

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • Reuven Rubin
  • Picking the Olives
  • signed Rubin and again in Hebrew (lower right); signed again, titled and dated 1964 (on the reverse)
  • oil on canvas
  • 15 by 18 3/8 in.
  • 38.1 by 46.7 cm
  • Painted in 1964.

Provenance

Parke Galleries, Ltd., Tel Aviv
Acquired from the above circa 1970-75
Thence by descent

Condition

Oil on canvas, not lined. Canvas is slightly slack on the stretcher. Some slight bumping in upper and lower right hand corners. Surface in generally good condition, colors are lively and fresh. Under UV light; no apparent inpainting visible.
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