Lot 2
  • 2

Jakob Steinhardt

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Jakob Steinhardt
  • Jerusalem
  • signed in Hebrew and dated 1962 (lower left)
  • oil on panel
  • 32 7/8 by 24 3/4 in.
  • 83.5 by 63 cm
  • Painted in 1962.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in the 1960s

Exhibited

Jerusalem Artists House, Jacob Steinhardt, Memorial Exhibition, February 1969, no. 33, illustrated in color on the cover of the exhibition catalogue

Literature

Gabriel Ma'anit and Ruthi Ofek, Jacob and Israel, Homeland and Identity in the Work of Jakob Steinhardt, The Open Museum, Industrial Park, Tefen, 1998, p. 95, illustrated in color

Condition

Oil on canvas. Surface in generally good condition, aside from a few minor scattered losses. One diagonal abrasion visible along the left edge, extending into the canvas approximately 5 cm. One small horizontal abrasion visible at right edge.
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