Lot 37
  • 37

Yohanan Simon

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Yohanan Simon
  • Independence Day
  • Signed in Hebrew and dated 58 (lower right); signed Yohanan Simon and in Hebrew, titled Independence Day, and dated 1958 (on the reverse)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 26 by 32 in.
  • 66 by 81.3 cm
  • Painted in 1958.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by late 1959
Thence by descent to the present owner

Condition

Oil on canvas, canvas is not lined. Surface: In generally good condition aside from scattered pinholes at extreme edges, a few scattered areas of craquelure, and surface dirt. UNDER UV: No apparent inpainting; some pigments are still active.
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