Lot 38
  • 38

Reuven Rubin

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Reuven Rubin
  • Ain Karem
  • Signed Rubin and in Hebrew (lower center); signed RUBIN and in Hebrew, dated 1955, titled AIN KAREM and inscribed MADE IN ISRAEL (on the stretcher)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 23 5/8 by 32 in.
  • 60 by 81.3 cm
  • Painted in 1955.

Provenance

Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Los Angeles
Sale: Christie's, New York, May 13, 1993, lot 300
Engel Gallery, Jerusalem
Private Collection (acquired from the above and sold: Sotheby's, New York, December 19, 2012, lot 8)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Condition

Oil on canvas, canvas is not lined. Surface: In generally good condition aside from a few small losses at lower center. UNDER UV: No apparent inpainting.
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