Lot 5
  • 5

Reuven Rubin

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Reuven Rubin
  • The Violets
  • Signed Rubin and in Hebrew (lower left); titled The Violets, signed RUBIN twice, inscribed MADE IN ISRAEL, and dated 1965 (on the stretcher)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 12 1/2 by 10 1/2 in.
  • 31.8 by 26.7 cm
  • Painted in 1965.

Provenance

Acquired by the grandfather of the present owner, late 1960s
Thence by descent to the present owner

Condition

Oil on canvas, canvas is not lined. Surface: In generally good condition aside from three small losses (two in the flowers and one below the vase), faint stretcher bar marks, and a faint buckle to the canvas. UNDER UV: No apparent inpainting.
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