Israeli and International Art
Israeli and International Art
Property from a Private Collection in Israel
REUVEN RUBIN | WHITE LILAC
Auction Closed
November 21, 04:25 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection in Israel
REUVEN RUBIN
Israeli
1893 - 1974
WHITE LILAC
signed Rubin, signed in Hebrew (lower left); signed Rubin, signed in Hebrew, titled White Lilac and dated 1965 (on the stretcher)
painted in 1965
oil on canvas
28 by 19 in.
71.2 by 48.3 cm.
This work is accompanied by a certificated of authenticity from Carmela Rubin of the Rubin Museum Foundation.
Sale: Tiroche Auctions, Hertzliya, January 25, 2014, lot 99
Purchased from the above by the present owner
Early in his career, Reuven Rubin began to paint flowers and continued throughout the years. Rubin took great pleasure in the diversity of colors, scents and shapes, but his interest in depicting them as a main subject only occurred after his wife Esther arrived in the country. “They would return from their country-side outings with bunches of wild flowers and she would carefully arrange them in bowls and vases in his home, so that he was always conscious of their beauty... with the years, his handling of flower pieces has grown freer, with more emphasis on vibrance of color than on shape of individual flowers...” (Sarah Wilkinson, Reuven Rubin, New York, 1974, p. 60).