Judaica Selling Exhibition | e-catalogue by Matsart Matsart

JUDAICA SELLING EXHIBITION

JUDAICA FINE ART SELLING EXHIBITION JERUSALEM, SUKKOTH 2014 INCLUDING SELECTED WORKS FROM THE LUCIEN KRIEF GALLERY COLLECTION

MATSART GALLERY 21 King David Str., Jerusalem | tel. +972-2-6251049

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‫בס"ד‬

MATSART AUCTIONEERS & APPRAISERS 21 King David St., Jerusalem 9410145 +972-2-6251049 15 Frishman St., Tel Aviv 6357815 +972-3-6810001

Lucien Krief | Owner, Director Expert Lucien@matsart.net Stella Costa Senior Director stella@matsart.net Alice Martinov Levin Head of Department Modern & Contemporary Art alice@matsart.net Evgeny Kolosov Auction Administrator Modern & Contemporary Art office@matsart.net

Oren Migdal Head of Department Israeli Art oren@matsart.net Yehudit Ratzabi Auction Administrator Israeli Art yehudit@matsart.net Miriam Perkal Client Accounts accounting@matsart.net Raphael Rosenfeld Sales gallery manager raphael@matsart.net

Reizy Goodwin Logistics & Shipping Manager reizy@matsart.net

PRIVATE TREATY SALE

For the past 35 years, Matsart has successfully sold works of Jewish, Israeli and International Fine Art. We have aided in the building of many important private collections both in Israel and the world over. We are proud to present Judaica Fine Art exhibition including collection of Lucien Krief Gallery. This exceptional collection is now in this catalogue. The coming pages are just some of the fine works of art that we are able to offer. Collectors interested to purchase these or other items are welcome to contact us. Estimates of the works are available upon request. These and others fine works are available for viewing at the Matsart Gallery, 21 King David St., Jerusalem +972-2-6251049 Clients interested to discreetly purchase or sell are invited to contact our experts: Alice Martinov Levin

Head of Department Modern & Contemporary Art alice@matsart.net

Oren Migdal

Head of Department Israeli Art oren@matsart.net

To arrange and exhibition of select works in your comminity, gallery or museum please contact: Reizy Goodwin

Logistics & Shipping Manager reizy@matsart.net

1 

CHARLES THÉODORE FRÈRE 1814-1888 (French)

View of Jerusalem from North, facing the Damascus Gate oil on board 18 x 28 cm (7 x 11 in.)

signed lower left, signed and titled on the reverse

BERTRAM PRIESTMAN 1868-1951 (British)

Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, 1899 oil on canvas 44 x 61 cm (17 x 24 in.)

signed, dated ‘June 99’, dedicated ‘Charles Harris from Bertram Priestman’ lower right, titled lower left

3

FRIEDRICH PERLBERG 1848-1921 (German)

Beit HaMikdash

watercolor, ink and pencil on paper 68 x 99 cm (27 x 39 in.)

signed and located ‘München’ lower right

FRENCH SCHOOL

early 20th century

Jerusalem landscape oil on panel 27 x 41 cm (11 x 16 in.)

FREDRICK WILLIAM ROWNEY 1820-1902 (British)

Old City, Jerusalem watercolor on paper 11 x 15 cm (4 x 6 in.)

signed lower right

6 W. R. WALLACE 19th-20th century

7 DUTCH SCHOOL 19th century

Panorama of Jerusalem, c.1910

On the way to Jerusalem, c.1855

signed in the plate lower right

PROVENANCE: Sale: Tiroche, September 9, 2007, lot 1159.

vintage silver print 23 x 117 cm (9 x 46 in.)

oil on canvas 81 x 112 cm (32 x 44 in.)

8v ATTRIBUTED TO

WILLIAM HENRY BARTLETT 1809-1854 (British)

Caravan facing Jerusalem

oil on canvas 31 x 41 cm (12 x 16 in.)

ERNST HILDEBRANDT 1833-1924 (German)

Jerusalem, 1852

watercolor on paper 28 x 41 cm (11 x 16 in.)

signed, dated and titled lower right

FRIEDRICH PERLBERG

1848-1921 (German)

View of Jerusalem

oil on canvas 65 x 86 cm (25 x 34 in.)

signed and located ‘München’ lower right

D. OLFERT DAPPER 1636-1689 (Dutch)

De Stadt Jerusalem zoot hedendaeghs bevonden wordt, 1677

handcolored copperplate etching 31 x 36 cm (12 x 14 in.) PROVENANCE: M. Pollak Antiquariat, Tel Aviv. Private collection.

WILLIAM SIMPSON 1823-1899 (British)

Wailing Wall, Jerusalem, 1896 watercolor and pencil on paper 23 x 38 cm (9 x 15 in.)

signed and dated lower right, titled lower left

WILLIAM GALE 1823-1909 (British)

Wailing Wall, Jerusalem, 1863 oil on canvas 53 x 73 cm (21 x 28 in.)

signed and dated lower right PROVENANCE: Sale: London, 1875. Sale: London, June 11, 1934. Private collection, Israel.

14 v

GUSTAV BAUERNFEIND 1848-1904 (German)

Wailing Wall, Jerusalem, c.1904 watercolor on paper 60 x 45 cm (23 x 18 in.)

inscribed ‘Jerusalem’ lower right PROVENANCE: Private collection, Morocco. Private European collection. EXHIBITION: Chagall and the Circle of Jewish Painters of the 20th Century, Wally Findlay Galleries, Palm Beach, December 2012 - January 2013 (illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, pp. 56-57). This work belongs to a series of paintings which included four large-format oils on the same subject.

GUSTAV BAUERNFEIND oil on canvas, 1904, sold at Sotheby's London 2007 for $6,000,000

15 v

THĂ&#x2030;ODORE JACQUES RALLI 1852-1909 (Greek)

Wailing Wall, Jerusalem oil on panel 27 x 34 cm (11 x 13 in.)

PROVENANCE: The estate of the artist. Sale: S. Mihalarias auctions, June 6, 1988, lot 58. Sale: P. Vergos auctions, April 29, 2004, lot 16. Private collection, Athens, Greece. Sale: Bonhams, London, November 10, 2009, lot 3. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner. EXHIBITION: Chagall and the Circle of Jewish Painters of the 20th Century, Wally Findlay Galleries, Palm Beach, December 2012 - January 2013 (illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, pp. 58-59).

16 v

ADOLPHE AIZIK FEDER 1886-1943 (Ukrainian, French)

Rachel's Tomb, 1920â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oil on canvas 50 x 65 cm (20 x 25 in.)

signed lower left

17 v

ANNA RYCHTER - MAY 1865-1955 (German, Israeli)

Wailing Wall, Jerusalem watercolor on paper 28 x 21 cm (11 x 8 in.)

signed and located ‘Jerusalem’ lower center

18 AFTER

EPHRAIM MOSHE LILIEN 1874-1925 (Polish, Israeli)

Wailing Wall

etching on cigarette case cover 9 x 12 cm (3 x 5 in.)

titled lower center, inscribed and dedicated on the reverse

19 v

LUDWIG BLUM 1891-1975 (Israeli)

Wailing Wall, 1931

oil on canvas 60 x 73 cm (23 x 28 in.)

signed, dated and located ‘Jerusalem’ lower left

SHMUEL CHARUVI 1897-1965 (Israeli)

Rachel’s Tomb

oil on canvas 33 x 49 cm (13 x 19 in.)

signed lower right

SHMUEL CHARUVI 1897-1965 (Israeli)

Rachel’s Tomb, 1920’s watercolor on paper 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.)

signed lower right, titled lower left

SHMUEL CHARUVI 1897-1965 (Israeli)

View of the old city walls from King George St., Jerusalem, 1938 oil on canvas 55 x 8 cm (21 x 34 in.)

signed lower right, dated and titled on the reverse PROVENANCE: Estate of the artist, no.95 (numbered on the reverse). Private collection.

SHMUEL CHARUVI 1897-1965 (Israeli)

Wailing Wall, 1920â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s watercolor on paper 11 x 10 cm (4 x 4 in.)

signed lower right

YITZHAK FRENKEL FRENEL 1899-1981 (Israeli)

Safed landscape, 1930's oil on canvas 60 x 74 cm (23 x 29 in.)

signed lower left

YITZHAK FRENKEL FRENEL 1899-1981 (Israeli)

House in Safed

oil on canvas 27 x 22 cm (11 x 9 in.)

signed lower right

MORDECHAI LEVANON 1901-1968 (Israeli)

Jerusalem from Mount of Olives, 1943 oil on canvas 65 x 74 cm (25 x 29 in.)

signed and dated lower right

YAACOV EISENBERG

1897-1966 (Israeli)

The Temple Mount oil on canvas

39 x 52 cm (15 x 20 in.) signed and located 'Jerusalem' lower right

AFTER BORIS SCHATZ 1867-1932 (Russian, Israeli)

Teshaa Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Av near the Western Wall bronze 71 x 131 cm (28 x 51 in.) monogrammed and located 'Jerusalem' lower right, titled upper center

SHMUEL LEVY OPHEL 1884-1966 (Israeli)

Yemenite dance, 1920's oil on canvas 65 x 84 cm (25 x 33 in.)

EXHIBITION: Shmuel Levy Ophel 1884-1966, Presler Private Museum, Tel Aviv, November 11, 2013 - December 14, 2013.

SHMUEL SCHLESINGER 1896-1986 (Israeli)

Heder, 1921

oil on canvas 65 x 86 cm (25 x 34 in.)

signed lower left

LITERATURE: Annie Goldenberg, Shmuel Schlesinger - Paintings, The Open Museum, Industrial Park, Tefen, February 1996, p. 47 (illustrated). Gidon Ofrat. Art in Israel (illustrated).

MOSHE CASTEL 1909-1991 (Israeli)

The holy Ark ascends to heaven watercolor on paper 68 x 49 cm (27 x 19 in.)

LITERATURE: Dr.Chaim Gamzu, Painting and Sculpture in Israel, Tel Aviv: Dvir Publishers, 1958, pl.56 (illustrated).

32 v

MOSHE CASTEL 1909-1991 (Israeli)

Yosef Caro synagogue, Safed, 1940â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oil on canvas 60 x 73 cm (23 x 28 in.)

signed in English and Hebrew lower left, signed again on the reverse

MOSHE CASTEL 1909-1991 (Israeli)

Jerusalem, 1930

oil on canvas 54 x 40 cm (21 x 16 in.)

signed and dated lower left PROVENANCE: Estate of the artist. Akirov collection, Israel. Important Israeli collection, Tel Aviv-New York. EXHIBITION: Moshe Castel, Jubilee. Exhibition - Sixty Years of Creativity 1924-1984, Knesset Israel, 1984, no. 27 (full page illustration). Castel Museum, Israel, 2010 - August 2013 (on loan).

MOSHE CASTEL 1909-1991 (Israeli)

Déjeuner sur l’herbe, 1928 oil on canvas 78 x 63 cm (30 x 25 in.)

signed lower right

PROVENANCE: Private collection, Hertzelia-Monaco. Private collection, Israel.

35 v

MOSHE CASTEL 1909-1991 (Israeli)

Halleluyah

oil on canvas 61 x 46 cm (24 x 18 in.)

signed lower right, signed again on the stretcher

MOSHE CASTEL 1909-1991 (Israeli)

Untitled

oil, basalt and mixed media on canvas 106 x 142 cm (41 x 55 in.)

signed lower left and again on the reverse

PROVENANCE: Castel family collection, Israel.

NACHUM GUTMAN 1898-1980 (Israeli)

Jerusalem, 1960

oil on canvas 82 x 100 cm (32 x 39 in.)

signed in English and Hebrew and dated lower right PROVENANCE: Private collection, Israel. Recanati collection, Tel Aviv. Private collection, Israel. EXHIBITION: Nachum Gutman, Tel Aviv Museum, September-October 1970 (illustrated on the cover of the exhibition catalogue).

39 v

1893-1974 (Israeli)

REUVEN RUBIN

Two rabbis, 1966

Simchat Torah, 1961

signed and dated lower right

signed lower right

ink and pastel on paper 46 x 38 cm (18 x 15 in.)

oil on canvas 92 x 65 cm (36 x 25 in.)

PROVENANCE: Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Kramer collection (label on the reverse). Private European collection. EXHIBITION: Rubin, Wildenstein, New York, October 3-20, 1962 (illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, no.47). Temple B'nai Sholom, Rockville Center, New York, 1963 (label on the reverse). Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Rubin Museum Foundation, signed by Carmela Rubin, dated March 23, 2014.

40 v

REUVEN RUBIN 1893-1974 (Israeli)

Jerusalem, 1951

oil on canvas 73 x 92 cm (28 x 36 in.)

signed lower right, signed again on the stretcher PROVENANCE: Collection of Sir Isaac Wolfson, London, acquired in the 1950’s. Mrs Jessie Hyman (née Wolfson), a gift from the above in the 1960’s, and thence by descent to the previous owner in 1981. Private European collection. EXHIBITION: Reuven Rubin - Select Paintings from British Collections, Christie's London, March 11-14, 2013. LITERATURE: A. Werner, Rubin, Tel Aviv, 1958, p.32 (illustrated).

REUVEN RUBIN 1893-1974 (Israeli)

King David

watercolor and ink on paper 59 x 47 cm (23 x 18 in.)

signed lower right

PROVENANCE: Sale: Christie’s Amsterdam, June 5, 2007, lot 44. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

42 v

REUVEN RUBIN 1893-1974 (Israeli)

David and Saul

watercolor and ink on paper 58 x 46 cm (23 x 18 in.)

signed lower right

PROVENANCE: Sale: Christie’s Amsterdam, June 5, 2007, lot 43. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

43 v

REUVEN RUBIN 1893-1974 (Israeli)

Two kleizmers

oil on canvas 44 x 37 cm (17 x 14 in.)

signed lower right

PROVENANCE: Hadassa Klatchkin, Hilton Tel-Aviv. Private collection.

44 v

REUVEN RUBIN 1893-1974 (Israeli)

Safed in Galilee, 1954-55 oil on canvas 76 x 102 cm (29 x 40 in.)

signed lower left, signed, dated, titled and inscribed ‘made in Israel’ on the stretcher PROVENANCE: Private collection, acquired directly from the artist, 1955. Private European collection. EXHIBITION: Rubin Retrospective Exhibition, Forty Years of Painting in Israel, The Tel Aviv Museum, Spring 1955, no. 120 (illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, titled as The Hills of Safed).

45 v

DUTCH SCHOOL 18th century

In the synagogue

oil on board 22 x 31 cm (9 x 12 in.) PROVENANCE: Private European collection.

AFTER ISIDOR KAUFMANN 1854-1921 (Austrian)

Two scholars with young student etching 30 x 31 cm (12 x 12 in.)

signed in the plate

EUROPEAN SCHOOL early 20th century

Praying Rabbi

oil on cardboard 57 x 39 cm (22 x 15 in.)

signed lower right

48 v

EASTERN-EUROPEAN SCHOOL late 19th century

Talmudic conversation oil on canvas 110 x 150 cm (43 x 58 in.)

signed lower left

PROVENANCE: Private collection, Germany. Private European collection.

49 v

ISIDOR KAUFMANN

1853-1921 (Austrian, Hungarian)

Portrait of the Nadvorna Rabbi, c.1910 oil on panel 40 x 28 cm (16 x 11 in.)

signed lower right

PROVENANCE: Kunsthandlung Lion, Vienna, c. 1920-1925. Private collection, Vienna. Anonymous sale: Phillips, London, April 3, 2001, lot 104. Private collection, acquired at the above sale. Important private collection, USA.

50 v

MIKHAIL IRODIONOVICH DASHKEVICH c.1863-1930 (Russian)

Portrait of a Jew, 1893 oil on panel 20 x 14 cm (8 x 5 in.)

signed in Russian upper right, dated lower left

PROVENANCE: Sale: Sothebyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Olympia: December 2, 2004, lot 7. Private European collection, acquired at the above sale.

EUROPEAN SCHOOL 19th century

Portrait of Rabbi

oil on panel 21 x 15 cm (8 x 6 in.) PROVENANCE: Private collection, France.

FOLLOWER OF

MORITZ DANIEL OPPENHEIM 1800-1882 (German)

Family seated around the table oil on canvas 31 x 25 cm (12 x 10 in.)

signed indistinctly lower left

53 v

LAZAR KRESTIN

1868-1938 (Lithuanian, Austrian)

Portrait of a Jewish boy, 1923 oil on canvas 55 x 46 cm (21 x 18 in.)

signed and dated lower left PROVENANCE: Collection Ehrenthal-Moriah, New York. Sale: Sothebyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New York, December 19, 2007, lot 238. Private European collection, acquired at the above sale. EXHIBITION: Group exhibition, Poland (old label on the reverse).

LAZAR KRESTIN

1868-1938 (Lithuanian, Austrian)

Rabbi studying

oil on canvas 50 x 47 cm (20 x 18 in.)

signed upper right

55 v

56 v

1868-1938 (Lithuanian, Austrian)

LAZAR KRESTIN

Portrait of hassid, 1898

The violin lesson, 1903

signed and dated lower right

oil on panel 22 x 17 cm (9 x 7 in.)

oil on canvas 110 x 85 cm (43 x 33 in.)

PROVENANCE: Private collection, Austria.

LEOPOLD PILICHOWSKI 1869-1934 (Polish)

Rachel’s Tomb

oil on canvas 50 x 60 cm (20 x 23 in.) PROVENANCE: Private British collection.

ARTHUR MARKOWICZ 1872 - 1934 (Polish)

Beit Din, 1914

oil on board 66 x 95 cm (26 x 37 in.)

signed, dated and located ‘Krakow’ lower left EXHIBITION: Annual exhibition, 1914 (old label on the reverse).

59 v

KONSTANTINE SZEWCZENKO 1915-1991 (Polish)

Sukkoth

oil on panel 30 x 25 cm (12 x 10 in.)

signed lower right

61 v

FRANZ LEITGEB 1911-1997 (German)

Rabbi

oil on masonite 26 x 21 cm (10 x 8 in.)

signed lower right

NATHAN GUTMAN 1914-1990 (Polish)

Yom Hakipurim

embossed copper 57 x 73 cm (22 x 28 in.)

signed lower right

62 v

FRANS WILHELM ODELMARK 1849-1937 (Swedish)

Discussion

watercolor on paper 61 x 44 cm (24 x 17 in.)

signed lower left

PROVENANCE: Sale: Uppsala Auktion, December 4, 2007. Private collection, acquired at the above sale.

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST early 20th century

Seated man praying, 1907 ink on paper 33 x 22 cm (13 x 9 in.)

monogrammed and dated lower right

1867-1953 (Austrian)

ALOIS HEINRICH PRIECHENFRIED Rabbi

oil on panel 12 x 9 cm (5 x 4 in.)

signed upper left

ALOIS HEINRICH PRIECHENFRIED Rabbi

oil on board 40 x 31 cm (16 x 12 in.)

signed upper right

PROVENANCE: Hugo Arnot, Gemälde-Salon, Wien, Austria (label on the reverse). Sale: Sotheby’s Tel Aviv, April 15, 1993, lot 91. Private collection, Israel.

66 v

EUROPEAN SCHOOL 19th century

Rabbi reading

oil on panel 21 x 16 cm (8 x 6 in.)

signed ‘A.Cavalo’ upper left

67 v

ALOIS HEINRICH PRIECHENFRIED 1867-1953 (Austrian)

Rabbi studying

oil on panel 34 x 45 cm (13 x 18 in.)

signed upper right

PROVENANCE: Private collection, Austria. Private European collection.

68 v

JOSEPH JOST b.1888 (Austrian)

Rabbi

oil on canvas 26 x 21 cm (10 x 8 in.)

signed upper right

POLISH SCHOOL 19th century

Rabbi

oil on panel 21 x 14 cm (8 x 5 in.)

JOSEF SĂ&#x153;SS

1892-1961 (Austrian)

Rabbi reading

oil on canvas 32 x 27 cm (12 x 11 in.)

signed lower right

72 v

CARL OSTERSETZER

1865-1914 (Austrian)

L’chayim

oil on panel 20 x 26 cm (8 x 10 in.)

signed upper right

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST early 20th century

Rabbi

oil on canvas 81 x 65 cm (32 x 25 in.)

OTTO EICHINGER 1922-2004 (Austrian)

Hasid

oil on masonite 27 x 20 cm (11 x 8 in.)

signed and located ‘Wien’ upper left

74 v

AFTER MARC CHAGALL 1887-1985 (French, Russian)

Le rabbin, c.1920

etching and aquatint on Japanese paper 67 x 51 cm (26 x 20 in.)

signed lower right and numbered â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;28/100â&#x20AC;&#x2122; lower left Etching published by Edition Apollo after an original painting by the artist now in the Chicago Art Institute collection.

75 v

MARC CHAGALL

1887-1985 (Russian, French)

Zacharie parle avec lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ange, 1956 brush, ink and chalk on paper 36 x 26 cm (14 x 10 in.)

estate stamp lower left

76 v

MARC CHAGALL

1887-1985 (Russian, French)

The Angel and menorah, The tree of life; The Angel and the Tree of life; Angel and the tree of life (Preparatory drawing for the stained-glass window project in Mainz), 1981 tempera, gouache, pencil, pen and ink on paper 129 x 36 cm (50 x 14 in.)

signed twice and located ‘Mainz’ PROVENANCE: Estate of the artist. Private collection, France. Private European collection.

EXHIBITION: Marc Chagall, Vitraux et sculptures, Musée National Message Biblique Marc Chagall, Nice, 1984, nos. 143, 145 & 146. LITERATURE: Chagall et la Bible, Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaïsme, Skira/Flammarion, Paris, 2011, p.180, cat.no.53-4, 53-5, 53-6 (full page color illustration). Comite Chagall has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.

77 v

MARC CHAGALL

1887-1985 (Russian, French)

And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his hand (I Sam. 17:57) handcolored etching, published by Tériade, Paris, 1952 38 x 30 cm (15 x 12 in.)

initialled lower right, numbered ‘89/100’ lower left LITERATURE: Meyer Schapiro (ed.), Bible: Marc Chagall, Paris: Verve, 1956, no.64 (illustrated).

78 v

MARC CHAGALL

1887-1985 (Russian, French)

Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink (Exodus 17:6) handcolored etching, published by Tériade Editeur, Paris, 1958 53 x 38 cm (21 x 15 in.)

initialled lower right, numbered ‘13/100’ lower left

LITERATURE: Meyer Schapiro (ed.), Bible: Marc Chagall, Paris: Verve, 1956, no.36 (illustrated).

79 v

MARC CHAGALL

1887-1985 (Russian, French)

Then he sent out a dove to see if the water had receded from the surface of the ground (Genesis 8:8). handcolored etching, 1939 34 x 26 cm (13 x 10 in.)

initialled lower right, numbered â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;25/100â&#x20AC;&#x2122; lower left LITERATURE: Meyer Schapiro (ed.), Bible: Marc Chagall, Paris: Verve, 1956, no.2 (illustrated).

ARTHUR KOLNIK 1890-1972 (Lithuanian)

Purim spiel

oil on panel 73 x 54 cm (28 x 21 in.)

signed lower left, signed and located ‘Paris’ on the reverse

81 v

ARTHUR KOLNIK 1890-1972 (Lithuanian)

Purim spiel

oil on masonite 73 x 120 cm (28 x 47 in.)

signed and inscribed ‘Premiere Version’ lower left, titled upper right, signed, inscribed and titled on the reverse PROVENANCE: Prof. Victor Deutsch Estate. Private collection. EXHIBITION: Chagall and the Circle of Jewish Painters of the 20th Century, Wally Findlay Galleries, Palm Beach, December 2012 - January 2013, pp. 52-53, illustrated.

82 v

ARTHUR KOLNIK 1890-1972 (Lithuanian)

Kleizmer

oil on panel 46 x 38 cm (18 x 15 in.)

signed lower right

PROVENANCE: Sale: May 10, 1993, lot 210 (handwritten auction lot tag on the reverse). The Collection of Alan Dershowitz & Carolyn Cohen, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Private European collection. Nadine Nieszawer has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.

83 v

ISSACHAR BER RYBACK 1897-1935 (Ukrainian)

The cello, early 1930's oil on cardboard 24 x 19 cm (9 x 7 in.)

signed lower right

Appears in catalogue raisonné on official website of Issachar Ber Ryback Comite & Foundation.

84 v

ISSACHAR BER RYBACK 1897-1935 (Ukrainian)

Boy crossing a stream, 1930 oil on canvas 38 x 54 cm (15 x 21 in.)

signed lower right, signed and located 'Paris' on the reverse PROVENANCE: Sale: Sotheby’s New York, Dec. 18, 2007, lot 44. Private collection.

85 v

ISSACHAR BER RYBACK 1897-1935 (Ukrainian)

Chicken seller, c.1930 oil on canvas 98 x 76 cm (38 x 30 in.)

signed lower right, signed again and titled on the reverse PROVENANCE: Galerie Joseph Billiet & Co., Paris. I.B. Frydman collection, Paris. Sale: Artcurial, March 23, 2011, lot 103. Private European collection.

ISSACHAR BER RYBACK 1897-1935 (Ukrainian)

Boy riding a goat

oil on canvas 81 x 100 cm (32 x 39 in.)

signed lower right

PROVENANCE: Important private collection, Israel.

ISSACHAR BER RYBACK 1897-1935 (Ukrainian)

The blind fiddler

oil on canvas 100 x 81 cm (39 x 32 in.) PROVENANCE: Important private collection, Israel.

88 v

MANÉ KATZ

1894-1962 (Ukrainian, French)

Musician, 1933

oil on canvasboard 56 x 39 cm (22 x 15 in.)

signed upper left

PROVENANCE: O’Hana Gallery, London (label on the reverse). Private European collection. LITERATURE: Robert S. Aries & Jacques O’Hana, Mané-Katz 1894-1962, The Complete Works, London, 1970, vol.I, p.113, no.370 (illustrated)

89 v

MANÉ KATZ

1894-1962 (Ukrainian, French)

Percussionist, 1961 oil on canvas 22 x 12 cm (9 x 5 in.)

initialled lower center, signed and dated on the reverse

90 v

MANÉ KATZ

1894-1962 (Ukrainian, French)

Kleizmers

oil on canvas 92 x 65 cm (36 x 25 in.)

signed lower left

PROVENANCE: Dr. M. Wajdenfeld Collection, Rouen. Private European collection. LITERATURE: Robert S. Aries & Jacques O’Hana, Mané-Katz 1894-1962, The Complete Works, London, 1972, vol.II, p.99, no.298 (illustrated).

91 v

MANÉ KATZ

1894-1962 (Ukrainian, French)

Raising the Torah

oil on canvas mounted on board 100 x 50 cm (39 x 20 in.)

signed lower left

PROVENANCE: Congregation Rodeph Shalom gift of Mr. and Mrs. Simon Scheuer (label on the reverse). Sale: Sotheby’s New York, December 18, 2007, lot 21. Private European collection, acquired at the above sale.

92 v

MANÉ KATZ

1894-1962 (Ukrainian, French)

Jewish wedding

oil on cardboard 56 x 71 cm (22 x 28 in.)

signed lower right

PROVENANCE: Kenneth D.Pearlman collection. Sale: Sotheby’s London, February 21, 1990, lot 102. Private collection, Europe. LITERATURE: Robert S. Aries & Jacques O’Hana, Mané-Katz 1894-1962, The Complete Works, London, 1972, vol.II, p.196, no.575 (illustrated).

93 v

MANĂ&#x2030; KATZ

1894-1962 (Ukrainian, French)

Trumpet player

oil on canvas 73 x 60 cm (28 x 23 in.)

signed upper left

94 v

MANÉ KATZ

1894-1962 (Ukrainian, French)

Clarinet player

oil on canvas 99 x 49 cm (39 x 19 in.)

signed upper right

PROVENANCE: Sale: Christie’s London, February 20, 1990, lot 144. Private Collection, Europe. EXHIBITION: Mané-Katz exhibition, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1961 (appears on photograph from the Mané-Katz Museum archive, Haifa, reproduced in book Noa Tarshish (ed.), Mané-Katz Ukraine, Paris, Eretz-Israel, Mané-Katz Museum, Haifa, 2011, p.246). LITERATURE: Robert S. Aries & Jacques O’Hana, Mané-Katz 1894-1962, The Complete Works, London, 1972, vol.II, no.431, p.142 (illustrated).

95 v

MANÉ KATZ

1894-1962 (Ukrainian, French)

Portrait

oil on canvas 22 x 14 cm (9 x 5 in.)

signed on the reverse

PROVENANCE: Private Swiss collection.

MANÉ KATZ

1894-1962 (Ukrainian, French)

Jewish boy

oil on canvas mounted on board 31 x 23 cm (12 x 9 in.)

signed lower left

97 v

MANÉ KATZ

1894-1962 (Ukrainian, French)

Young Jew praying, 1927

oil on cardboard mounted on canvas 100 x 65 cm (39 x 25 in.)

signed, dated, dedicate and located ‘Paris’ lower right

PROVENANCE: Sale: Boisgirard, July 2, 2010, lot 95. Private European collection, acquired at the above sale.

98 v

MANÉ KATZ

1894-1962 (Ukrainian, French)

Three generations

oil on canvas 45 x 56 cm (18 x 22 in.)

signed upper right

99 v

MANÉ KATZ

1894-1962 (Ukrainian, French)

In the synagogue oil on board 19 x 14 cm (7 x 5 in.)

initialled upper left

PROVENANCE: Collection of René Lavigne, Geneva. Private European collection. LITERATURE: Robert S. Aries & Jacques O’Hana, Mané-Katz 1894-1962, The Complete Works, London, 1970, vol.I, p.25, no.89 (illustrated).

100 v

MANÉ KATZ

1894-1962 (Ukrainian, French)

Studying the Torah, 1955 oil on canvas 92 x 72 cm (36 x 28 in.)

signed upper right

PROVENANCE: Collection of Jean and Bluette Nordmann, Fribourg. Sale: Artcurial, March 23, 2011. Private European collection.

EXHIBITION: Mané Katz Exhibition, O’Hana Gallery, London, June 1955 (label on the reverse). LITERATURE: Robert S. Aries & Jacques O’Hana, Mané-Katz 1894-1962, The Complete Works, London, 1970, vol.I, p.133, no.431 (illustrated).

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MANÉ KATZ

1894-1962 (Ukrainian, French)

The choir

oil on canvas 30 x 30 cm (12 x 12 in.)

signed lower right

PROVENANCE: Sale: MacDougall’s, November 27, 2006, lot 198. Private European collection, acquired at the above sale.

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1894-1962 (Ukrainian, French)

MANÉ KATZ Head of boy

oil on board (oval) 18 x 14 cm (7 x 5 in.)

initialled lower center

MANÉ KATZ Young man

oil on board 17 x 13 cm (7 x 5 in.)

initialled lower right

PROVENANCE: Mrs Whiteley collection, London. O’Hana Gallery, London (label on the reverse).

PROVENANCE: Collection E. Kossoy, Switzerland. Galerie Romanet, Paris. Private European collection.

LITERATURE: Robert S. Aries & Jacques O’Hana, Mané-Katz 1894-1962, The Complete Works, London, 1972, vol.II, no.201, p.63 (illustrated).

LITERATURE: Robert S. Aries & Jacques O’Hana, Mané-Katz 1894-1962, The Complete Works, London, 1970, vol.I, p.85, no.288 (illustrated).

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MANÉ KATZ

1894-1962 (Ukrainian, French)

Portrait of a Rabbi, 1934 oil on canvas 65 x 54 cm (25 x 21 in.)

signed and dated upper left PROVENANCE: Sale: Sotheby’s London, June 10, 2009, lot 386. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

105 v

THĂ&#x2030;O TOBIASSE 1927-2012 (French)

Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;enfant a la menorah, 1965 oil on canvas 65 x 54 cm (25 x 21 in.)

signed lower center, dated center left, titled upper right Catherine Faust-Tobiasse has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.

106 v

THÉO TOBIASSE 1927-2012 (French)

Le fruits de l’amour, 1979 oil on canvas 50 x 62 cm (20 x 24 in.)

signed upper right, dated center left, titled lower center

107 v

THĂ&#x2030;O TOBIASSE 1927-2012 (French)

Le prophete aux yeux tristes, 1972 oil on canvas 73 x 92 cm (28 x 36 in.)

signed center left, dated lower center, titled upper center

108 v

THÉO TOBIASSE 1927-2012 (French)

Les mariés de la Piazza San Marco, 1970 oil on canvas 65 x 54 cm (25 x 21 in.)

signed upper left, dated upper right, titled lower center PROVENANCE: Private collection, France.

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BARUCH NACHSHON b.1939 (Israeli)

Song for Jerusalem, 1984-5 oil on canvas 84 x 57 cm (33 x 22 in.)

signed in English and Hebrew, dated and located ‘Hervon’ lower right

110

BARUCH NACHSHON b.1939 (Israeli)

Song for Jerusalem, 1981-2

oil on canvas 101 x 75 cm (39 x 29 in.)

signed in English and Hebrew, dated and located ‘Hevron’ lower left

111

BARUCH NACHSHON b.1939 (Israeli)

Birkat Cohanim, 1975-6 oil on canvas 62 x 33 cm (24 x 13 in.)

signed in English and Hebrew, dated and located ‘Hevron’ lower left

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BARUCH NACHSHON b.1939 (Israeli)

Rabbis with balloons, 1989-90 acrylic on canvas 11 x 49 cm (4 x 19 in.)

signed in English and Hebrew, dated and located ‘Hevron’ lower right

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INA BELOUS

b.1960 (Ukrainian, Israeli)

Noahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ark, 1999

oil and mixed media on canvas 111 x 138 cm (43 x 54 in.)

signed lower left

LITERATURE: Mark Tochilkin (ed.), Ina Belous, Mark Publishing, Israel, 1999, p.69, n.45 (full page color illustration).

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INA BELOUS

b.1960 (Ukrainian, Israeli)

Purim

oil and mixed media on canvas 130 x 150 cm (51 x 59 in.)

signed lower left

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INA BELOUS

b.1960 (Ukrainian, Israeli)

Prayers with Lulavim

oil and mixed media on canvas 80 x 180 cm (31 x 70 in.)

signed lower right

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117

b.1960 (Ukrainian, Israeli)

b.1958 (Ukrainian, Israeli)

INA BELOUS

MARK TOCHILKIN INA BELOUS

Old city, 1999

and

signed lower right

Hasidic dance

oil and mixed media on canvas 120 x 190 cm (47 x 74 in.)

b.1960 (Ukrainian, Israeli) oil, mixed media on canvas 73 x 116 cm (28 x 45 in.)

signed lower right

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MARK TOCHILKIN

b.1958 (Ukrainian, Israeli)

The Steipler

oil on paper mounted on canvas 110 x 140 cm (43 x 55 in.)

signed lower left

119

MARK TOCHILKIN b.1958 (Ukrainian, Israeli)

Minyan

oil on canvas 85 x 190 cm (33 x 74 in.)

signed lower left

120

MARK TOCHILKIN b.1958 (Ukrainian, Israeli)

Rabbi holding Torah oil on canvas 102 x 58 cm (40 x 23 in.)

signed lower right

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