Judaica Fine Art Exhibition by Matsart Matsart

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JUDAICA FINE ART SELLING EXHIBITION FALL 2013

Including Selected Works from the Lucien Krief Gallery Collection

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PRIVATE TREATY SALE

For the past 33 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. The coming pages are just some of the fine works 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. Tel. +972-2-6251049

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Since the early 19th c. following Napoleon’s successful archeological expedition to Egypt, repeated reports of discoveries in the Middle East, fascinated the Romantic spirits in Britain and throughout the world. French travelers, such as the famous painter Gerome, Americans including the writer Mark Twain and even Russian travelers made frequent voyages to the Levant. The Holy city of Jerusalem and the sites of Christendom as well as Egypt and Petra became their goal. Artists followed the paths of the wealthy site-seers or the religious travelers to sell souvenirs of views of the Western Wall or the Pyramids or characteristic oriental bazar scenes. Best known amongst these is David Roberts who recorded from 1838 to 1840 in watercolor and etchings his famous trip to Egypt and the Holy Land. His renowned assiduity in depicting details was followed by several artists amongst them the British William Gale. Gale traveled to the Holy Land in the early 1860s to make drawings of the great sites of historical and religious interest. Unaffected by the possibility of plaque and cholera he recorded in considerable detail the city’s geographical, architectural and human features. In the painting of the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, we can see the artist’s ability to paint the religious monument and the people with a commendable degree of accuracy. Adopting to depict the Wall looking towards south, he records with reliability the detailed forms of the age-old worn Roman stones and their powerful appearance. The colorfully dressed people shown praying, form a strong contrast to the stern looking wall. Our eyes slowly moving from left to right record first the mesmerizing appearance of a visionary figure dressed in a rich red and green wear. The figure perched on a walking cane transversely to the wall blocks our view from continuing down along the wall. He appears to look upwards towards the sky and possibly to G-d as if in silent prayer, thus giving us the symbolical meaning of the painting. The people depicted by his side are placed in different praying postures some kneeling next to or touching the sacred wall others to the right praying upright book in hand with the white ‘Talith’ on their head. An Eastern looking woman dressed in pink, seen walking towards us holding a child while balancing a vase attentively on her head, completes the composition. For the mid-nineteenth Century audience in London, for whom the Panorama was intended, the effect must have been astonishing. Gale’s drawings were transformed into a lively and vivid painting bringing the religious atmosphere of this sacred place to the wider public. To use a praise given to David Roberts during his late journey in the East’, it was ‘a picture of superior pretentions as a work of art’ ‘ minute yet picturesque’. Oren Migdal

WILLIAM GALE 1823-1909 (British)

Wailing Wall, Jerusalem, 1863 oil on canvas 54 x 74 cm (21 x 29 in.) signed and dated lower right

Provenance: Sale: London, 1875. Sale: London, June 11, 1934. Private collection, Israel.

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. Exhibited: 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).

CHARLES THÉODORE FRÈRE 1814-1888 (France)

Caravan facing Damascus Gate, Jerusalem oil on board 18 x 28 cm (7 x 11 in.) signed lower left

AUGUSTE LOUIS VEILLON 1834-1890 (Swiss)

Jerusalem

oil on canvas mounted on cardboard 14 x 41 cm (5 x 16 in.)

FRIEDRICH PERLBERG 1848-1921 (German)

Beit HaMikdash

gouache, watercolor and ink on paper 68 x 99 cm (27 x 39 in.) signed and located ‘München’ lower right

WILLIAM HENRY BARTLETT 1809-1854 (British)

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

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

GUSTAV BAUERNFEIND 1848-1904 (German)

The Wailing Wall, Jerusalem, c. 1904 watercolor on paper 60 x 45 cm (24 x 18 in.) inscribed ‘Jerusalem’ lower right

Provenance: Private collection , Morocco. Private European collection. Exhibited: 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 paitings which included four largeformat oils on the same subject.

G U S T A V B A U E R NFEI ND oil on c anv as, sold Sotheby’s London 2007 $6,000,000

ALEXANDRE BIDA 1813-1895 (French)

Jews praying at the Wailing Wall, c. 1890 etching 71 x 93 cm (27 x 37 in.)

HENRY ANDREW HARPER 1835-1900 (British)

Jerusalem from the Bethlehem Road, 1899 watercolor on paper 25 x 36 cm (10 x 14 in.) signed and dated lower left, inscribed lower right

Provenance: Tesse and Moshe Lang collection (label on the reverse). Private collection.

ADOLPHE ERNEST GUMERY 1861-1943 (French)

Western Wall, Jerusalem (verso) Figures in an urban park (recto) gouache on cardboard 76 x 72 cm (30 x 28 in.) signed lower right

HENRY ANDREW HARPER 1835-1900 (British)

Jerusalem, 1893

watercolor and gouache on cardboard 65 x 120 cm (25 x 47 in.) signed and dated lower right

JOSEPH KRIEGER 1848-1914 (Austrian)

Bethany, 1902

oil on canvas 40 x 54 cm (16 x 21 in.) signed, dated and titled lower right

AUSTRIAN SCHOOL 19th century

View of Jerusalem, 1898

oil on canvas 55 x 75 cm (22 x 30 in.) signed and dated lower right

ANDREW MELROSE 1836-1901 (American)

The Temple Mount, Jerusalem oil on canvas 76 x 101 cm (30 x 40 in.)

Provenance: Sale: Sotheby’s Tel Aviv, April 14, 1993, lot 2. Sale: Sotheby’s New York, December 13, 2006, lot 246. Private European collection.

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 (26 x 34 in.) signed and located ‘München’ lower right

FRIEDRICH OTTO GEORGI 1819-1874 (German)

Jericho, 1859

oil on canvas 43 x 54 cm (17 x 21 in.) signed lower center

DANIEL ISRAEL 1859-1901 (Austrian)

Oriental Jewish girl

oil on panel 11 x 18 cm (4 x 7 in.) signed and located ‘München’ lower right

AUGUSTE DELACROIX 1809-1868 (French)

Jewish woman in traditional clothing, 1834 oil on canvas 27 x 42 cm (11 x 17 in.) dated and titled on the reverse

FELIX JOSEPH BARRIAS 1822-1907 (French)

Moïse sauvé des eaux, 1878 oil on canvas 29 x 21 cm (11 x 8 in.) signed lower right

Provenance: Important French collection of 17th-19th century art. Private European collection. Exhibited: Peoria, 1980, no. 3 (as F.J. Barrias). New York, 1980, no. 103 (as F.J. Barrias).

ANTOINE RENOU 1731-1806 (France)

Lavan searches for the idols, 1753 oil on paper mounted on canvas 30 x 35 cm (12 x 14 in.)

Provenance: Important French collection of 17th-19th century art. The Minneapolis Institute of Arts (label on the reverse). Private European collection. Exhibited: Houston, 1973-75, no. 5 (as N.-G. Brenet). Santa Barbara, 1981, no. 4 (as N.-G. Brenet). Charlotte - Atlanta, 1994-95, no. 36 (as A. Renou). Literature: Rolle F. and Montaiglon A. de, Procés verbaux de l’Académie 1875-1892. vol. VI, p. 366. Rosenberg P., “La donation Herbette”, Revue du Louvre, 1976, no 2, p. 98, footnote) 12. Sandoz M., Brenet, Paris, 1979. pp. 48,77, no. 4B (as attributed to Brenet).

PAUL H. ELLIS 1882-1908 (British)

Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, 1902-03 watercolor and gouache on paper 51 x 76 cm (20 x 30 in.) signed and dated lower left, signed, titled and located ‘Birmingham’ (label on the reverse)

ANNA RYCHTER MAY 1865 - 1955 (German)

Praying at the Wailing Wall

watercolor on paper 28 x 21 cm (11 x 8 in.) signed and inscribed ‘Jerusalem’ lower right

FRENCH SCHOOL 19th century

Jerusalem landscape, 1896 oil on canvas 68 x 93 cm (27 x 36 in.) dated on label on the reverse

VICTOR MARIE LOUIS BILLIARD 1864-1952 (French)

The Wailing Wall

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

JENO KRUPKA

20th century (Hungarian, French)

Wailing Wall, 1930

oil on canvas 49 x 39 cm (19 x 15 in.) signed and dated lower right

RUDOLFH ANDERSON 19th century Nordic School

Alley in the old city, Jerusalem, 1886 oil on canvas 43 x 31 cm (17 x 12 in.) signed and dated lower right

ABRAHAM NEUMANN 1873-1942 (Polish)

Jerusalem

oil on canvas 53 x 70 cm (21 x 28 in.) signed lower left

GUSTAV BAUERNFEIND 1848-1904 (German)

Jerusalem landscape oil on cardboard 23 x 18 cm (9 x 7 in.) signed lower right

Provenance: Sale: Christieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s London, December 2, 2004, lot 246. Private European collection.

SAUL RASKIN 1866 - 1966 (Ukrainian)

View of Old City, Jerusalem, 1920’s oil on canvas 65 x 80 cm (26 x 31 in.) signed lower left

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

DUTCH SCHOOL 19th century

On the way to Jerusalem, c.1855 oil on canvas 81 x 112 cm (32 x 44 in.)

Provenance: Sale: Tiroche, September 9, 2007, lot 1159. Private collection, Israel. Private European collection.

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)

Wailing Wall, 1920’s watercolor on paper 11 x 10 cm (4 x 4 in.) signed lower right

ADOLPHE AIZIK FEDER 1886-1943 (Ukrainian, French)

Oriental landscape, 1920â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oil on canvas 50 x 65 cm (20 x 26 in.) signed lower left

SHMUEL CHARUVI 1897-1965 (Israeli)

Jerusalem landscape oil on canvas 54 x 87 cm (21 x 34 in.) signed lower right

YITZHAK FRENKEL FRENEL 1899-1981 (Israeli)

Safed, c. 1930

oil on canvas 41 x 33 cm (16 x 13 in.) signed lower right Provenance: Private collection, Great Neck, New York. Private European collection.

MORDECHAI LEVANON 1901-1968 (Israeli)

Jerusalem from Mount of Olives, 1943 oil on canvas 65 x 74 cm (26 x 29 in.) signed and dated lower right

REUVEN RUBIN 1893-1974 (Israeli)

Jerusalem, 1951

oil on canvas 73 x 92 cm (29 x 36 in.) signed lower right, signed again on the stretcher Provenance: Collection: 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. Exhibited: Reuven Rubin - Select Paintings from British Collections, London, March 11-14, 2013. Literature: A. Werner, Rubin, Tel Aviv, 1958, p. 32 (illustrated). Carmela Rubin has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this painting.

REUVEN RUBIN 1893-1974 (Israeli)

David and Saul

watercolor and ink on paper 58 x 46 (22 x 18 in.) signed lower right Provenance: Christieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Amsterdam, June 2007 lot 43 Acquired at the above sale by the present owner Carmela Rubin has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.

REUVEN RUBIN 1893-1974 (Israeli)

King David

watercolor and ink on paper 59 x 47 cm (23 x 18 in.) signed lower right Provenance: Christieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Amsterdam, June 2007 lot 44 Acquired at the above sale by the present owner Carmela Rubin has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.

REUVEN RUBIN 1893-1974 (Israeli)

Ein Kerem, 1946

oil on canvas 65 x 81 cm (26 x 32 in.) signed lower center, signed and dated on the stretcher Provenance: Dalzell Hatfield Gallery, Los Angeles. Private collection, Los Angeles. Sale: Sothebyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New York, December 14, 2011, lot 49. Private European collection. Exhibited: Chagall and the Circle of Jewish Painters of the 20th Century, Wally Findlay Galleries, Palm Beach, Dec. 2012 - Jan. 2013 (illustrated in exhibition catalogue pp. 20-21). Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Carmela Rubin, dated January 2, 2013.

REUVEN RUBIN 1893-1974 (Israeli)

Field flowers, 1952

oil on canvas 62 x 46 cm (24 x 18 in.) signed lower right, signed and inscribed â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;made in Israelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; on the stretcher Provenance: Private European collection. Exhibited: XXVI Exposition Biennale Internationale des Beaux-Arts, Venice, Italy, 1952 (label on the reverse). 7 Painters of Israel, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, 1953, no. 58 as Field Flowers (not illustrated). Carmela Rubin has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.

REUVEN RUBIN 1893-1974 (Israeli)

Jacob and the angels

painted glass relief 29 x 38 cm (11 x 15 in.) signed, dated, numbered ‘5/5’ and inscribed ‘Fucina Angeli, Venezia 1/1 E.U.C’ on he bottom Provenance: Important private collection, New Jersey. A cooperation between Reuven Rubin and the Italian glass artist Egidio Constantini (1912-2007).

REUVEN RUBIN 1893-1974 (Israeli)

Moses with tablets, 1970

painted glass relief 39 x 29 cm (15 x 11 in.) signed, dated, numbered ‘5/5’ and inscribed ‘Fucina Angeli, Venezia 1/1 E.U.C’ on the top Provenance: Important private collection, New Jersey. A cooperation between Reuven Rubin and the Italian glass artist Egidio Constantini (1912-2007).

REUVEN RUBIN 1893-1974 (Israeli)

Rabbi with Torah, 1970

painted glass relief 41 x 30 cm (16 x 12 in.) signed, dated, numbered ‘4/5’ and inscribed ‘Fucina Angeli, Venezia 1/1 E.U.C’ on the top Provenance: Important private collection, New Jersey. A cooperation between Reuven Rubin and the Italian glass artist Egidio Constantini (1912-2007).

NACHUM GUTMAN 1898-1980 (Israeli)

Jerusalem, 1960

oil on canvas 82 x 100 cm (32 x 39 in.) signed in English and in Hebrew and dated lower right Provenance: Private collection, Israel Recanati collection, Tel Aviv. Private collection, Israel.

YITZHAK FRENKEL FRENEL 1899-1981 (Israeli)

Jerusalem

oil on canvas 73 x 92 cm (29 x 36 in.) signed lower left, titled lower right

YITZHAK FRENKEL FRENEL 1899-1981 (Israeli)

Jewish wedding

oil on canvas 47 x 55 cm (19 x 22 in.) signed lower right

YITZHAK FRENKEL FRENEL 1899-1981 (Israeli)

Simchat Torah in Safed

oil on canvas 81 x 100 cm (32 x 39 in.) signed in English lower right and in Hebrew lower left

YITZHAK FRENKEL FRENEL 1899-1981 (Israeli)

Safed landscape

oil on canvas 55 x 46 cm (22 x 18 in.) signed lower right Provenance: Private North Carolinia estate. Private collection, Israel.

DUTCH SCHOOL 17th century

In the Synagogue

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

LAZAR KRESTIN

1868-1938 (Lithuanian, Austrian)

Violinist, 1903

oil on canvas 110 x 85 cm (43 x 33 in.) signed and dated lower right

LAZAR KRESTIN

1868-1938 (Lithuanian, Austrian)

Rabbi studying

oil on canvas 50 x 47 cm (20 x 19 in.) signed upper right

LAZAR KRESTIN

1868-1938 (Lithuanian, Austrian)

Portrait of hassid, 1898

oil on panel 22 x 17 cm (9 x 7 in.) signed and dated lower right

ALOIS HEINRICH PRIECHENFRIED 1867-1953 (Austrian)

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: Christie’s Tel Aviv, April 15, 1993, lot 91. Private collection, Israel.

ALOIS HEINRICH PRIECHENFRIED 1867-1953 (Austrian)

Portrait of a Jew oil on panel 12 x 9 cm (5 x 4 in.) signed upper right

Provenance: Sale: Sotheby’s New York, January 27, 2007, lot 849.

59 ALOIS HEINRICH PRIECHENFRIED 1867-1953 (Austrian)

Rabbi

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

60 ALOIS HEINRICH PRIECHENFRIED 1867-1953 (Austrian)

Rabbi

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

JOSEF SĂ&#x153;SS 1892-1961 (Austrian)

The young Jewish violinist oil on cardboard 47 x 32 cm (19 x 13 in.) signed lower right

Provenance: Prof. Victor Deutsch estate. Private collection, Israel.

ISIDOR KAUFMANN 1853-1921 (Austrian, Hungarian)

Rabbi with streimel

oil on panel 50 x 39 cm (20 x 15 in.)

LAZAR KRESTIN

1868-1938 (Lithuanian, Austrian)

Portrait of a Jewish boy, 1923 oil on canvas 55 x 46 cm (22 x 18 in.) signed and dated lower left

Provenance: Collection Ehrenthal-Moriah, New York. Exhibition: Group exhibition, Poland (old label on the reverse).

JOSEPH JOST b.1888 (Austrian)

Rabbi

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

LAJOS KOLOSZVARY 1871-1937 (Hungarian)

Three scholars

oil on canvas 56 x 69 cm (22 x 27 in.) signed lower left

CARL OSTERSETZER 1865-1914 (Austrian)

Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;chayim

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

L.E KELLY

19th century (Swiss)

Cellist, 1900

oil on canvas 131 x 90 cm (51 x 35 in.) signed and dated lower right

ALFRED LAKOS 1870-1961 (Hungarian) Talmudic discussion oil on board 37 x 42 cm (14 x 16 in.) signed upper left

69 GERMAN SCHOOL early 20th century

Discussion with the Rabbi oil on panel 32 x 39 cm (12 x 15 in.) signed lower right

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MORITZ DANIEL OPPENHEIM 1800-1882 (German)

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

ISIDOR KAUFMANN 1853-1921 (Austrian, Hungarian)

Rabbi studying

oil, watercolor and pencil on board 26 x 30 cm (10 x 12 in.) signed lower right

ARTHUR MARKOWICZ 1872 - 1934 (Polish)

Beit Midrash, 1914

oil on board 66 x 95 cm (26 x 37 in.) signed, dated and located ‘Krakow’ lower left Exhibited: Annual exhibition, 1914 (old label on the reverse).

ALOIS HEINRICH PRIECHENFRIED 1867-1953 (Austrian)

Portrait of Rabbi

oil on board 53 x 41 cm (21 x 16 in.) signed upper right Original signature (visible under UV) was erased and signature ‘Kaufman’ was added in the same place.

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.

EASTERN-EUROPEAN SCHOOL late 19th century

Talmudic conversation oil on canvas 110 x 150 cm (43 x 59 in.) signed lower left

Provenance: Private collection, Germany. Private European collection.

WILHELM WACHTEL 1975-1942 (Polish)

Portrait of a woman, 1932

oil on canvas mounted on cardboard 58 x 39 cm (23 x 15 in.) signed, dated and located ‘Tel Aviv’ lower right Provenance: Sale: Sotheby’s Tel Aviv, April 15, 1993, lot 91. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner. Private collection, Israel.

LEOPOLD PILICHOWSKI 1869-1934 (Polish)

Rachel’s Tomb

oil on canvas 50 x 60 cm (20 x 24 in.)

ZEEV RABAN 1890-1970 (Israeli)

Halachma Anya (The bread of affliction) oil on Bezalel wooden panel and bone frame 69 x 52 cm (27 x 20 in.)

ZEEV RABAN 1890-1970 (Israeli)

Had Gadya

painting on reverse of glass 54 x 39 cm (21 x 15 in.) signed in English lower right and in Hebrew lower left

PINCHAS LITVINOVSKY 1894-1984 (Israeli)

Jewish rabbi, 1920â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oil on canvas 65 x 50 cm (26 x 20 in.) signed lower left

Provenance: Abramovsky collection, Tel Aviv. Literature: Litvinovsky, Jerusalem, 1998, p. 93 (full page color illustration).

SHMUEL SCHLESINGER 1896-1986 (Israeli)

Heder, 1921

oil on canvas 65 x 86 cm (26 x 34 in.) signed lower left Literature: Annie Goldenberg, Shmuel Schlesinger Paintings, The Open Museum, Industrial Park, Tefen, February 1996, p. 47 (illustrated).

MOSHE CASTEL 1909-1991 (Israeli)

Jerusalem, 1930

oil on canvas 54 x 40 cm (21 x 16 in.) signed and dated lower left Provenance: Artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s estate. Akirov collection, Israel Important Israeli collection, Tel Aviv-New York. Exhibited: 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 79 x 64 cm (31 x 25 in.) signed lower right

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

MOSHE CASTEL 1909-1991 (Israeli)

Synagogue scene, Safed, 1940â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

oil on canvas 60 x 73 cm (24 x 29 in.) signed in English and in Hebrew lower left, signed again on the reverse

MOSHE CASTEL 1909-1991 (Israeli)

Sephardic wedding oil on canvas 81 x 100 cm (32 x 39 in.) signed lower right

Provenance: Akirov collection, Israel Private collection, Israel Exhibited: Castel Museum, Israel, 2010 - August 2013 (on loan).

LUDWIG BLUM 1891-1975 (Israeli)

View of Jerusalem, 1935

oil on canvas 60 x 100 cm (23 x 39 in.) signed in English and located ‘Jerusalem’ lower left, signed in Hebrew, dated and located lower right

LUDWIG BLUM 1891-1975 (Israeli)

Jerusalem view from the Mount of Olives, 1954 oil on canvas 61 x 100 cm (23 x 39 in.) signed in English and in Hebrew and dated lower right

SAUL RASKIN 1866-1966 (Ukrainian)

Yom Hakipurim Hazeh, 1958

gouache and pencil on paper 42 x 72 cm (16 x 28 in.) signed, dated and inscribed lower left, titled in Hebrew lower right Provenance: Private collection, Israel.

SHMUEL SCHLESINGER 1896-1986 (Israeli)

Synagogue in Safed oil on canvas 90 x 67 cm (35 x 26 in.) signed lower left

SAUL RASKIN 1866 - 1966 (Ukrainian)

The Haari Synagogue, 1960 oil on panel 77 x 65 cm (30 x 26 in.) signed and dated lower left

MANÉ KATZ

1894-1962 (Ukrainian, French)

Beit HaMidrash

oil on board 19 x 14 cm (7 x 6 in.) initialled upper left

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

MANÉ KATZ

1894-1962 (Ukrainian, French)

Young Jew

pastel on paper 24 x 16 cm (9 x 6 in.) signed lower right

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, ManéKatz 1894-1962, The Complete Works, London, 1970, vol. II, p.196, no.575 (illustrated).

MANÉ KATZ

1894-1962 (Ukrainian, French)

Two rabbis dancing oil on canvas 92 x 73 cm (36 x 29 in.) signed upper right

Provenance: Collection M. Bodner, New York. Private collection, Jerusalem. Literature: Robert S. Aries & Jacques O’Hana, Mané-Katz 1894-1962, The Complete Works, London, 1970, vol. II, p. 94, no. 280 (illustrated).

MANÉ KATZ

1894-1962 (Ukrainian, French)

Portrait of a young Jew, 1929 oil on canvas 65 x 54 cm (26 x 21 in.) signed and dated center right

Literature: Robert S. Aries & Jacques O’Hana, Mané-Katz 1894-1962, The Complete Works, London, 1970, vol. I, p. 79, no. 265 (full page illustration).

MANĂ&#x2030; KATZ

1894-1962 (Ukrainian, French)

Le trompettiste

oil on canvas 73 x 60 cm (29 x 24 in.) signed upper left

MANÉ KATZ

1894-1962 (Ukrainian, French)

Musician, 1950’s

oil on canvas 100 x 73 cm (39 x 29 in.) signed lower right Literature: Robert S. Aries & Jacques O’Hana, Mané-Katz 1894-1962, The Complete Works, London, 1970, vol. II, p. 123, no. 374 (illustrated).

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, lot 114. Private European collection. Literature: Robert S. Aries & Jacques O’Hana, Mané-Katz 1894-1962, The Complete Works, London, 1970, vol. I, p.133, no. 431 (illustrated). Exhibited: Mané Katz Exhibition, O’Hana Gallery, London, June 1955 (label on the reverse).

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MANÉ KATZ

1894-1962 (Ukrainian, French)

Musicians

oil on cardboard 17 x 13 cm (7 x 5 in.) signed lower center Provenance: O’Hana Gallery, London Exhibited: Mané Katz Exhibition, O’Hana Gallery, London, June 1955 (label on the reverse).

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MANÉ KATZ

1894-1962 (Ukrainian, French)

Portrait of a Rabbi, 1934

oil on canvas 65 x 54 cm (26 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.

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MANÉ KATZ

1894-1962 (Ukrainian, French)

Young man

oil on canvas 17 x 13 cm (7 x 5 in.) initialled lower right 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, 1970, vol. I, p. 85, no. 288 (illustrated).

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MANÉ KATZ

1894-1962 (Ukrainian, French)

Raising theTorah

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).

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MANÉ KATZ

1894-1962 (Ukrainian, French)

Rabbi praying

oil on canvas 81 x 60 cm (32 x 24 in.) signed upper right Provenance: Sillbert collection, Paris. Private collection, Israel. Literature: Robert S. Aries & Jacques O’Hana, Mané-Katz 1894-1962, The Complete Works, London, 1970, vol. II, p. 114, no. 340 (illustrated).

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MANĂ&#x2030; KATZ

1894-1962 (Ukrainian, French)

Two rabbis, 1959

oil on canvas 18 x 14 cm (7 x 5 in.) initialled lower center, signed and dated on reverse

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MANĂ&#x2030; KATZ

1894-1962 (Ukrainian, French)

Three figures

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

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MANĂ&#x2030; KATZ

1894-1962 (Ukrainian, French)

Jewish wedding

oil on canvas 22 x 33 cm (9 x 13 in.) signed lower right Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by the previous owner. Private European collection.

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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

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MANÉ KATZ

1894-1962 (Ukrainian, French)

Portrait

oil on canvas 22 x 14 cm (9 x 6 in.) signed on the reverse

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MANĂ&#x2030; KATZ

1894-1962 (Ukrainian, French))

Young Jew praying

oil on cardboard 100 x 65 cm (39 x 26 in.) signed lower right

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MANÉ KATZ

1894-1962 (Ukrainian, French)

Study, 1933

oil on canvas 81 x 65 cm (32 x 26 in.) signed and dated upper right Literature: Robert S. Aries & Jacques O’Hana, Mané-Katz 1894-1962, The Complete Works, London, 1970, vol. I, p. 56, no.180 (illustrated).

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MANĂ&#x2030; KATZ

1894-1962 (Ukrainian, French)

Rabbi and three students, 1929 oil on canvas 81 x 100 cm (32 x 39 in.) signed and dated upper right

Provenance: Private European collection.

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MANÉ KATZ

1894-1962 (Ukrainian, French)

Head of boy

oil on board (oval) 18 x 14 cm (7 x 6 in.) initialled lower center Provenance: Mrs Whiteley collection, London. O’Hana Gallery, London (label on the reverse). Literature: Robert S. Aries & Jacques O’Hana, ManéKatz 1894-1962, The Complete Works, London, 1970, vol. II, no. 201, p. 63 (illustrated).

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MANÉ KATZ

1894-1962 (Ukrainian, French)

Talmud lesson, 1929

oil on canvas 81 x 100 cm (32 x 39 in.) signed and dated upper left Provenance: Private Collection, London, by the late 1950’s, by whom acquired directly from the artist, and thence by descent. Sale: Christie’s Tel Aviv, April 27, 2008, lot 12. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner. Exhibited: Jewish Artists of France, Ben Uri Gallery, London, October - November 1957. Mané-Katz, Memorial Exhibition, Ben Uri Gallery, London, May 1963 (listed in exhibition catalogue no. 3). Literature: Robert S. Aries & Jacques O’Hana, Mané-Katz 1894-1962, The Complete Works, London, 1970, vol. II, p. 10, no. 29 (illustrated).

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