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ISRAELI & INTERNATIONAL ART JERUSALEM 16 APRIL 2009 SPECIAL PESACH AUCTION ISRAELI AND INTERNATIONAL ART KING DAVID HOTEL JERUSALEM THURSDAY, 16 APRIL 2009 9:00 P.M. 1 בס”ד Auction Preview MATSART GALLERY, 21 King David St., Jerusalem April 2 -16 : Sun.-Thu. (including Hol-Hamoed) 11 am - 10 pm Fri. 11 am - 3 pm Sat. and Holidays 9.30 pm - 12 am Wed. April 8 (Erev Pesach) by appointment only Thu. April 16, 11 am - 2 pm Private viewing is available by appointment Online auction on : www.artfact.com Online Catalogue : www.artonline.co.il Auction 111, 16 April 2009 9:00 pm King David Hotel, Jerusalem. Special preview of selected lots Auction 112 (June 2009) on view in the gallery.(See highlights on p. 106 -113) ימי תצוגה גלריה מצארט, דוד המלך 21 ירושלים 16-2 אפריל. ראשון - חמישי ׁׂׂ)כולל חול המועד( 11:00 - 22:00 שישי 11:00 - 15:00, שבת ומוצאי חג 21:30 - 24:00 רביעי, 6 אפריל )ערב פסח( לפי תיאום מראש. חמישי, 16 אפריל 11:00 - 14:00 המכירה גם באתר : www.artfact.co.il הקטלוג און-ליין בכתובת: www.artonline.co.il מכירה 111 16 באפריל 2009, 21:00, מלון המלך דוד, ירושלים מבחר פריטים ממכירה 112 )יוני 2009( יוצגו בגלריה בימי התצוגה המקדימה )ראה יצירות נבחרות בעמ’ 113-106( 3 מנהל ובעלים Director and Owner לוסיאן קריאף Lucien Krief מנכ”ל Executive Director אורי רוזנבך Uri Rosenbach [email protected] [email protected] מומחים Specialists אורן מגדל Oren Migdal מומחה לאמנות ישראלית Expert Israeli Art [email protected] [email protected] לוסיאן קריאף Lucien Krief מומחה לאסכולת פריז Expert Ecole de Paris [email protected] [email protected] שירות לקוחות Client Relations אורי רוזנבך Uri Rosenbach ברברה אפלבאום Barbara Apelbaum [email protected] [email protected] כספים Client Accounts סטלה קוסטה Stella Costa [email protected] [email protected] לוגיסטיקה ומשלוחים Logistics and Shipping רייזי גודווין Reizy Goodwin [email protected] [email protected] MATSART AUCTIONEERS AND APPRAISERS 21 King David St. JERUSALEM 94101 ISRAEL Tel. (including sales room)+972-2-6251049 Fax : +972-2-6257779 4 1 PAUL H. ELLIS 1882-1908 (British) Rachel's Tomb oil on canvas 25.30 x 38.50cm (9¾ x 15in) signed lower left $12,000-15,000 6 2 3 OTTO GEORGI 1819-1874 (German) ABEL PANN Jericho, 1859 1883-1963 (Israeli, Latvian) oil on canvas 43.5 X 54 cm (17 x 21¼in) Rachel, 1930s pastel crayons on paper $9,000-12,000 61 x 45 cm (24 x 17 ¾in) signed lower right $28,000-32,000 8 9 4 BEZALEL ORIGINAL TAPESTRY Rachel's Tomb, early 20th c. 44 x 80 cm (31¼ x 17in) $2,800-3,200 6 LUDWIG BLUM 5 1891-1975 (Israeli) The Western Wall, 1946 16TH CENTURY ARTIST oil on canvas 27.70 x 35.60cm (10¾x 14in) signed and dated lower center Antique map of Jerusalem, 1575 $12,000-16,000 original hand colored etching 33.50 x 47.50cm (13 x 18½in) $900-1,200 10 11 8 ARIEH LUBIN 1897-1980 (Israeli) Seated oriental man oil and gouache on paper mounted on canvas 35 x 25cm (13¾ x 9¾in) signed upper left $3,000-4,000 7 ARIEH LUBIN 1897-1980 (Israeli) Nargila smoker oil on canvas 33 x 44cm (12¾ x 17¼in) signed upper left $6,000-8,000 12 13 9 CARL FRIEDRICH WERNER 1808-1894 (German) The Wailing Wall, 1863 pencil and watercolor on cardboard 40 x 53.30cm (15½ x 20¾ in) signed and dated lower right, inscribed on reverse Provenance: Phoenix collection, Israel. $55,000-75,000 14 10 LUDWIG BLUM 1891-1975 (Israeli) Alley in Old Jerusalem oil on canvas 71.10 x 58.10cm (27¾ x 22¾in) signed lower left $18,000-22,000 16 17 12 AHARON AVNI 1906-1951 (Israeli) Wooded path and house oil on canvas 38 x 46cm (144/5 x 18 in) signed lower left $1,200-1,600 13 11 MEIR GUR-ARYEH 1891-1951 (Israeli) EPHRAIM KAETE MARCUS Rabikov House, 1892-1970 (Israeli) Neve-Zedek, 1925 oil on canvas Ramat Gan 50 x 70 cm. (19¾ x 27 ¾in) oil on board, signed lower left, 45 x 35cm (17½ X 3¾in), dated on the reverse signed lower left $5,000-7,000 $3,500-4,500 18 19 14 YAACOV EISENSCHER 1896-1980 (Israeli) Hillside village oil on panel 23.50 x 32cm (9 x 12½in) signed lower right $1,200-1,800 15 SHMUEL OVADIAHU 1892-1963 (Israeli) Bouquet of Flowers oil on canvas 46 x 38cm (18x 14¾in) signed lower right $1,400-1,800 16 YAACOV EISENSCHER 1896-1980 (Israeli) Safed oil on canvas 46.50 x 38cm (18 x 15in) signed lower right $3.000-5.000 20 21 17 18 MOSHE CASTEL 1909-1991 (Israeli) MOSHE CASTEL 1909-1991 (Israeli) The moon watchers oil on panel Lighting the Sabbath Candles 21.5 X 27 cm (8 ½ x 10 ½in) oil on canvas signed lower right 45.70 x 38.20cm (17¾ x 15in) signed lower left $4.500-6.000 $35,000-55,000 22 23 19 REUVEN RUBIN 1893-1974 (Israeli) Two Klezmers, 1974 oil on canvas 82 x 65cm (32 x 25¼in) signed and dated lower right Carmela Rubin has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work. $85,000-105,000 24 20 21 REUVEN RUBIN REUVEN RUBIN 1893-1974 (Israeli) 1893-1974 (Israeli) Horses and trainer Peace Offering watercolor and ink on paper watercolor and ink on paper 55 x 74cm (21½ x 29in) 49 x 31 cm (19¼ x 12in) signed lower right signed lower center Carmela Rubin has kindly confirmed Carmela Rubin has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work. the authenticity of this work. $12,000-15,000 $7,000-9,000 26 27 22 MORDECAI ARDON 1896-1992 (Israeli) "They shall beat their swords into ploughshares... Isaiah II:2-4, 1982 serigraph on plexiglass (series of 150) 45 x 120 cm (17 ¾ x 47 ¼in) signed lower right and numbered lower left 77/150 Note: serigraph based on stained glass windows in the Jewish National Library, Jerusalem. 23 $3,000-5,000 MORDECAI ARDON 1896-1992 (Israeli) Letters, 1983 oil and sand on board 75 x 57cm (29¼ x 22¼in) signed lower right $45,000-60,000 28 29 24 MOSHE CASTEL 1909-1991 (Israeli) Letters gilded bronze cast 41 x 28cm (16 x 11in) signed and numbered 2/80 lower left $1,200-1,600 25 HERMANN STRUCK 1876-1944 (Israeli) Rabbi reading etching 61/100 39 x 48cm (15 ¼ x 18 ¾ in) signed lower left $600-800 26 SHALOM OF SAFED (MOSKOWITZ) 1887-1980 (Israeli) Jerusalem tempera on paper 67 x 46cm (26 ½ x 18in) signed lower right $12.000-15.000 30 27 29 AARON APRIL YITZHAK FRENKEL b. 1932 (Lithuanian) (FRENEL) 1899-1981 (Israeli) Noontime in Jerusalem, Safed 1973 oil on canvas oil on canvas 46 x 56cm (18 x 21¾in) 50 x 70 cm signed lower right 'Frenel' (19 3/4 x 27 1/2 in.) signed and dated $6,000-8,000 lower right, titled on the reverse $2.000-3.000 28 YITZHAK FRENKEL (FRENEL) 1899 - 1981 (Israeli) Lot including 2 paintings 30 Safed landscape and Woman YITZHAK FRENKEL (FRENEL) lighting 1899 - 1981 (Israeli) Shabbat candles oil on board Old city gate 22.50 x 27.50cm oil on canvas (8¾ x 10¾in) signed lower right signed lower right 27 x 22cm (10 1/2 x 8 1/2 in,) $1.800-2.600 $1,500-2,000 32 33 31 AFTER MARC CHAGALL 1887-1985 (French) Tribe of Levi Lithograph in colors on arches paper 61,5 x 46 cm (24 1/4 x 18 1/8 in.) signed lower right, numbered 133/200 lower left Notes- Sorlier C.S. 14 Provenance: Sakharov Collection $5,000-7,000 32 AFTER MARC CHAGALL 1887-1985 (Russian, French) Tribe of Yehuda lithograph in colors paper arches 61,5 x 46 cm (24 1/4 x 18 1/8 in.) signed lower right, numbered 74/150 lower left Notes- Sorlier C.S. 15 Provenance: Sakharov Collection $5,000-7,000 33 REUVEN RUBIN 1893-1974 (Israeli) King David watercolor and ink on paper 49 x 31cm (19 x 12in) signed lower right Carmela Rubin has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work. $22,000-26,000 34 35 34 REUVEN RUBIN 1893-1974 (Israeli) Sunset and Olive trees, 1971 oil on canvas 50 x 73cm (19¼ x 28½ in) signed lower left, titled and dated on stretcher Carmela Rubin has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work $68,000-85,000 36 35 REUVEN RUBIN 1893-1974 (Israeli) Mother and child on a donkey pencil drawing 44 x 32cm (17 x 12½in) signed lower center Carmela Rubin has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work. $3,800-5,500 36 REUVEN RUBIN 1893-1974 (Israeli) Biblical Vision glass sculpture, 1970 A cooperation between Reuven Rubin and the Italian glass artist Egidio Constantini 35 x 25cm (13¾ x 9¾in) signed, dated and numbered 1/1 $12,000-16,000 38 39 37 REUVEN RUBIN 1893-1974 (Israeli) Anemones, 1968 oil on canvas 40 x 31cm (15 ½ x 12 ½in) signed lower right Provenance: Purchased from the artist’s estate (c1978) Private collection, California Carmela Rubin has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work. $36,000-45,000 40 38 MARC CHAGALL 1887-1985 (Russian, French) Les amoureux, 1966 India ink, watercolor and colored crayons on book frontispiece 33 x 24cm (12¾ x 9¼in) signed, dated and dedicated lower right to Mr.