Lot 168
  • 168

Mané-Katz

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Mané-Katz
  • Head of a Rabbi
  • Signed Mané-Katz (upper left)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 21 3/4 by 18 1/8 in.
  • 55.3 by 46 cm

Provenance

Private Collection, Tel Aviv
Acquired from the above, circa 1990

Condition

Canvas not lined. Scratches at upper right corner; one spot of paint loss at lower left and a small puncture at lower left edge. Under UV light: a few spots of inpainting at upper left quadrant; the entire ochre pigment fluoresces but only some spots may be inpainting; other pigments also active.
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