Lot 87
  • 87

Reuven Rubin

Estimate
80,000 - 100,000 USD
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Description

  • Reuven Rubin
  • On the Road to Safed
  • signed Rubin and in Hebrew (lower left)
  • oil on canvas

  • 26 by 32 in.
  • 66 by 81. 3 cm.
  • Painted in the 1930s.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by 1943, probably in Israel
Estelle Hurewitz Lamport Satin, New York
Then by descent to the present owners

Condition

In good condition. The canvas is lined and appears to have a new stretcher. Surface slightly dirty. UV: Dashes of inpainting along top and left edges. One spot in the sky at upper left. A 1 inch horizontal line in the sky at upper center. Two possibly spots of inpainting in the trees at lower left.
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