Lot 44
  • 44

MOSHE CASTEL | The Altar

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • Moshe Castel
  • The Altar
  • signed Castel (lower left); signed Castel, dated 1963 and inscribed with dimensions (on the reverse)
  • oil and basalt on canvas
  • 57 1/2 by 44 1/2 in.
  • 146.2 by 114 cm
  • Painted in 1963.

Provenance

Private Collection, New York
Gifted to the present owner circa 1980

Condition

In very good condition. A few scattered cracks in the basalt, with touches of white paint, maybe studio accretions; dusty. Not viewed under UV.
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