Chanukah Candles
AUCTION 39 |
Thursday, April 03rd,
2008 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art
Lot 367
WACHTEL, WILHELM(?).
Chanukah Candles
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
PRICE REALIZED $1,200
Although unsigned, the style indicates that this painting is most very likely to have been executed by Wachtel.
A most original juxtoposition of the military heroism of the Macabees alongside what appears to be an Israeli family acknowleding the bravery of the modern defenders of contemporary Israel.