Me’arath HaMachpeilah - Cave of the Patriarchs, Hebron.
AUCTION 61 |
Wednesday, March 12th,
2014 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic Art and Ceremonial Objects
Lot 362
LIEBERMAN, HARRY.
Me’arath HaMachpeilah - Cave of the Patriarchs, Hebron.
Polish-American, 1972:
Est: $500 - $700
PRICE REALIZED $850
Lieberman’s post-retirement career as a most original artist immediately blossomed just as soon as he first picked up a paint-brush at age 80 while resident in a senior retirement center in New York. Implementing a fanciful primitive technique, he utilized Judaism as his common subject matter. Here Hebron’s Tomb of the Patriarchs is juxtaposed with the electrifying colors and two-dimensional quality of the people the artist has chosen to portray.