Shopping for Sukkoth.
AUCTION 62 |
Thursday, June 26th,
2014 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art
Lot 268
HOLTZ, ITSHAK.
Shopping for Sukkoth.
New York, 1988:
Est: $60,000 - $70,000
PRICE REALIZED $42,500
Born 1925 in Skiernewice, Poland, Holtz emigrated to Jerusalem in 1935 where he attended the Bezalel School of Art. In 1950, he relocated to the United States. Holtz is well-known and highly popular for his engaging genre scenes of traditional Orthodox Jewish life.
It is suggested that the present canvas represents the busy Jewish shopping district of Lee Avenue, in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.