Biblical Timeline.

AUCTION 68 | Thursday, April 07th, 2016 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art

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Lot 86
ELNATAN, MOSHE.

Biblical Timeline.

Oil on canvas. Signed in Hebrew and dated “1940” lower right. Framed. 25.25 x 44.50 inches.

Jerusalem, 1940:

Est: $1,000 - $1,500
An intriguing composite of key Biblical narratives, including Adam and Eve, Noah’s Ark, the Tower of Babel, the Sacrifice of Isaac, the Burning Bush, Moses on Mount Sinai, the Golden Calf, etc. A striking folk-scene by a Persian-Indian Jew, Moshe Elnatan (1904-69), who upon his Aliyah to Eretz Israel, became known as the Falalel King after his eponymous restaurant in which his fanciful and creative paintings were hung throughout. Provenance: Sotheby’s New York, Israeli & International Art, December 17th, 2013, lot 59.