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Simchath Torah.

Auction 60 · Lot 392

Simchath Torah.

Estimate
$1,000–$1,500
Hammer price
$1,200

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

ROTH, LEO.

Place

Israel, 1966

Description

Oil on canvas. Signed and dated by artist upper right. Framed.

summary

Born in Galicia to Zionist parents, Roth (1914-2002) moved with his family to Germany in 1920 and then emigrated to Palestine in 1933 - first living in Tel Aviv, and then in Kibbutz Afikim where he worked as a shepherd. Later he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and was clearly influenced by the Cubist movement.
31 x 20 inches.
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