Auction 62 · Lot 283
Centered with Hebrew inscription in elaborate orange-colored lettered ‘Mizrach,’ surrounded by eight vignettes of Jews in 18th-century dress celebrating the Holidays; Eating in the Sukah, conducting a Passover Seder, lighting the Menorah on Chanukah, etc.
- Estimate
- $2,000–$3,000
- Hammer price
- $4,250
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(MIZRACH).
Place
20th-century
Description
Watercolor and pen-and-ink on paper.
summary
Based on the 18th century precedent, see Isaiah Shachar, Jewish Tradition in Art: The Feuchtwanger Collection (1981) p. 50, no. 107. For another early example, see Sotheby’s New York, Judaica, March 16th, 1999, Lot 48.