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Depicts a Chassidic Jew with hunchback clutching a book and an umbrella. Signed and dated. 10 x 2.25 x 3.5 inches.

Auction 62 · Lot 343

Depicts a Chassidic Jew with hunchback clutching a book and an umbrella. Signed and dated. 10 x 2.25 x 3.5 inches.

Estimate
$800–$1,000
Hammer price
Not recorded

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

author

ROMANIAN WOODEN FIGURAL SCULPTURE.

Publication

Romania, 1928

summary

Unlike the more typical, exaggerated depictions of Jews, this example bears no malice.
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