Auction 66 · Lot 326
Procession to the Holy Mount.
- Estimate
- $8,000–$10,000
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
CASTEL, MOSHE
Place
(Israeli, 1909-91)
Description
Oil on canvas. Signed by artist lower right, and again on reverse.
summary
Born into a rabbinic family of Spanish-Castillian origin and long resident in the Holy Land, Castel studied in his father’s Jerusalem yeshiva before attending the Bezalel Art School, where his teacher Shmuel Ben-David, encouraged him to study art in Paris. Castel’s art combines European Expressionism with Eastern motifs, such as the use of ancient scripts.
19.75 x 14.75 inches to frame.
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