Auction 68 · Lot 86
Biblical Timeline.
- Estimate
- $1,000–$1,500
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
ELNATAN, MOSHE.
Place
Jerusalem, 1940
Description
Oil on canvas. Signed in Hebrew and dated “1940” lower right. Framed.
summary
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.
25.25 x 44.50 inches.
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