Auction 76 · Lot 329
Yeshiva Bochur.
- Estimate
- $2,000–$3,000
- Hammer price
- $2,600
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
EPSTEIN, JEHUDO
Place
n.d
Description
Pastel on paper. Signed by the artist upper right.
summary
A delicately worked drawing of a Chassidic young man engrossed in study.
Russian-born Jehudo Meier Epstein (1870-1945) moved to Vienna in 1888 in order to pursue studies in art. By 1894 he had a professorship at the Wiener Akademie. Epstein emigrated to South Africa in 1935 where he died ten years later.
Tipped to mat. 8.5 x 12 inches (21.6 x 30.5 cm).
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