Auction 90 · Lot 26
Portrait of a Hassidic Rabbi.
- Estimate
- $100,000–$150,000
- Hammer price
- $100,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
KAUFMANN, ISIDOR.
Publication
(Austro-Hungarian, 1853-1921)
Description
Oil on panel. Signed by artist in black lower left.
Housed in elaborate rococo gilt Viennese frame. Contemporary German labels on verso of panel and of frame.
summary
The most outstanding of all Jewish portrait artists.
Provenance: Blavignac Auctions (Geneva), 20th September, 2009, lot 464.
For a similar portrait, see Catalogue of the Jewish Museum of Vienna, Isidor Kaufmann (1995) pp. 272-3; and Kestenbaum & Company, Judaica Sale 67, Lot 7 (hammer-price: $210,000).
4.5 x 5.5 inches (11.7 x 13.6 cm).
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