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Portrait of a Hassidic Rabbi.

Auction 67 · Lot 7

Portrait of a Hassidic Rabbi.

Estimate
$180,000–$220,000
Hammer price
$210,000

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

author

KAUFMANN, ISIDOR.

Place

(Austro-Hungarian, 1853-1921)

Description

Oil on panel. Signed by artist in red along left margin. Very fine, elaborate gilt frame.

summary

The most outstanding of all Jewish portrait artists. Provenance: Sotheby’s New York, Judaica, June 23rd, 1983, lot 435. For an almost identical portrait see Catalogue of the Jewish Museum of Vienna, Isidor Kaufmann (1995) pp. 272-3 (illus).
7.25 x 6 inches / 18.5 x 15.25 cm.
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