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IMPRESSIONIST MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART 26 NOV 2014 8PM

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1

SHMUEL CHARUVI 1897-1965 (Israeli)

Acre

oil on canvas 37 x 60 cm (14 x 23 in.) signed lower right

Provenance: Dror Charuvi, the artist son Collection (stamp on the stretcher).

Gaby and Ami Brown collection.

$7,000-9,000

2

SHMUEL CHARUVI 1897-1965 (Israeli)

Haifa, 1948-49

oil on canvas 34 x 51 cm (13 x 20 in.) signed and dated lower right

$4,500-5,500

3v

LUDWIG BLUM 1891-1975 (Israeli)

Market scene, 1964

oil on canvas 61 x 49 cm (24 x 19 in.) signed in English and Hebrew, and dated lower left

Provenance: Private collection, acquired in Israel c.1985.

Private European collection.

$15,000-20,000

4v

SHMUEL CHARUVI 1897-1965 (Israeli)

Kinneret, 1950

oil on canvas 34 x 51 cm (13 x 20 in.) signed and dated lower right

$4,500-5,500

5v

YAACOV EISENBERG 1897-1966 (Israeli)

Jerusalem, 1952

oil on canvas 65 x 50 cm (25 x 20 in.) signed, dated and located lower left

$1,800-2,200

6

ISRAEL PALDI 1892-1979 (Israeli)

Two fishermen, 1929 watercolor on paper 22 x 25 cm (9 x 10 in.) signed and dated lower left

Provenance:

Dr. Arie Friedman Collection.

Private collection, Israel.

$10,000-12,000

7v

ISRAEL PALDI 1892-1979 (Israeli)

Pioneers and tents, 1920's watercolor on paper 24 x 27 cm (9 x 11 in.) signed lower left

Provenance: Michael and Judy Steinhardt Collection.

Private European collection.

$7,000-9,000

8

ISRAEL PALDI 1892-1979 (Israeli)

Young couple by the sea, 1926 oil on canvas 53 x 72 cm (21 x 28 in.)

Provenance: Dr. Arie Friedman Collection.

Private collection, Israel.

Literature: Prof. Mordechai Omer (ed.), From the Peremen Collection throught the Tel Aviv Museum, 1920-1932, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2002, p. 79, n. 60 (illustrated).

$80,000-120,000

9v

MOSHE CASTEL 1909-1991 (Israeli)

Portrait of a woman, late 1920's oil on cardboard

46 x 38 cm (18 x 15 in.) signed lower right

Provenance: Rosner family collection, France.

$9,000-12,000

10v

MOSHE CASTEL 1909-1991 (Israeli)

Young boy, 1920's oil on canvas 40 x 32 cm (16 x 12 in.) signed lower left

Provenance: Rosner family collection, France.

$8,000-10,000

11v

MOSHE CASTEL 1909-1991 (Israeli)

Street scene, Safed, 1930's oil on canvas 38 x 46 cm (15 x 18 in.) signed lower right

Provenance: Rosner family collection, France.

$47,000-65,000

12

MOSHE CASTEL 1909-1991 (Israeli)

Lute player, 1930's oil on cardboard 45 x 37 cm (18 x 14 in.) signed lower right

Provenance:

The Rena Isaacson Estate, Jerusalem.

$14,000-18,000

13

MOSHE CASTEL 1909-1991 (Israeli)

The artist floating above Safed, 1940's gouache, watercolor and colored inks on paper 48 x 33 cm (19 x 13 in.) signed lower right

Provenance: Sale: Sotheby's Tel Aviv,

April 23, 1995, lot 252 (label on the reverse).

Important private collection, Petah-Tikva.

$3,500-4,500

14

MOSHE CASTEL 1909-1991 (Israeli)

DĂŠjeuner sur l'herbe, 1928 oil on canvas 78 x 63 cm (30 x 25 in.) signed lower right

Provenance:

Private collection, Hertzelia-Monaco.

Private collection, Israel.

$90,000-120,000

15

ARIEH ALLWEIL 1901-1967 (Israeli)

Village landscape in the Galilee, 1920's oil on canvas 35 x 48 cm (14 x 19 in.) signed lower right

$16,000-18,000

16

SHMUEL SCHLESINGER 1896-1986 (Israeli)

Children of Jerusalem

oil on canvas 73 x 60 cm (28 x 23 in.) signed lower right, signed and titled on the reverse

$4,000-6,000

18v

ARIEH ALLWEIL 1901-1967 (Israeli)

Woman in a landscape, 1920's oil on canvas 50 x 64 cm (20 x 25 in.) signed lower left

Provenance:

Private collection, Tel Aviv (inscribed on the stretcher).

$18,000-22,000

17

SHMUEL SCHLESINGER 1896-1986 (Israeli)

Oriental scene

oil on canvas 55 x 93 cm (21 x 36 in.) signed lower right

$4,000-5,000

19

KAETE EPHRAIM MARCUS 1892-1970 (Israeli)

Girl with a cat

oil on canvas 55 x 45 cm (21 x 18 in.) initialled lower right

Provenance: Private collection, Tel Aviv.

$6,000-8,000

20

KAETE EPHRAIM MARCUS 1892-1970 (Israeli)

Infant with a cat in a crib, 1926 oil on canvas 58 x 79 cm (23 x 31 in.) signed and dated lower left

Provenance:

Chava and Zvi Dormann collection.

Literature: Ada Tiber, Kaete Ephraim Marcus Retrospective, Tel Aviv Museum, 1997, p.70, fig.10 (illustrated).

$5,000-6,000

21

KAETE EPHRAIM MARCUS 1892-1970 (Israeli)

Girl with red flowers oil on canvas 62 x 49 cm (24 x 19 in.) initialled lower left

Provenance:

The artist's family collection, Jerusalem.

$3,200-3,500

22

KAETE EPHRAIM MARCUS 1892-1970 (Israeli)

Pregnant woman

bronze 77 x 21 x 18 cm (30 x 8 x 7 in.) signed on the base

Provenance:

The artist's family collection, Jerusalem

$4,500-6,000

23v

MOSHE MOKADY 1902-1975 (Israeli)

Portrait of young woman

oil on board 48 x 61 cm (19 x 24 in.), signed lower left

Provenance: Art Gallery Hadassa, Tel Aviv.

The Estate of Remy L. Chatain, Jr., Pasadena.

23

$4,000-5,000

24v

JOSEPH ZARITSKY 1891-1985 (Israeli)

Jerusalem, 1933

watercolor and pencil on cardboard 54 x 74 cm (21 x 29 in.) signed in English and Hebrew and dated lower left

Provenance: Estate of Renee

L. Rupert Granville-Grossman.

Private European collection.

$12,000-15,000

25

MENACHEM SHEMI 1897-1951 (Israeli)

Women in the village oil on canvas 38 x 55 cm (15 x 21 in.) signed lower right

$12,000-15,000

26

MENACHEM SHEMI 1897-1951 (Israeli)

Safed, 1950

oil on canvas 32 x 45 cm (12 x 18 in.) signed lower left

Provenance: Private collection.

The work appears on the artist's official website, n.260a.

$15,000-18,000

27

28v

1893-1974 (Israeli)

1893-1974 (Israeli)

Mimosas and black irises

Field flowers, 1952

$95,000-120,000

Provenance: Private European collection.

REUVEN RUBIN oil on canvas 81 x 65 cm (32 x 25 in.) signed lower left, titled and signed on the stretcher

REUVEN RUBIN oil on canvas 61 x 46 cm (24 x 18 in.) signed lower right, signed and inscribed 'made in Israel' on the stretcher

Exhibition: XXVI Exposition Biennale Internationale des Beaux-Arts, Venice, Italy, 1952 (label on the reverse).

7 Painters of Israel, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, 1953, n.58.

$85,000-100,000

29v

REUVEN RUBIN 1893-1974 (Israeli)

Ein Karem

oil on canvas 54 x 73 cm (21 x 28 in.) signed lower right Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Rubin Museum Foundation, signed by Carmela Rubin.

$85,000-100,000

30v

REUVEN RUBIN 1893-1974 (Israeli)

Near Nazareth, 1958

oil on canvas 55 x 73 cm (21 x 28 in.) signed lower left, dated and titled on the stretcher

Provenance: Private collection,

acquired directly from the artist in 1958.

Thence by descent.

Private European collection.

Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Rubin Museum Foundation, signed by Carmela Rubin.

$85,000-100,000

31

32

1893-1974 (Israeli)

1893-1974 (Israeli)

Flowers on a windowsill overlooking Jerusalem, 1940's

Boy with flowers, 1969

REUVEN RUBIN

watercolor on paper 41 x 33 cm (16 x 13 in.) signed lower right

Provenance: Private collection, Germany.

$7,000-8,500

REUVEN RUBIN oil on canvas 92 x 65 cm (36 x 25 in.) signed lower right, signed, dated and titled on the stretcher Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Rubin Museum Foundation, signed by Carmela Rubin and dated January 20, 2014.

$100,000-120,000

ELBIT IMAGING LTD. COLLECTION ‫ חלון לציור הארץ ישראלי‬- ‫אוסף אלביט‬ .‫הדמיה‬-‫אחד מהאוספים הציבוריים המרשימים של אמנות ישראלית שנבנו בעשורים האחרונים הנו זה של חברת אלביט‬ ‫ זיסר מהאספנים הבולטים של אמנות ישראלית בנה‬.‫ מוטי זיסר‬.‫ידי יו"ר החברה לשעבר מר‬-‫אוסף חברת אלביט נבנה בקפידה מראשית שנות האלפיים על‬ .‫ לעולם ההיטק ולאמנות המקומית‬,‫אוסף ייצוגי שאותו הציג בגאון במשרדי החברה כחלון ראווה להשגי ישראל‬ ‫ אמנים מהזרם הארץ‬.‫ יצירות ישראליות שמייצגות את מיטב האמנים המוכרים‬53 ‫ בינלאומית ויהודית נבחרו בקפידה למכירה‬,‫מאוסף גדול של אמנות ישראלית‬ .‫ סימון ושמואל בק‬,‫ ינקו‬- ‫ ושל העשורים הראשונים של קיומה‬- ‫ פלדי ובלום‬,‫ שמי‬,‫ גוטמן‬,‫ רובין‬- ‫ישראלי שלפני קום המדינה‬ -‫ תל‬:‫ בולטים באוסף אלביט נופי הארץ בראשית דרכה‬.‫אביב‬-‫בדומה לאוספים בהם קיים דגש על ארץ ישראל כמו אוסף עזריאלי שהוצג לאחרונה במוזיאון תל‬ ‫) וירושלים‬47 ‫ (לוט‬1942-‫) ולבנון 'נוף גליל' מ‬39 ‫ נופי הגליל וצפת בתיאוריהם של רובין 'נוף באביב' (לוט‬,)34 ‫אביב בתיאורו החשוב של גוטמן 'נווה צדק' (לוט‬ ‫ המתאר את ביה"כ כפי שהיה לפני נפילת‬1944 ‫הכנסת משגב לדך' משנת‬-‫על שלל צבעיה בחמשת ציוריו של לודוויג בלום שהחשובים ביניהם הנם 'פנים בית‬ )40,42 ‫ (לוטים‬.1931 ‫ 'סמטה בפתח שער שכם' תיאור מוקדם של האמן משנת‬- ‫העיר העתיקה במלחמת השחרור ו‬ - ‫ 'דמויות בכרכרה' של נחום גוטמן ו‬- ‫ חיי העיר על שלל העבודות אך גם הבילויים ב‬- ‫אוסף אלביט מיטיב לתאר הבטים שונים באורך החיים בארץ של הישוב‬ ‫הכנסת הארי בצפת' של‬-‫) וגם החיים הדתיים בתיאור של 'בית‬56 .‫ של יוחנן סימון (תמ‬1947 ‫ 'בקיבוץ' משנת‬- ‫ חיי הקיבוץ ב‬,‫'נשים עם כדים' של משה קסטל‬ )37 .‫) או בתיאור הנדיר של 'עזרת נשים' של רובין (תמ‬52 .‫מנחם שמי (תמ‬ ‫ בה מתייחס‬,1951-‫) מ‬54 .‫ החשובה מביניהן הנה 'גדר חייה' של מרסל ינקו (תמ‬.‫ערכיים‬-‫בולטות בחריגותן באוסף מספר יצירות המציגות היבטים חברתיים‬ ‫ זהו תיאור היסטורי שעליו נכתבו מספר מאמרים והציג את ישראל בין השאר בבינאלות‬.‫האמן למתח בין העולים החדשים החיים במעברות לבין הותיקים‬ '‫ 'חסידים מנגנים‬- ‫ 'כפרות' ו‬40-‫ תיאורים מוקדמים של יוסל ברגנר מסוף שנות ה‬2 ‫ אלו הם‬- ‫ שני תיאורים נוספים דנים בזכרון השואה‬.‫פאולו‬-‫בונציה ובסאן‬ ‫ הניגוד בין תיאור הילדה כמביעה עצב על העיירה שנעזבה בתיאור הראשון לבין החסיד המנגן בצ'לו בשמחת‬.‫) מבין החשובים בנושא זה‬60-61 .‫ (תמ‬1946-‫מ‬ .‫חיים מציגים היבטים שונים של חיי הקהילות בגולה והניסיון להחיותן בפני הצופה‬ ‫ כאן בולטים 'סופר סתם' ציור גדול ממדים‬.20-‫בהקשר היהודי מוצגים מתוך אוסף היודאיקה הגדול מספר ציורים נבחרים של אמנים יהודים מראשית המאה ה‬ .‫ וכן ציורים של יששכר ריבק ושל צבי מלנוביצר‬,‫ ציור של 'פרש' של מאנה כץ נושא אהוב על האמן‬,)69 .‫של ארתור מרקוביץ (תמ‬

‫אורן מגדל‬

The Elbit Collection - A window unto Early Israeli Painting One of the most impressive collections of Israeli Art that was assembled over the last decades is that of the High-Technology company Elbit-Digital.

The Elbit collection was carefully put together from the beginning of the century by the Ex-CEO of the company Mr. Motti Zisser. Zisser, one of the prominent collectors of Israeli art, constructed an official collection that he displayed proudly in the company’s offices as a window to Israeli society, the Israeli High-technology world and local art.

From a large collection containing Israeli, International and Jewish art were carefully selected to put on auction 53 Israeli paintings that represent the major artists of the time. Artists from the Erez-Israel artistic movement before the foundation of the state - Rubin, Gutman, Shemi, Paldi and Blum - and from the first decades after the creation of Israel - Janco, Simon and Bak As in similar collections whose focus is on Eretz Israel, for instance the Azrieli collection recently put on show in the TelAviv Museum, in the Elbit collection stand out the large number of landscape paintings. Amongst these are an important landscape of Tel-Aviv in Gutman’s ‘Neve Zedek’ (Lot 34), landscapes of Galilee and Zafed in Rubin “Spring landscape” (lot 39) and Levanon “Galilee landscape” (lot 47) and a rare selection of landscapes of Jerusalem in 5 paintings depicted

by Ludwig Blum. The most important of these are “The Interior of the Misgav-Ladah Synagogue” from 1944, showing the synagogue before the fall of the Old city in the war of Independence and an early painting from 1931 showing the ‘Alley near Damascus Gate” (Lots 40,42) In the Elbit collections we find a particularly good representation of the different aspects of Israeli life at its beginnings - life in the newly built cities but also the recreational pastime in - Gutman’s “Figures in a Carriage in Jaffa” or “Women with Jugs” by Moshe Castel; life in the Kibbutz in “In the Kibbutz” from 1947 by Yochanan Simon (lot 56) or the religious life in the early ‘Yeshuv” in “Haari Synagogue” by Shemi or in a rare watercolor by Rubin “Ezrat Nashim” (lots 52, 37).

Stand out in the collection a small number of paintings dealing with social and ethical questions that troubled the Yeshuv.

The main painting in this group is “Live barrier” by Marcel Janco from 1951 (lot no. 54), in which the artist expresses his negative opinion on the growing social and economic gap between the New Immigrants whom had just arrived and the older settlers. This historical painting has been at the center of much research and has represented Israel in both the Venice and San Paolo Biennales. Two other paintings represent the question of holocaust remembrance. These are 2 early paintings by Yosl Bergner from the late 1940s - ‘Kaparot’ and ‘Hassidic man playing music’ (lots 60, 61) - which show two separate aspects of the live of Jewish communities in the Gola. The girl crying in the first of these paintings symbolizes the grief of the people leaving the Shtetel, while the happy Hassidim represent in contrast the happier life of the Chasidut.

On auction are also a limited selection of paintings by Jewish painters from the beginning of the 20th century. Amongst these stands out a large painting of ‘Sofer Stam’ by Artur Markowicz (lot 69), ‘Rider’ by Mane Katz a subject that the artist loved very much and also paintings by Ryback and Zvi Malnovitzer.

Oren Migdal

33

LUDWIG BLUM 1891-1975 (Israeli)

Jerusalem, view of the Old city oil on canvas 47 x 60 cm (18 x 23 in.) signed and located lower right

Mira Chen, the artist's granddaughter, has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.

$20,000-25,000

Elbit Imaging Ltd. Collection

34

NACHUM GUTMAN 1898-1980 (Israeli)

Neveh Tzedek, Tel Aviv, 1969 oil on canvas 81 x 60 cm (32 x 23 in.) signed and dated lower left

Provenance:

Private collection, acquired directly from the artist.

Sale: Christie's Tel Aviv, April 14, 1996, lot 78.

$95,000-105,000

Elbit Imaging Ltd. Collection

35

MOSHE CASTEL 1909-1991 (Israeli)

Women with jugs

oil, collage, basalt and serigraph on paper mounted on canvas 70 x 50 cm (27 x 20 in.) signed center right

$10,000-12,000

36

NACHUM GUTMAN 1898-1980 (Israeli)

Figures in a carriage, 1950's oil on canvas 38 x 55 cm (15 x 21 in.) signed lower right

Prof. Hemi Gutman, the artist’s son, has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.

$50,000-60,000

Elbit Imaging Ltd. Collection

37

REUVEN RUBIN 1893-1974 (Israeli)

Ezrat nashim, 1920's watercolor on paper 40 x 32 cm (16 x 12 in.) signed center right

$12,000-14,000

38

REUVEN RUBIN 1893-1974 (Israeli)

Flutist and mother with child ink and watercolor on paper 63 x 48 cm (25 x 19 in.) signed lower right

$4,000-5,000

39

REUVEN RUBIN 1893-1974 (Israeli)

Springtime landscape, 1961 oil on canvas 46 x 38 cm (18 x 15 in.) signed lower right

Provenance:

Dalzell Hatfield Gallery, Los Angeles (label on the reverse).

Sale: Butterfield & Butterfield, October, 1995, lot 2411.

Sale: Christie's Tel Aviv, April 10, 1999, lot 103.

Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Rubin Museum Foundation, signed by Carmela Rubin.

$35,000-45,000

Elbit Imaging Ltd. Collection

40

LUDWIG BLUM 1891-1975 (Israeli)

Jerusalem, the alley towards Damascus Gate, 1931 oil on canvas 49 x 60 cm (19 x 23 in.) signed and dated lower right

Exhibition: The Real and the Ideal, The Painting of Ludwig Blum, Beit HaTfutsot, The Museum of the Jewish people, Tel Aviv, October 1 - December 31, 2009 (illustrated in exhibition cat., p.65).

Mira Chen, the artist's granddaughter, has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.

$18,000-22,000

41

LUDWIG BLUM 1891-1975 (Israeli)

Acre, 1965

oil on canvas 38 x 61 cm (15 x 24 in.) signed and dated lower right Mira Chen, the artist's granddaughter, has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.

$16,000-18,000

Elbit Imaging Ltd. Collection

42

LUDWIG BLUM 1891-1975 (Israeli)

Misgav Ladakh synagogue in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem, 1944 oil on canvas 73 x 60 cm (28 x 23 in.) signed, dated and located lower left

Provenance: Sale: Gordon Gallery, January 15, 2001, lot 6.

Mira Chen, the artist's granddaughter, has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.

$15,000-18,000

43

LUDWIG BLUM 1891-1975 (Israeli)

Marketplace in Jerusalem, 1958 oil on canvas 50 x 60 cm (20 x 23 in.) signed and dated lower left

Provenance: Sale: Gordon Gallery, January 16, 2000, lot 48.

Mira Chen, the artist's granddaughter, has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.

$18,000-22,000

Elbit Imaging Ltd. Collection

44

MOSHE CASTEL 1909-1991 (Israeli)

Figures in Safed landscape, 1930's oil on canvas 27 x 35 cm (11 x 14 in.) signed in English and Hebrew lower left

$8,000-12,000

45

46

1901-1967 (Israeli)

1901-1967 (Israeli)

Galilee Landscape

Trees

ARIEH ALLWEIL oil on board 55 x 54 cm (21 x 21 in.) signed lower left

$1,600-1,750

ARIEH ALLWEIL oil on paper mounted on board 50 x 38 cm (20 x 15 in.) signed lower right

$1,200-1,350

47

MORDECHAI LEVANON 1901-1968 (Israeli)

Galilee landscape, 1942 oil on canvas 54 x 70 cm (21 x 27 in.) signed and dated lower center

$12,000-14,000

Elbit Imaging Ltd. Collection

48

MORDECHAI LEVANON 1901-1968 (Israeli)

Old Safed, 1964

oil on canvas 92 x 65 cm (36 x 25 in.) signed in English lower left, signed in Hebrew and dated lower right, located on the reverse

$6,500-7,500

49

MORDECHAI LEVANON 1901-1968 (Israeli)

The Ha'ari Synagogue in Safed, 1963 oil on canvas 92 x 65 cm (36 x 25 in.) signed in English lower left, signed and dated in Hebrew lower right, titled on the reverse

Provenance: Sale: Matsart, January 28, 2007, lot 36.

$12,000-14,000 Elbit Imaging Ltd. Collection

50

MENACHEM SHEMI 1897-1951 (Israeli)

Soldiers in an Eastern town, 1943 oil on canvas 60 x 50 cm (23 x 20 in.)

Provenance:

Sale: Sotheby's Tel Aviv, April 8, 1999, lot 69.

The work appears on the artist's official website, n. 149a.

$7,500-8,500

51

ISRAEL PALDI 1892-1979 (Israeli)

Oriental figures, 1940 oil on canvas 60 x 92 cm (23 x 36 in.) signed and dated lower left

Provenance:

Sale: Matsart, January 28, 2007, lot 115.

$4,000-5,000

52

MENACHEM SHEMI 1897-1951 (Israeli)

Synagogue in Safed, 1946 oil on canvas 45 x 36 cm (18 x 14 in.) signed lower left

The work appears on the artist's official website, n.200a.

$22,000-24,000

Elbit Imaging Ltd. Collection

53

MARCEL JANCO 1895-1984 (Israeli)

Rooster and sun, 1960

oil and collage on canvasboard 50 x 70 cm (20 x 27 in.) signed lower right

Provenance: Artist's studio, (label on the reverse).

$10,000-12,000

54

MARCEL JANCO 1895-1984 (Israeli)

Live barrier

oil on canvas 80 x 100 cm (31 x 39 in.) signed lower left

Exhibition: Artist’s House, Jerusalem, 1959. Marcel Janco, Retrospective (curatored by Dr. Haim Gamzou), Tel Aviv Museum , 1972.

Marcel Janco “The Struggle” (curated by Dr. Gideon Ofrat), Janco-Dada Museum, Ein-Hod, 1988 (iilustrated in the exbition catalogue, p.34).

The work was exhibited in several other exhibitions in Sao-Paolo and Venice to name a few, however, they were not documented.

Literature: A. B. Yaffeh, Marcel Janco, Massada, 1982, p.85 (full page illustration).

Mrs. Dadi Janco, the artist’s daughter, has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this works.

$55,000-65,000 Elbit Imaging Ltd. Collection

55

YOHANAN SIMON 1905-1976 (Israeli)

Love in the kibbutz, 1950's

oil on canvas 27 x 35 cm (11 x 14 in.) signed in English lower left and in Hebrew lower right, and again on the stretcher

$12,000-14,000

56

YOHANAN SIMON 1905-1976 (Israeli)

In the Kibbutz, 1947

oil on canvas 24 x 33 cm (9 x 13 in.) signed in English lower left and in Hebrew and dated lower right

$22,000-25,000

Elbit Imaging Ltd. Collection

57

SAMUEL BAK b.1933 (Israeli)

From the eight allegories on a contemporary theme series, 1967 oil on canvas 80 x 60 cm (31 x 23 in.) signed lower left

Provenance: Goren Collection, Boston.

Sale: Matsart, January 28, 2007, lot 34.

Literature: Bak, Paintings of the last decade,

Aberbach Fine Art, New York, 1976, p.75 (illustrated).

Paul T. Nagano, Samuel Bak The Past Continues, David R. Godine and Pucker Safrai Gallery, Boston, 1988, p.1 (illustrated).

$10,000-12,000

58

SAMUEL BAK b.1933 (Israeli)

Labyrinthe II, 1964-65

oil on canvas 120 x 160 cm (47 x 62 in.) signed lower center, signed, dated and titled on the stretcher

Provenance:

Sale: Christie's Tel Aviv, April 10, 1999, lot 82.

$18,000-22,000

59

SAMUEL BAK b.1933 (Israeli)

Light and darkness, 1991 oil on canvas 116 x 89 cm (45 x 35 in.) signed and dated lower right, titled on the stretcher

$25,000-30,000

Elbit Imaging Ltd. Collection

60

YOSL BERGNER b.1920 (Israeli)

The contrabass player and Hassidim, 1946 oil on canvas 64 x 51 cm (25 x 20 in.) signed and dated lower left

$25,000-28,000

61

YOSL BERGNER b.1920 (Israeli)

Kaparot, 1940's

oil on board 50 x 62 cm (20 x 24 in.) signed lower right

$25,000-32,000

Elbit Imaging Ltd. Collection

62

63

1887-1968 (Israeli)

1898-1979 (Israeli)

Figure in landscape, 1930

Petah Tikva, 1945

$12,000-15,000

Provenance:

JAKOB STEINHARDT oil on canvas 60 x 79 cm (23 x 31 in.) signed and dated lower right

ZVI SHOR oil on canvas 28 x 41 cm (11 x 16 in.) signed and dated lower right Artist's estate (stamp on the reverse).

$1,000-1,500 63

64

65

LEO KAHN 1894-1983 (Israeli)

64

Rebecca and Eliezer

ZVI SHOR

oil on canvas 192 x 285 cm (75 x 111 in.) signed lower left

1898-1979 (Israeli)

Provenance: Philosoph Family Collection.

Mother and child

$10,000-12,000

oil on cardboard 33 x 23 cm (13 x 9 in.) signed lower right

$1,000-1,500

Elbit Imaging Ltd. Collection

66

MANÉ KATZ 1894-1962 (Ukrainian, French)

Rider

oil on canvas 38 x 46 cm (15 x 18 in.) signed center right

$10,000-12,000

67

ARTHUR KOLNIK 1890-1972 (Lithuanian)

Hassid and goat, 1960's oil on board 64 x 48 cm (25 x 19 in.) signed lower right

$8,000-9,000

Elbit Imaging Ltd. Collection

68

ZVI MALNOVITZER b.1945 (Israeli)

The Tish table

oil on canvas 81 x 100 cm (32 x 39 in.) signed lower right, dedicated on the reverse

$35,000-45,000

69

ARTUR MARKOWICZ 1872-1934 (Polish)

Scripture copyist in his chamber oil on cardboard 68 x 70 cm (27 x 27 in.) signed and inscribed 'Krakow' lower left

Provenance: Sale: Matsart, January 28, 2007, lot 134.

$25,000-35,000

Elbit Imaging Ltd. Collection

70

YAACOV EISENSCHER 1896-1980 (Israeli)

Safed, 1950's

oil on canvas 61 x 46 cm (24 x 18 in.) signed in English and Hebrew lower right

$2,500-3,500

71

MOSHE MOKADY 1902-1975 (Israeli)

Pears, 1930's

oil on canvas 26 x 36 cm (10 x 14 in.) signed lower right

$4,000-5,000

72

ANNA TICHO 1894-1980 (Israeli)

Vase of flowers

watercolor on paper 49 x 35 cm (19 x 14 in.) signed lower right

$4,000-5,000

73

NAFTALI BEZEM b.1924 (Israeli)

Fish embrace

oil on canvas 33 x 24 cm (13 x 9 in.) signed lower right

$1,800-2,200

74

ANN MEDALIE 1896-1991 (Israeli)

Pomegranate, 1967

oil on canvas 20 x 40 cm (8 x 16 in.) signed and dated lower right

$500-650

Elbit Imaging Ltd. Collection

75

YITZHAK FRENKEL FRENEL 1899-1981 (Israeli)

Kleizmers

oil on canvas 55 x 46 cm (21 x 18 in.) signed lower left

$3,500-4,500

76

ISSACHAR BER RYBACK 1897-1935 (Ukrainian)

Woman in a haystack

oil on canvas 65 x 45 cm (25 x 18 in.) signed lower left and again on the reverse

$15,000-20,000

76

77

YITZHAK FRENKEL FRENEL 1899-1981 (Israeli)

Galilee landscape

oil on canvas mounted on board 22 x 26 cm (9 x 10 in.) signed lower right

$1,400-1,650

78

YOSL BERGNER b.1920 (Israeli)

The trumpeter

oil on canvas 40 x 30 cm (16 x 12 in.) signed lower left, signed and titled on the reverse

$5,000-6,500

79

YITZHAK FRENKEL FRENEL 1899-1981 (Israeli)

Street in Safed

oil on canvas 92 x 73 cm (36 x 28 in.) signed lower left

$3,500-4,500

Elbit Imaging Ltd. Collection

80

81

ZVI SHOR 1898-1979 (Israeli)

JOSEPH JIRI KAMENICKY

Neve Tzedek, 1957

1910-1981 (Czech)

oil on canvas 50 x 60 cm (20 x 23 in.) signed and dated lower left

Jerusalem, 1920-30's

oil on board 49 x 64 cm (19 x 25 in.) signed and located lower right

$4,000-5,000

82

$2,000-3,000

PINCHAS SHAAR 1923-1996 (Israeli)

Pianist

oil on canvas 46 x 38 cm (18 x 15 in.) signed lower left

$300-400

83

ADAM MUSZKA 1914-2005 (Israeli)

Shabbat candle

oil on canvas 46 x 38 cm (18 x 15 in.) signed lower left

$2,000-2,500

84

PINCHAS ABRAMOVICH 1909-1986 (Israeli)

Figures in a landscape

oil on paper mounted on canvas 49 x 65 cm (19 x 25 in.) signed lower right

$600-750

85

MORDECHAI ARDON 1896-1992 (Israeli)

Nation will not take up sword against nation print on perspex 45 x 120 cm (18 x 47 in.) signed lower right, numbered '11/30' lower left

This work based on: Zaiah's Vision of Eternal Peace 1982-84, stained glass windows in the Jewish National Library, Jerusalem.

$3,000-4,000

Elbit Imaging Ltd. Collection

86

MORDECHAI ARDON 1896-1992 (Israeli)

The birth of a leaf, 1964

oil on canvas 89 x 78 cm (35 x 31 in.) signed lower right, titled on the overlap

Provenance: Dayton's Gallery 12, Minneapolis.

Sale: Sotheby’s New York, December 18, 2007, lot 20.

Literature: Michèle Vishny, Mordechai Ardon, New York, 1973, p.230, n.189, (illustrated).

$200,000-250,000

87

YEHEZKEL STREICHMAN 1906-1993 (Israeli)

The artist in the studio, 1950 oil on canvas 46 x 61 cm (18 x 24 in.) signed and dated lower left, signed again on the reverse

Provenance: Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv, 1970.

Private collection, Tel Aviv.

$24,000-28,000

88v

JOSEPH ZARITSKY 1891-1985 (Israeli)

Variation on one concept I, 1969 oil on canvas 155 x 150 cm (60 x 59 in.) signed and dated lower right, signed, dated and titled on the stretcher

Provenance: Givon Art Gallery, Tel Aviv.

Private collection, USA, acquired from the above.

Private European collection.

$28,000-35,000

89

AVRAHAM NATON 1906-1959 (Israeli)

Black-grey composition, 1957 oil on canvas 77 x 101 cm (30 x 39 in.) signed lower left

Provenance: Gaby and Ami Brown collection.

Exhibition: Avraham Naton - Retrospective, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Irith Hadar, April - July 2008 (illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, p. 103).

$12,000-15,000

90v

AHARON KAHANA 1905-1967 (Israeli)

Abstract figures, 1949 oil on canvas 64 x 54 cm (25 x 21 in.) signed and dated lower right

Provenance: Sale: Matsart, March 23, 2011, lot 76.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

$8,000-10,000

91v

MOSHE CASTEL 1909-1991 (Israeli)

Halleluya

oil on canvas 61 x 89 cm (24 x 35 in.) signed lower right, dated and titled on the reverse

Provenance: Private collection, New Jersey.

$30,000-40,000

92

ZVI MAIROVITCH 1911-1974 (Israeli)

Haifa port

oil on canvas 33 x 41 cm (13 x 16 in.) signed in English and in Hebrew lower right, numbered '12' on the reverse

Provenance: Private collection, Israel.

The Tehilla & Yigal Slonim collection, Tel Aviv.

$1,800-2,200

93v

MOSHE PROPES 1922-1985 (Israeli)

Composition, 1955

oil on canvas 95 x 119 cm (37 x 46 in.) signed and dated lower left

Provenance:

Sale: Matsart, March 3, 2011, lot 73.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

$3,000-4,000

94v

AVRAHAM NATON 1906-1959 (Israeli)

The musicians

oil on canvas 39 x 50 cm (15 x 20 in.) signed upper right

Provenance: Art Gallery International, Buenos Aires, August 1967.

The Israeli Phoenix Collection.

Sale: Matsart, March 3, 2011, lot 70.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Exhibition: The Whole World is a Stage, Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, September 1998. Joseph Hackmey – Israel Phoenix Collection, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Prof. Mordechai Omer, November 1998.

Avraham Naton - Retrospective, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Irith Hadar, April – June 2008.

$8,000-10,000

95v

YOHANAN SIMON 1905-1976 (Israeli)

Congenial souls, 1969

oil on canvas mounted on panel 16 x 22 cm (6 x 9 in.) signed in English lower left, signed in Hebrew and dated lower right, signed, dated and titled on the reverse

$3,800-4,500

96v

YOHANAN SIMON 1905-1976 (Israeli)

Fantastic landscape, 1968

oil on canvas 127 x 196 cm (50 x 76 in.) signed in English lower left, signed in Hebrew and dated lower right

$22,000-26,000

97v

YOHANAN SIMON 1905-1976 (Israeli)

Still life

oil on canvas 22 x 27 cm (9 x 11 in.) signed in English lower left and in Hebrew lower right

$6,500-8,500

98

YOHANAN SIMON 1905-1976 (Israeli)

Fantastic landscape, 1968

oil on canvas 27 x 35 cm (11 x 14 in.) signed in English lower left, signed in Hebrew and dated lower right

$6,500-7,500

99

YOHANAN SIMON 1905-1976 (Israeli)

Figures in the kibbutz, 1950’s oil on canvas 27 x 35 cm (11 x 14 in.) signed in English lower left and in Hebrew lower right

$18,000-22,000

100v

RUTH SCHLOSS 1922-2013 (Israeli)

Women in the market oil on canvas 58 x 81 cm (23 x 32 in.) signed lower right

$5,000-7,000

101

RUTH SCHLOSS b.1922 (Israeli)

Yeminite woman, 1962

oil on masonite 70 x 51 cm (27 x 20 in.) signed lower right, dated on gallery label on the reverse

Provenance: Safrai gallery, Israel.

Private collection, New York.

Sale: Matsart, November 27, 2012, lot 84.

Private collection, acquired at the above sale.

$5,000-7,000

102v

RUTH SCHLOSS 1922-2013 (Israeli)

Two girls

oil on canvas 92 x 72 cm (36 x 28 in.) signed lower left

$3,500-4,500

103v

RUTH SCHLOSS 1922-2013 (Israeli)

Mother and child

oil on canvas 71 x 61 cm (28 x 24 in.) signed lower right

$5,000-7,000

104v

RUTH SCHLOSS 1922-2013 (Israeli)

Portrait of a girl

oil on canvas mounted on cardboard 60 x 45 cm (23 x 18 in.) signed lower right

$3,800-5,000

104

105v

RUTH SCHLOSS 1922-2013 (Israeli)

Young girl

oil on canvas 76 x 50 cm (30 x 20 in.) signed lower right

$4,500-6,000

106v

RUTH SCHLOSS 1922-2013 (Israeli)

Seated young girl

oil on canvas 74 x 54 cm (29 x 21 in.) signed lower right

$6,000-8,000

107

YOSL BERGNER b.1920 (Israeli)

The Kings of Nissim Aloni, 1993

oil on canvas 60 x 73 cm (23 x 28 in.) signed and dated lower right, signed and titled on the reverse

Provenance: Gaby and Ami Brown collection.

Private European collection.

Exhibited: Selection of Israeli Art from the Collection of Gaby and Ami Brown, Museum of Art, Ein Harod, October 2009 - April 2010 (illustrated in exhibition catalogue, p.157).

$9,000-12,000

108

YOSL BERGNER b.1920 (Israeli)

The red wall

oil on canvas 89 x 89 cm (35 x 35 in.) signed in English and in Hebrew lower right, signed and titled on the reverse

$18,000-25,000

109v

SAMUEL BAK b.1933 (Israeli)

Stop here

oil on canvas 61 x 46 cm (24 x 18 in.) signed lower left

$9,000-12,000

110

SAMUEL BAK b.1933 (Israeli)

Hammer and key oil on canvas 33 x 24 cm (13 x 9 in.) signed lower left

$3,500-4,500

111v

SAMUEL BAK b.1933 (Israeli)

Landscape with pears oil on canvas 97 x 148 cm (38 x 58 in.) signed lower right

$22,000-24,000

113

LEA NIKEL 1918-2005 (Israeli)

Untitled, 1974

112

LEA NIKEL 1918-2005 (Israeli)

Abstract composition, 1993 acrylic on canvas 135 x 135 cm (53 x 53 in.) signed and dated lower right, signed and dated on the reverse

$16,000-18,000

oil on canvas 197 x 133 cm (77 x 52 in.) signed and dated lower left and again on the reverse

Provenance: Simone and Jean Tiroche collection.

Sale: Tiroche, January 21, 2006, lot 168.

Private collection, Israel.

Private European collection.

Exhibition: Israeli Painting in Large Format, Ramat Gan Museum of Art, 1987 (illustrated in exhibition catalogue, p. 54).

Mrs. Mira Avgar, the artist’s granddaughter, has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.

$38,000-45,000

114

MOSHE GERSHUNI b.1936 (Israeli)

Raisins and almonds, 1983

glass paint, oil and pencil on paper 70 x 100 cm (27 x 39 in.) signed, dated and inscribed ‘praise the lord’ on the reverse

Provenance: Sale: Sotheby’s New York, December 16, 2008, lot 41.

Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv.

$6,500-7,500

115

MOSHE GERSHUNI b.1936 (Israeli)

Kadish, 1983

glass paint, oil and pencil on paper 70 x 100 cm (27 x 39 in.) signed, dated and inscribed ‘praise the lord’ on the reverse

Provenance: Sale: Sotheby’s New York, December 16, 2008, lot 42.

Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv.

$6,500-7,500

116v

LEA NIKEL 1918-2005 (Israeli)

Abstract, 1972

oil on canvas 65 x 65 cm (25 x 25 in.) signed and dated lower left, again on the reverse

$12,000-15,000

117

LEA NIKEL 1918-2005 (Israeli)

Abstract composition, 1988 oil on canvas 137 x 163 cm (53 x 64 in.) signed and dated lower right, again on the reverse

Provenance: Important Israeli collection.

$40,000-60,000

118

118v

119

1918-2005 (Israeli)

1918-2005 (Israeli)

Untitled, 1966

Untitled, 1966

Provenance: Private collection, Tel Aviv.

Provenance: Acquired from the artist, 1970.

LEA NIKEL

LEA NIKEL

watercolor and pastel crayons on paper 35 x 25 cm (14 x 10 in.) signed and dated lower left

oil on canvas 46 x 81 cm (18 x 32 in.) signed and dated lower right

The Tehilla & Yigal Slonim collection, Tel Aviv.

Sale: Matsart, February 19, 2013, lot 179.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Exhibition: Israeli Art Show, House of Representative (Congress), USA, March 1972 (label on front).

$8,000-12,000

$2,000-3,000 119

120

120

LEA NIKEL 1918-2005 (Israeli)

Abstract composition, 1964

oil on canvas 25 x 20 cm (10 x 8 in.) signed and dated lower left

$5,500-7,000

121

MOSHE KUPFERMAN 1926-2003 (Israeli)

Composition in grey oil on canvas 130 x 100 cm (51 x 39 in.) signed lower left

Provenance: Important private collection.

$12,000-18,000

122

AVIGDOR ARIKHA 1929-2010 (Israeli)

View from the street, 1994 oil on canvas 65 x 81 cm (25 x 32 in.) signed upper left, dated ‘5 VII 94’ on the reverse

Provenance: Private collection, Israel.

$75,000-90,000

123v

AVIGDOR ARIKHA 1929-2010 (Israeli)

Grater and vegetable, 1984 oil on canvas 35 x 50 cm (14 x 20 in.) signed and dated lower right

Provenance: Estate of the artist.

Marlborough Gallery, London.

Private collection.

$38,000-45,000

124

ZOYA CHERKASSKY b.1976 (Ukrainian, Israeli)

African figure, 2014

hand painted ceramic 18 x 16 cm (7 x 6 in.) signed and dated on the base

Exhibition: African Style, Zoya Cherkassky, (curated by Dana Gillerman), Comme il Faut, Tel Aviv, 2014 (illustrated in the exhibition catalogue).

$650-850

126

ZOYA CHERKASSKY b.1976 (Ukrainian, Israeli)

Light refreshments (kibbud kal), 2013 oil on canvas 119 x 210 cm (46 x 82 in.) signed, dated and titled lower left

125

ZOYA CHERKASSKY b.1976 (Ukrainian, Israeli)

Pipe, 2014

hand painted ceramic plate 23 x 23 cm (9 x 9 in.) signed and dated on the reverse

$450-550

Provenance: Rosenfeld Gallery Colletion, Tel Aviv.

$18,000-25,000

‘Our days as a passing shadow’ - The Moshe Bar-Yoda Collection.

It is rare to find in Israel today an art collection that was built through a life of dealing with personal dilemmas and social issues confronting Israeli society. It was to my great surprise that I found such a collection in a modest apartment in the center of Tel-Aviv -The Moshe Bar-Yoda collection including over 100 works that reveal to us a unique and rich personal life story.

Moshe Bar-Yoda was a well known personality in the Israeli art world from the 1970s onward. A public figure - Chairman of ‘Omanut l’Aam’ and director of the Culture and Art Department of the Histadrut labor Federation , one of the first Shlichim of the Jewish Agency to Ethiopia (in 1958), the first ‘Religious parachutist’ officer, an important publicist and last but not least an educated collector.

Bar-Yoda was one of the few almost extinct ‘kind’ of collectors that were in direct contact with artists of all ages and orientation. Followed them devotedly by lending a helping hand and support. A true and close relationship was formed with the artist Moshe Gershuni together they shared their common cause of Holocaust remembrance and its effect on the ‘Second generation’ of survivors. Bar-Yoda’s contacts encompassed artists from different currents: those who had passed or dealt with the Holocaust, Landscape painters as Tepler, Grosbard, Eliahu Gat and Hendler, as well as Ori Reisman and Aharon Messeg. Among the younger generation stands out amongst many- Mirit Cohen, whom Bar-Yoda was one of the first to discover her uniqueness and depth. A large selection of her works decorates his home.

In the collection intertwine fascinating works, as the ‘Tablecloth’ gender work by the Sarah Conforti (lot no. 150), that like ‘Tablecloth maps’ of the Holy-Land from the Middle-Ages, delineate a possible root to understand the collectors inner workings. This unique work, like many others in the collection are proof of the many faceted character of Bar-Yoda and to his openness to new ideas as well as to his Jewish roots. Bar-Yoda was a religious man. In his house stood a Holy-Arch from Slovakia (his parental and his native country) with an ornate Torah-coat. In an antique cupboard he carefully collected with great affection Jewish religious ceremonial objects, one object after another: a collection of ‘Torah fingers’ (Ezbaot torah), Spice towers, Etrog boxes, Chanukah Menorahs and Shofarot. The collection was inspired and influenced by his uncle Moshe-Arieh (Foldi) Bar-Yoda, a great collector who introduced him to the art of collecting as a child.

Bar-Yoda’s wide-ranging interests manifested itself in the wide spectrum of his public activity. He spent much of his time and efforts to promote exhibitions and intellectual seminars where important figures of the time participated such as Yeshayahu Leibowitz, the Domenican Intellectual Marcel Dubois and Yirmiyahu Yovel. Throughout the years he organized and chaired concerts and performances for the Israel Festival amongst other major Israeli institutions, as well as in Germany and Italy in which integrated Eastern and Western cultural influences, new and old. He also catalogued and preserved Ethiopian Liturgical music over a lengthy period of time.

An interesting aspect of the Bar-Yoda collection is his dealing with personal and public issue of: The ‘Hester Panim’ of God during the Holocaust (in Moshe Gershunis paintings), physical death (Gideon Gechtman. Work no. 152), and the role of art as a dominant cultural force in Israeli society. In the many roles he had he continually promoted the work of older and younger artists (Messeg, Tepler, Robert Baser and Menachem Lamberger amongst others). Some of us still recall the excellent Art Calendars he produced in the Histadrut, a major force at the time, which gave us a glimpse to an unknown world and served to promote many artists.

As a collector, like in his other great ‘love’- contemporary classical music (Adams, Philip Glass and John Cage), Bar-Yoda found himself at ease in the borderline between the figurative and the abstract. In Moshe Gershuni he found the artistic and symbolical depth needed for him between the Holocaust and Israel. The eight rare paintings on sale exemplify this.

While in the works of the younger generation he found the much needed vitality so typical of him and Israeli society- the native artists (as he referred to them)- Cohen Gan, Kupermintz, Gabi Kleismer and David Reeb.

In front of us is a rich and diversified collection that tells us a part of the complex character and personality of Moshe BarYoda Z.L., and at the same time a facet of Israeli society and art between 1970 and 2000.

Oren Migdal - Curator.

I keep him in my mind always Whoever heard Moshe Bar-Yuda interpreting Moshe Gershuni’s works of art which hung on the East Wall of his home – actually, not metaphorically – enjoyed a compelling experience, both intellectually and emotionally. Bar-Yuda could explain every line, detail and letter so that the painting expanded and transformed, bringing to light its depth, beauty and contents, both covert and overt.

The hypnotic work “I keep the Lord in my mind always”, for example, was a gift from Gershuni to his friend Bar-Yuda after telling him about a Torah scroll his mother, Blumah Kastner-Kronnenberg, had donated to her local synagogue and which later miraculously came to his possession. Gershuni offered to paint a Shiviti plaque for Bar-Yuda, as is customary in synagogues. Bar-Yuda was thrilled, of course, but it took months for the painting to be finished. And no wonder: Gershuni poured into the famous verse his questions, his doubts, his profound connection with his people and his defiance against the heavens. In the end, the painting was not hung just above the small beautiful Holy Ark that contained the scroll, but a little further, to separate the Holy Scriptures from the shocking, searing, questions that have no answer.

But not only Gershuni and not only the Eastern Wall – the whole of Moshe Bar-Yuda's home and being were infused with the spirit of Art. He lived and breathed art, especially Israeli art which expressed the existential issues that accompanied him throughout his life. Moshe was a multi-faceted man, a thinker and a doubter, who followed the commandments and questioned them, a lover of beauty and aware of its transience. He was truly man of culture, open to different artistic styles and to different answers for questions that occupied his mind constantly, until his very last moments.

I was privileged to be at his side for eighteen years, to learn from him and to love him.

Judit Rotem, his wife.

‫'ימינו כצל עובר'‪ -‬אוסף משה בר‪-‬יודא ז"ל‪.‬‬ ‫נדיר למצוא בימים אלו במחוזותינו אוסף אמנות בעל משמעות תוכנית שנבנה מתוך חשיבה והתמודדות אישית עם סוגיות ערכיות המלוות את האספן בחברה‬ ‫הישראלית‪ .‬לכן הפתעתי הייתה רבה למצוא בבית צנוע במרכז תל‪-‬אביב את אוסף משה בר‪-‬יודא ובו כ‪ 100-‬יצירות המקפלות בתוכן סיפור חיים אישי עשיר‬ ‫וייחודי‪.‬‬ ‫משה בר‪-‬יודא היה אישיות מוכרת בעולם האמנות משנות ה‪ 70 -‬ואילך‪ .‬הוא היה אישיות ציבורית – כיהן כיו"ר "אמנות לעם" וכמנהל המחלקה לתרבות ואמנות‬ ‫בהסתדרות‪ ,‬היה אחד השליחים הראשונים לאתיופיה (ב‪ )1958-‬מטעם הסוכנות היהודית‪ ,‬שירת כקצין צה"ל אפוף הילת "הצנחן הדתי הראשון"‪ ,‬פובליציסט רב‬ ‫פעלים ואספן משכיל‪.‬‬ ‫בר‪-‬יודא היה מהזן ההולך ונכחד של אספנים שהיו בקשר ישיר עם אמנים מדורות ומגילאים שונים‪ .‬במשך שנים פיתח איתם דיאלוג אינטלקטואלי אמיתי ועמוק‪,‬‬ ‫תוך עידוד ותמיכה רגשית וממשית‪ .‬קשר אמיץ במיוחד נוצר עם הצייר משה גרשוני והפך לחברות קרובה‪ ,‬ואיתו נצר ועיבד את זיכרון השואה והשפעותיה על‬ ‫הדור השני‪.‬‬ ‫קשריו‪ ,‬כאמור‪ ,‬הקיפו אנשים מזרמים שונים וממקומות ותכנים מגוונים; ציירים שעברו את השואה‪,‬‬ ‫ציירי נוף והפשטה כמו טפלר וגרוסברד‪ ,‬אליהו גת והנדלר‪ ,‬כמו גם אורי רייזמן ואהרון מסג‪ .‬בין הצעירים‬ ‫בולטת מירית כהן שבר‪-‬יודא היה מן הראשונים להכיר בייחודה ובעמקותה‪ .‬מגוון מציוריה מקשטים‬ ‫את ביתו‪.‬‬ ‫באוסף שזורות עבודות מרתקות‪ ,‬כמו 'מפת השולחן' של אמנית הנשים שרה קונפורטי (יצירה מס‪,)150 .‬‬ ‫אשר כמו במפות השולחן של ארץ הקודש מימי‪-‬הביניים משרטטות עבור עולה הרגל לארץ תוכנית‬ ‫אפשרית להכרות עם האספן‪ .‬עבודה ייחודית זו‪ ,‬כמו עבודות רבות באוסף‪ ,‬מעידה על אישיותו הרב גונית‬ ‫של בר‪-‬יודא‪ ,‬על פתיחותו לרעיונות חדשניים ועל שאיבתו‪ ,‬בד בבד‪ ,‬מן המקורות היהודיים‪.‬‬ ‫בר‪-‬יודא היה איש דתי‪ .‬בביתו ניצב ארון קודש מסלובקיה (ארץ הולדתו והוריו)‪ ,‬שהכיל ספר תורה‬ ‫ב"שמלה" מסורתית רקומה‪ .‬בארון עתיק של תשמישי הקדושה אסף במשך שנים‪ ,‬באהבה וביראת‬ ‫קודש‪ ,‬פריט ועוד פריט‪ :‬אוסף של "אצבעות" ספרי תורה‪ ,‬מגדלי בשמים‪ ,‬קופסאות אתרוגים‪ ,‬חנוכיות‬ ‫ושופרות‪ .‬האוסף נולד בהשראתו ובהשפעתו של דודו האספן‪ ,‬משה‪-‬אריה (פולדי) בר‪-‬יודא‪ ,‬שהכיר לו‬ ‫את עולם האספנות בהיותו ילד‪.‬‬ ‫רבגוניותו התבטאה גם בפעילותו הענפה‪ .‬הרבה ממרצו ופעילותו השקיע בארגון תערוכות וימי עיון‬ ‫אינטלקטואליים‪ ,‬שהשתתפו בהם הוגי דעות כמו פרופ' ישעיהו לייבוביץ‪ ,‬הכומר מרסל דיבואה‪ ,‬פרופ' ירמיהו יובל ואחרים‪ .‬במשך שנים ערך‪ ,‬הפיק והנחה‬ ‫קונצרטים ומופעים עבור פסטיבל ישראל וגופים חשובים אחרים בארץ‪ ,‬בגרמניה‪ ,‬באיטליה ועוד‪ ,‬שבהם שילב מזרח ומערב‪ ,‬חדש וישן‪ .‬הוא גם תיעד ושימר את‬ ‫המוזיקה האתיופית הליטורגית והשקיע בה את זמנו‪ ,‬כוחותיו ומשאביו הכספיים‪.‬‬ ‫באוספו של משה בר יודא ניכרת התחבטותו בסוגיות כבדות המשקל של "הסתר הפנים" של האל בשואה (יצירותיו של משה גרשוני)‪ ,‬של המוות הגופני ('מצבה'‬ ‫של גדעון גכטמן יצירה מס‪ ,)152 .‬ושל תפקידה של האמנות כתחום דומיננטי בעולם שרבות בו השאלות מן התשובות‪ .‬בכל מקום בו פעל‪ ,‬קידם במרץ את‬ ‫האמנות החזותית של צעירים וותיקים (מסג‪ ,‬טפלר‪ ,‬רוברט בזר‪ ,‬מנחם למברגר ואחרים)‪ .‬חלק מאיתנו זוכרים עדיין את לוחות השנה האמנותיים האיכותיים‬ ‫שהפיק בהיותו אוצר האמנות בהסתדרות‪ ,‬גוף פוליטי ותרבותי בעל נוכחות דומיננטית באותן שנים‪ .‬הלוחות העשויים בקפידה רבה קידמו את האמנים ושמו אותם‬ ‫על מפת התרבות והאמנות בארץ‪.‬‬ ‫כאספן‪ ,‬מצא בר‪-‬יודא את מקומו בתפר שבין הפיגורטיבי למופשט‪ ,‬כמו באהבתו הגדולה הנוספת ‪ -‬מוזיקה קלאסית עכשווית‪( .‬אדמס‪ ,‬פיליפ גלאס‪ ,‬ג'והן קייג'‬ ‫ואחרים)‪ .‬הוא מצא במשה גרשוני את העומק היצירתי והסימבולי שחיבר בין השואה לבין הארץ‪ .‬שמונה העבודות הנדירות והמגוונות המוצגות באופק הן עדות‬ ‫לכך‪.‬‬ ‫לא פחות הלהיבו אותו 'צעירים' בעלי השראה‪ ,‬אמנים שורשיים ('אתניים' כפי שקרא להם)‪ -‬כהן גן‪ ,‬קופרמינץ‪ ,‬גבי קלזמר ודייויד ריב‪.‬‬ ‫לפנינו אוסף מגוון ועשיר‪ ,‬המגלה טפח מאישיותו המורכבת של משה בד‪-‬יודא ז"ל‪ ,‬ובו זמנית של החברה והאמנות ישראלית בין ‪ 1970‬ל‪.2000-‬‬

‫אורן מגדל ‪ -‬אוצר‬

‫שיוויתי אותו לנגדי תמיד‬ ‫מי ששמע את משה בר יודא מפרש את יצירותיו של משה גרשוני התלויות בביתו על "כותל המזרח" ‪ -‬ולא‬ ‫כמטפורה אלא בממש – זכה לחוויה מרתקת‪ ,‬אינטלקטואלית ורגשית כאחת‪ .‬הוא ידע להסביר כל קו‪ ,‬כל‬ ‫תג וכל אות באופן שהציור התגדל והתעלה‪ ,‬ועמקותו‪ ,‬יופיו ותכניו הסמויים והגלויים‪ ,‬התבהרו והתבררו‬ ‫במלואם‪.‬‬ ‫היצירה המהפנטת "שיוויתי ה' לנגדי תמיד‪ ",‬למשל‪ ,‬היא מתנה שהעניק גרשוני לחברו בר‪-‬יודא‪ ,‬לאחר‬ ‫שסיפר לו על ספר התורה שאמו‪ ,‬בלומה קסטנר‪-‬קרוננברג ז"ל‪ ,‬תרמה לבית הכנסת בשכונתה‪ ,‬ואשר‬ ‫עבר לרשותו‪ ,‬שנים רבות אחר כך בדרך פלאית‪ .‬גרשוני הציע לבר יודא לצייר לו "שיוויתי"‪ ,‬כמקובל בבתי‬ ‫כנסת‪ .‬קשה לתאר את שמחתו של בר‪-‬יודא בהצעה‪ ,‬אולם עברו חודשים ארוכים עד שהציור היה מוכן‪,‬‬ ‫ולא היה בכך פלא‪ :‬גרשוני יצק בפסוק הידוע את שאלותיו‪ ,‬את ספקותיו‪ ,‬את הקשר העמוק שלו עם עמו‬ ‫ואת התרסתו כלפי שמיא‪ .‬בסופו של דבר‪ ,‬הציור לא נתלה ממש מעל ארון הקודש הקטן והיפה שהכיל‬ ‫את ספר התורה‪ ,‬אלא קצת הלאה ממנו‪ ,‬כדי לשים רווח בין הספר הקדוש לבין השאלות המזעזעות‬ ‫והמאכלות שאין עליהן תשובה‪.‬‬ ‫אולם לא רק גרשוני ולא רק כותל המזרח ‪ -‬כל ביתו של משה בר‪-‬יודא וכל הוויתו היו ספוגים בנשמת האמנות‪ .‬הוא חי אמנות ונשם אמנות‪ ,‬בעיקר אמנות‬ ‫ישראלית שביטאה את השאלות הקיומיות שליוו אותו כל חייו‪ .‬משה היה איש רב פנים‪ ,‬חושב ושואל‪ ,‬שומר מצוות ותוהה עליהן‪ ,‬אוהב יופי ומודע לחלופיותו‪.‬‬ ‫הוא היה איש תרבות במלוא מובן המילה‪ ,‬תרבות מלשון ריבוי‪ ,‬והיה פתוח לסגנונות אמנותיים שונים ולתשובות שונות על השאלות שהעסיקו אותו ללא הרף‪ ,‬עד‬ ‫רגעיו האחרונים‪.‬‬ ‫זכיתי להיות לצדו ח"י שנים‪ ,‬ללמוד ממנו ולאהוב אותו‪.‬‬

‫יהודית רותם‪ ,‬אשתו‬

‫‪Moshe Bar Yuda Collection‬‬

127

MOSHE GERSHUNI b.1936 (Israeli)

”Beyadecha Afkid Ruchi” (In your hands i’ll put my soul), 1987 mixed media on paper 66 x 50 cm (26 x 20 in.) signed in English and in Hebrew and dated on the reverse

Provenance: Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

The artist and Givon Gallery have kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.

$6,000-8,000

128

MOSHE GERSHUNI b.1936 (Israeli)

"El Male Rachamim", 2000

mixed media and collage on canvas 81 x 60 cm (32 x 23 in.) signed, dated and dedicated on the reverse

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

The artist and Givon Gallery have kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.

$3,000-5,000

129

MOSHE GERSHUNI b.1936 (Israeli)

”Le Yitzhak Mi Moshe” mixed media on paper 66 x 50 cm (26 x 20 in.)

Provenance: Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

The artist and Givon Gallery have kindly confirmed by the authenticity of this work.

$6,000-8,000

Moshe Bar Yuda Collection

130

PINCHAS ABRAMOVICH 1909-1986 (Israeli)

(Double sided painting) Woman in interior (recto), Still Life, 1947-52 (verso) oil on canvas 50 x 65 cm (20 x 25 in.) signed and dated lower right

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

$1,500-2,500

verso

131

YEHOSHUA GROSSBARD 1902-1992 (Israeli)

Blinds, Haifa

oil on cardboard 20 x 14 cm (8 x 5 in.) signed lower right

Provenance: Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

$800-1,200

132

YEHOSHUA GROSSBARD 1902-1992 (Israeli)

Haifa port landscape, 1974

oil on cardboard 25 x 81 cm (10 x 32 in.) signed in English and dated lower left, signed in Hebrew lower right

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

$2,500-3,500

Moshe Bar Yuda Collection

133

SHMUEL TEPLER 1918-1998 (Israeli)

Landscape

oil on canvas 40 x 50 cm (16 x 20 in.) signed lower left and again on the reverse

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

$350-450

134

SHMUEL TEPLER 1918-1998 (Israeli)

Abstract

135

SHMUEL TEPLER 1918-1998 (Israeli)

Portrait of Moshe Bar Yuda, 1981

oil on canvas 31 x 38 cm (12 x 15 in.) signed lower left

oil on masonite 18 x 13 cm (7 x 5 in.) signed lower right, signed, dated and dedicated on the reverse

Provenance:

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

$250-350

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

$200-250

136

SHMUEL TEPLER 1918-1998 (Israeli)

Vase of flowers, 1980

oil on canvas 73 x 54 cm (28 x 21 in.) signed lower right, signed and dated on the reverse

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

$650-850

137

SHMUEL TEPLER 1918-1998 (Israeli)

Landscape, 1973

oil on panel 22 x 27 cm (9 x 11 in.) signed lower left, signed and dated on the reverse

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

$150-200

Moshe Bar Yuda Collection

138

ELIYAHU GAT 1919-1987 (Israeli)

Houses in Jaffa

oil on canvas 71 x 90 cm (28 x 35 in.) signed lower right

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

$2,000-2,500

139

ELIYAHU GAT 1919-1987 (Israeli)

Safed landscape

oil on canvas 50 x 70 cm (20 x 27 in.) signed lower left

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

$2,500-3,500

140

ELIYAHU GAT 1919-1987 (Israeli)

Urban landscape

oil on canvas 96 x 50 cm (37 x 20 in.) signed lower left

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

$1,500-2,500

141

ELIYAHU GAT 1919-1987 (Israeli)

Houses in Jaffa, 1950's oil on canvas 81 x 65 cm (32 x 25 in.) signed lower right

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

$1,400-1,800 Moshe Bar Yuda Collection

143

YORAM KUPERMINTZ b.1954 (Israeli)

Abstract- triptych, 1989 mixed media on paper 121 x 256 cm (47 x 100 in.) signed and dated lower center

Provenance: Art Collection of HaVa’ad HaPoel of the Histadrut, Israel n. 902 (label on the reverse).

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

142

PINCHAS ZINOVICH 1943-2007 (Israeli)

Abstract, 1990

oil on canvas 150 x 150 cm (59 x 59 in.) signed and dated lower left

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

$1,000-1,500

Exhibition: Tel Aviv museum (label on the reverse).

$3,000-4,000

144

ORI REISMAN 1924-1991 (Israeli)

Landscape

oil on paper mounted on wood 31 x 48 cm (12 x 19 in.) signed lower right

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

$6,000-8,000

Moshe Bar Yuda Collection

145

GABI KLEZMER b.1950 (Israeli)

Untitled - diptych, 1983 acrylic on cardboard 77 x 216 cm (30 x 84 in.) signed and dated lower right

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

$1,500-2,500

146

YIGAL OZERI b.1958 (Israeli)

Untitled

mixed media on cardboard 68 x 66 cm (27 x 26 in.) signed lower right

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

$1,500-2,000

147

YIGAL OZERI b.1958 (Israeli)

Untitled

mixed media on cardboard 67 x 63 cm (26 x 25 in.) signed lower right

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

$1,500-2,000

148

PINCHAS COHEN GAN b.1942 (Israeli)

Abstract composition, 1982 oil on paper 67 x 98 cm (26 x 38 in.) signed in English and dated lower left, signed in Hebrew lower right

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

$400-600

149

DAVID REEB b.1952 (Israeli)

The street cleaners triptych, 1989 oil on paper 90 x 240 cm (35 x 94 in.) each signed and dated

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

$4,500-6,500

149

Moshe Bar Yuda Collection

150

SARA KONFORTY b.1946 (Israeli)

Jewish symbols

mixed media on fabric 150 x 150 cm (59 x 59 in.)

Provenance: Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

Exhibition: "Cultural breathing space" (Merchav Neshima Tarbuti), Omanut L'aam, January 1997, Design Gallery, Neve-Zedek, Tel-Aviv.

(Traveling exhibition).

Literature: Sarah Konforti, "Cultural breathing space", Omanut L'aam, 1997, Tel-Aviv.

$1,500-2,000

151

SARA KONFORTY b.1946 (Israeli)

"Women’s work" (‫)עבודת נשים‬ book on washboard 74 x 53 x 16 cm (29 x 21 x 6 in.)

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

$1,500-2,500

152

GIDEON GECHTMAN 1942-2008 (Israeli)

Memorial monument (Matzeve), 1993

photograph in marble frame and wool chain 111 x 60 cm (43 x 23 in.) signed and dated on the reverse

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

$4,000-6,000

Moshe Bar Yuda Collection

153

MOSHE GERSHUNI b.1936 (Israeli)

"Yiddish Kinder for Vincent", 1985 mixed media on paper 64 x 50 cm (25 x 20 in.) signed and dated on the reverse

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

The artist and Givon Gallery have kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.

$6,000-8,000

154

MOSHE GERSHUNI b.1936 (Israeli)

Untitled, 1990

mixed media on paper 30 x 39 cm (12 x 15 in.) signed in English and in Hebrew and dated on the reverse

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

The artist and Givon Gallery have kindly confirmed by the authenticity of this work.

$1,500-2,500

155

MOSHE GERSHUNI b.1936 (Israeli)

"Shalom La’chayal Matay Tavo Habaita”, 1981 mixed media on paper 56 x 77 cm (22 x 30 in.) signed and dated ‘10.06.81’ on the reverse

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

The artist and Givon Gallery have kindly confirmed by the authenticity of this work.

$6,000-8,000

156

MOSHE GERSHUNI b.1936 (Israeli)

"Tzel Over”

mixed media on paper 57 x 76 cm (22 x 30 in.) signed on the reverse

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

One of two preparatory paintings undertaken by Moshe Gershuni for the cover of the book by Moshe Bar-Yuda of the same name.

The artist and Givon Gallery have kindly confirmed by the authenticity of this work.

$3,000-4,000

157

MOSHE GERSHUNI b.1936 (Israeli)

"Shiviti Lenegdi Tamid” watercolor on paper 48 x 66 cm (19 x 26 in.) signed on the reverse

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

The artist and Givon Gallery have kindly confirmed by the authenticity of this work.

$3,000-4,000 Moshe Bar Yuda Collection

158

MIRIT COHEN 1945-1990 (Russian, Israeli)

Untitled

mixed media on board 36 x 46 cm (14 x 18 in.)

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

$2,500-3,000

159

160

1945-1990 (Russian, Israeli)

1945-1990 (Russian, Israeli)

Abstract, 1974

Abstract, 1974

Provenance:

Provenance:

$600-800

$750-850

MIRIT COHEN pencil on paper 43 x 34 cm (17 x 13 in.) signed and dated lower center Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

MIRIT COHEN pencil on paper 40 x 35 cm (16 x 14 in.) signed and dated lower right Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

161

MIRIT COHEN 1945-1990 (Russian, Israeli)

Abstract, 1978

mixed media on panel 88 x 48 cm (34 x 19 in.) signed and dated on the reverse

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

$4,500-5,500

Moshe Bar Yuda Collection

162

MINA SISSELMAN 1919-2010 (Israeli)

Abstract, 1966

mixed media on canvas 28 x 28 cm (11 x 11 in.) signed and dated lower right

Provenance: Art Collection of HaVa’ad HaPoel

of the Histadrut, Israel n. 716 (label on the reverse).

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

Exhibition: Tel Aviv Museum (label on the reverse).

Literature: Arts in the Histadrut, Selected works of HaVa’ad HaPoel, (full page illustration).

$200-300

163

MIRIT COHEN 1945-1990 (Russian, Israeli)

Figures, 1972

pencil on paper 20 x 30 cm (8 x 12 in.) signed and dated lower left

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

$450-550

164

MIRIT COHEN 1945-1990 (Russian, Israeli)

Abstract, 1972

pencil on paper 20 x 28 cm (8 x 11 in.) signed and dated lower right

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

$400-600

165

MIRIT COHEN 1945-1990 (Russian, Israeli)

Untitled, 1972

pencil on paper 20 x 30 cm (8 x 12 in.) signed and dated lower left

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

$400-600

166

YEHUDA PORBUCHRAI b.1949 (Israeli)

Abstract, 1993

acrylic on canvas 140 x 170 cm (55 x 66 in.) signed and dated on the reverse

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

$6,500-8,500

167

MOSHE KUPFERMAN 1926-2003 (Israeli)

Abstract, 1985

mixed media on paper 24 x 18 cm (9 x 7 in.) signed and dated lower left

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

$250-350 Moshe Bar Yuda Collection

168

MENASHE KADISHMAN b.1932 (Israeli)

Flock of sheep

acrylic on paper 47 x 47 cm (18 x 18 in.) signed lower left

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

$1,200-1,600

169

YEHIEL KRIZE 1908-1968 (Israeli)

Urban landscape

oil on cardboard 48 x 65 cm (19 x 25 in.) signed lower right

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

$2,000-3,000

170

AVIGDOR STEMATSKY 1908-1989 (Israeli)

Jerusalem

watercolor on paper 47 x 64 cm (18 x 25 in.) signed and dedicated lower right

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

$1,500-2,000

171

ROBERT BASER 1908-1988 (Israeli)

Boats

mixed media on paper 70 x 49 cm (27 x 19 in.) signed upper right

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

$100-150

172

ROBERT BASER 1908-1988 (Israeli)

Synagogue

watercolor on paper 67 x 48 cm (26 x 19 in.) signed upper left

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

$100-150 Moshe Bar Yuda Collection

173

AHARON MESSEG b.1942 (Israeli)

House, tree and raven

oil on canvas 38 x 48 cm (15 x 19 in.) signed lower right

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

$1,500-2,000

174

EPHRAIM ROEYTENBERG FIMA

175

1916-2005 (Israeli)

EPHRAIM ROEYTENBERG FIMA

Reflections, 1988

1916-2005 (Israeli)

acrylic on paper 16 x 20 cm (6 x 8 in.) signed lower left

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

Literature: Moshe Bar Yuda, Fima, Art Library, 1989, n. 34 (full page illustration).

$120-150

Abstract, 1988

watercolor on paper 13 x 13 cm (5 x 5 in.) signed and dated lower right

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

$120-150

176

AHARON MESSEG b.1942 (Israeli)

Untitled

oil canvas 65 x 61 cm (25 x 24 in.) signed lower left

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

$2,000-2,500

177

AHARON MESSEG b.1942 (Israeli)

The Arbel

watercolor on paper 19 x 20 cm (7 x 8 in.) signed lower right

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

Literature: Moshe Bar Yuda, Aharon Messeg: Watercolours, Art Library, 1990, p. 15 (full page illustration).

$80-150

178

AHARON MESSEG b.1942 (Israeli)

The Arbel

watercolor on paper 17 x 20 cm (7 x 8 in.) signed lower left

Provenance:

Moshe Bar-Yuda Collection, Tel Aviv.

Literature: Moshe Bar Yuda, Aharon

Messeg: Watercolours, Art Library, 1990, p. 14 (full page illustration).

$80-150

Moshe Bar Yuda Collection

179

IGAEL TUMARKIN b.1933 (Israeli)

Composition with face

painted metal 127 x 31 x 31 cm (50 x 12 x 12 in.)

$11,000-14,000

180

ORI REISMAN 1924-1991 (Israeli)

Portrait of a man

oil on canvas 61 x 50 cm (24 x 20 in.) signed lower left

$32,000-35,000

181v

IGAEL TUMARKIN b.1933 (Israeli)

Untitled, 1959

oil on resin on plywood 100 x 81 cm (39 x 32 in.) signed and dated lower right

Provenance: Collection of Nathan and

Joan Lipson. Private European collection.

$5,500-6,500

182

IGAEL TUMARKIN b.1933 (Israeli)

Marx, 1999-2001

mixed media on board 160 x 100 x 20 cm (62 x 39 x 8 in.) signed and dated lower right, titled upper center

$6,000-8,000

183

IGAEL TUMARKIN b.1933 (Israeli)

Belchite, 1993-94

mixed media on canvas 122 x 143 cm (48 x 56 in.) signed lower right, titled upper center, signed, dated and titled on the reverse

$6,000-8,000

184v

IGAEL TUMARKIN b.1933 (Israeli)

Untitled, 1959

oil on canvas 65 x 81 cm (25 x 32 in.) signed and dated lower right

Provenance: Collection of Nathan and

Joan Lipson. Private European collection.

$4,500-5,500

185v

MEIR PICHHADZE 1955-2010 (Israeli)

Young boy, 1997

oil on canvas 67 x 48 cm (26 x 19 in.) signed lower left, signed, dated and located ‘N. Y’ on the reverse

$6,000-8,000

186

ERAN SHAKINE b.1962 (Israeli)

Herd of sheep, 1998 mixed media on canvas 98 x 160 cm (38 x 62 in.) signed and dated lower left

$5,000-6,000

187v

IVAN SCHWEBEL 1932-2011 (Israeli)

The Bronx stick - Ball hero 2, 1981-1990 oil and graphite on canvas 127 x 143 cm (50 x 56 in.) signed upper center

Provenance: Mana Gallery, Jersey City, NJ (label on the reverse).

$4,000-6,000

188

189

1936-2011 (Israeli)

1936-2011 (Israeli)

Untitled

Untitled

$3,000-4,000

$2,000-3,000

URI LIFSHITZ bronze 155 x 90 x 40 cm (60 x 35 x 16 in.) signed on the base

190

ERAN SHAKINE b.1962 (Israeli)

Bird, 1990

bronze 71 x 34 x 21 cm (28 x 13 x 8 in.) signed, dated and numbered ‘1/3’ lower left

$5,000-7,000

URI LIFSHITZ bronze 137 x 90 x 70 cm (53 x 35 x 27 in.) signed on the base

191

URI LIFSHITZ b.1936 (Israeli)

Untitled

oil on canvas 90 x 90 cm (35 x 35 in.) signed center right

Provenance: Artist’s estate.

$2,000-3,000

192

URI LIFSHITZ 1936-2011 (Israeli)

Portrait

oil on canvas 81 x 60 cm (32 x 23 in.) signed lower right

$4,000-5,000

193

194

1927-1989 (Israeli)

1927-1989 (Israeli)

Abstract, 1997

Untitled, 1960’s

$3,500-4,200

Provenance: Bineth gallery, Tel Aviv.

AVIVA URI

AVIVA URI

mixed media on paper 80 x 69 cm (31 x 27 in.) signed and dated lower left

charcoal and pastel crayons on paper 55 x 75 cm (21 x 29 in.) signed lower right

$3,500-4,500

195

AVIVA URI 1927-1989 (Israeli)

Untitled, 1968

oil on canvas 60 x 60 cm (23 x 23 in.) signed and dated lower left

Provenance: Private collection of Uri Lifshitz.

$6,000-8,000

196

LEA NIKEL 1918-2005 (Israeli)

Abstract composition, 1958 oil on canvas 55 x 38 cm (21 x 15 in.) signed upper right, signed and dated on the reverse

Provenance: Collection Baronne Alix

de Rothschild, Paris, numbered 389 (label on the reverse). Sale: Sotheby’s New York, November 24, 2009, lot 52.

Private collection.

$12,000-14,000

197

LEA NIKEL 1918-2005 (Israeli)

Abstract composition, 1962

oil on canvas 55 x 46 cm (21 x 18 in.) signed and dated lower right, signed and dated on the reverse

Provenance: Sale: Matsart, May 18, 2008,

lot 449. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

$10,000-12,000

198v

199v

1929-2010 (Israeli)

1929-2010 (Israeli)

Composition, 1961

Orange composition, c. 1955

AVIGDOR ARIKHA oil on canvas 41 x 24 cm (16 x 9 in.) signed and dated lower right, signed and dated on the reverse

AVIGDOR ARIKHA oil on canvas 46 x 38 cm (18 x 15 in.)

Provenance: Collection Baronne Alix de Rothschild,

Alix de Rothschild, Paris, numbered 192 (label on the reverse).

Private European collection.

Paris, numbered 2229 (label on the reverse).

Private European collection.

$2,800-3,500

$2,800-3,500

Provenance: Collection Baronne

200v

AVIGDOR ARIKHA 1929-2010 (Israeli)

Visite au monument, 1957

oil on canvas 47 x 73 cm (18 x 28 in.) signed and dated upper left, inscribed lower right, dated and titled on the reverse

Provenance: Collection Baronne

Alix de Rothschild, Paris, numbered 176. (label on the reverse).

$4,600-5,400

201v

LILIANE KLAPISCH b.1933 (Israeli)

Interior with old chair, flower pot and lamp oil on canvas 117 x 81 cm (46 x 32 in.) signed center right

Provenance: Sale: Matsart, March 3, 2011, lot 130.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

$8,000-12,000

202

MENASHE KADISHMAN b.1932 (Israeli)

Shepherd lady (after Millet and van Gogh) acrylic on canvas 110 x 110 cm (43 x 43 in.) signed lower right and again on the reverse

Literature: Jacob Baal-Teshuva (ed.), Menashe Kadishman, Prestel, 2007, pp.70-73 (similar works illustrated).

$11,000-12,500

203

MENASHE KADISHMAN b.1932 (Israeli)

Sheep head, 1980’s

acrylic on paper mounted on canvas 98 x 66 cm (38 x 26 in.) signed lower center

Provenance: Bineth gallery, Tel Aviv.

$3,000-5,000

204

MENASHE KADISHMAN b.1932 (Israeli)

Sheep head, 1980

acrylic on canvas 80 x 58 cm (31 x 23 in.) signed in English and in Hebrew lower right, and again on the reverse

Provenance: The Tehilla & Yigal Slonim collection, Tel Aviv.

$3,000-5,000

205

MENASHE KADISHMAN b.1932 (Israeli)

The kiss

iron cut 103 x 104 x 50 cm (40 x 41 x 20 in.) signed on the base Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity, signed by the artist, dated June 22, 2014.

$18,000-22,000

206

MENASHE KADISHMAN b.1932 (Israeli)

Untitled, from Birth” series” iron 38 x 24 x 15 cm (15 x 9 x 6 in.) signed on the base

Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity, signed by the artist, dated August 21, 2014.

$1,800-2,400

207

MICHAEL GROSS 1920-2004 (Israeli)

Prototype for monumental bridge stainless steel 36 x 41 x 29 cm (14 x 16 x 11 in.) signed on the base

$4,000-6,000

208v

IGAEL TUMARKIN b.1933 (Israeli)

Tribute to Kepler, 1972

aluminium 24 x 17 x 26 cm (9 x 7 x 10 in.) signed and dated

Provenance: Estate of Daniel Friedenberg.

Private collection, Israel.

$2,800-3,500

210

209

MENASHE KADISHMAN b.1932 (Israeli)

MENASHE KADISHMAN b.1932 (Israeli)

Motherland

brass 20 x 18 x 8 cm (8 x 7 x 3 in.) signed

$1,500-2,000

Valley of sadness

brass 21 x 18 x 8 cm (8 x 7 x 3 in.) signed

$1,500-2,500

211

AHARON BEZALEL 1926-2012 (Afghani, Israeli)

David and Goliath

wood 28 x 12 x 4 cm (11 x 5 x 2 in.) signed and numbered ‘5/5’ on the base

$1,500-2,000

212

AHARON BEZALEL 1926-2012 (Afghani, Israeli)

Family

wood 26 x 17 x 4 cm (10 x 7 x 2 in.) signed, numbered ‘2/5’ and inscribed ‘To Mr. Sheider’ on the base

$1,500-2,000 211

212

213

NATASHA BRILLIANTOVA b.1973 (Russian, Israeli)

Quince

oil on canvas 40 x 30 cm (16 x 12 in.) signed and dated lower right and again on the reverse

$750-950

214

215

b.1973 (Russian, Israeli)

b.1973 (Russian, Israeli)

Clementines, 2014

Pears and plums

$500-700

$500-700

NATASHA BRILLIANTOVA oil on canvas 20 x 30 cm (8 x 12 in.) signed upper left, signed and dated on the reverse

NATASHA BRILLIANTOVA oil on canvas 25 x 25 cm (10 x 10 in.) signed lower left and again on the reverse

216

DANIEL ENKAOUA b.1962 (Israeli)

Utensils, 1990

oil on canvas 35 x 45 cm (14 x 18 in.) signed and dated lower left

Provenance: Gaby and Ami Brown collection. Private European collection.

$5,500-7,000

217

ILAN BARUCH b.1974 (Israeli)

The Temple Mount oil on canvas 41 x 37 cm (16 x 14 in.) signed lower right

$2,000-3,000

218

ILAN BARUCH b.1974 (Israeli)

Dan beach, Tel Aviv, 1998

oil on canvas 25 x 43 cm (10 x 17 in.) signed, dated and titled lower left, signed and dated on the reverse

$1,200-1,400

220

219

220

AVRAHAM OFEK

NAFTALI BEZEM

1935-1990 (Israeli)

b.1924 (Israeli)

Figures in Judean-hills landscape

Olim, 1990’s

watercolor on paper 29 x 20 cm (11 x 8 in.) signed lower left

gouache and watercolor on paper 50 x 70 cm (20 x 27 in.) signed lower right

$850-1,000

$800-1,000

221

YEHEZKEL STREICHMAN 1906-1993 (Israeli)

221

Tzila, 1980

watercolor on paper 73 x 52 cm (20 x 28 in.) signed and dated lower right

$950-1,150

222

YOSL BERGNER b.1920 (Israeli)

Still life

oil on canvas 25 x 36 cm (10 x 14 in.) signed lower right, signed and titled on the reverse

$2,800-3,500

223

AVIGDOR STEMATSKYR 1908-1989 (Israeli)

Jerusalem, 1982

watercolor on paper 51 x 67 cm (20 x 26 in.) signed and dated lower right

$2,800-3,500

224

YEHEZKEL STREICHMAN 1906-1993 (Israeli)

Chair, 1982

watercolor on paper mounted on canvas 78 x 78 cm (30 x 30 in.) signed and dated lower right

$1,600-1,800

225v

YAACOV EISENSCHER 1896-1980 (Israeli)

Safed

oil on canvas mounted on panel 35 x 25 cm (14 x 10 in.) signed in English and Hebrew lower right

$1,200-1,400

226

227

1892-1963 (Israeli)

1897-1980 (Israeli)

Seascape with boats, 1930’s

Landscape with a figure, 1930’s

oil on canvasboard 36 x 44 cm (14 x 17 in.) signed lower right

oil on canvas 38 x 47 cm (15 x 18 in.) signed lower right

$1,300-1,500

$2,000-2,500

SHMUEL OVADIAHU

ARIEH LUBIN

228

PINCHAS LITVINOVSKY 1894-1984 (Israeli)

Two seated men

oil on canvas 130 x 98 cm (51 x 38 in.) signed on the reverse

Provenance: Artist’s estate.

Private collection, Israel.

$6,500-8,000

229

AMOS YASKIL b.1935 (Israeli)

Migdal

oil on canvas 110 x 130 cm (43 x 51 in.) signed in English lower left and in Hebrew lower right

$6,000-8,000

230v

DAVID SCHLUSS b.1943 (Israeli)

Infinite love

mixed media on canvas 102 x 102 cm (40 x 40 in.) signed lower right

$15,000-18,000

231v

DAVID SCHLUSS b.1943 (Israeli)

Golden performance mixed media on canvas 122 x 92 cm (48 x 36 in.) signed lower right

$16,000-18,000

232

ZAHAVA LUPU b.1948 (Israeli)

Abstract composition, 2014 mixed media on canvas 120 x 120 cm (47 x 47 in.) signed lower cente

Zahava Lupu, is an Israeli Contemporary abstract artist, world renowned for her large-size original abstract oil paintings and mixed media.

Lupu's creative ideas are inspired by music, nature, human feelings, senses, beliefs and endless hope.

$3,000-5,000

233

IRIS ESHET COHEN b.1964 (Israeli)

Untitled

acrylic on canvas 150 x 160 cm (59 x 62 in.) signed lower left, signed and located ‘TLV, Israel’ on the reverse

$10,000-12,000

234

AMOS STEMPEL b.1956 (Israeli)

The way to Mishmar Haemek, 2011

oil on canvas 120 x 90 cm (47 x 35 in.) signed, dated and titled on the reverse

$4,500-6,000

235

AMOS STEMPEL b.1956 (Israeli)

Stem-head, 2010

hand painted ceramic plate 40 x 40 cm (16 x 16 in.) signed and dated on the reverse

$1,500-2,500

236

AMOS STEMPEL b.1956 (Israeli)

Village womb

hand painted ceramic plate 36 x 36 cm (14 x 14 in.) signed on the reverse

235

236

$1,500-2,500

237

RESH Josef Reznikov b.1937 (Israeli), Oleg Shkred b.1956 (Israeli)

Abstract composition, 2004

mixed media on canvas 120 x 100 cm (47 x 39 in.) signed lower right, signed, dated and titled on the reverse

$3,000-3,500

238

RESH Josef Reznikov b.1937 (Israeli), Oleg Shkred b.1956 (Israeli)

Atlantida, 2004

mixed media on canvas 100 x 80 cm (39 x 31 in.) signed lower right, signed, dated and titled on the reverse

$3,000-3,500

239

ARIEH LUBIN 1897-1980 (Israeli)

Flower pot on table

oil on canvas 54 x 65 cm (21 x 25 in.) signed lower right, inscribed lower center

Provenance: Rosenfeld gallery, Tel Aviv.

Private collection, Israel.

$2,300-2,800

240

NAAMI SASI b.1992 (Israeli)

Mother and child

oil on canvas 41 x 33 cm (16 x 13 in.)

$1,500-2,500

240

241v

NAAMI SASI b.1992 (Israeli)

Bridge

oil on canvas 17 x 22 cm (7 x 9 in.) signed lower left

$800-1,200

242

MOSHE MATUS 1908-1958 (Israeli)

Women and child in cubist composition gouache on paper 30 x 26 cm (12 x 10 in.) signed lower right

Provenance:

The Rena Isaacson Estate, Jerusalem.

$750-900

243v

244

1902-1975 (Israeli)

1909-1991 (Israeli)

Portrait of a young boy

Woman, 1930’s

Provenance: Art Gallery Hadassa, Tel Aviv.

$5,000-7,000

MOSHE MOKADY oil on panel 32 x 34 cm (12 x 13 in.) signed lower left

The Estate of Remy L. Chatain, Jr., Pasadena.

$3,500-4,500

MOSHE CASTEL oil on board 45 x 14 cm (18 x 5 in.) signed lower right

245

LEO RAY b.1950 (Israeli)

Lucky patient, 2006 oil on canvas 80 x 100 cm (31 x 39 in.) signed lower right

Literature: The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramt Gan, Recent Works Leo Ray, n.53, p.68 (full page illustration).

$6,000-8,000

246

ITZCHAK TARKAY 1935-2012 (Israeli)

Coffee by the port

oil on canvas 114 x 146 cm (44 x 57 in.) signed lower right

$12,000-14,000

247v

YAACOV AGAM b.1928 (Israeli)

Birth of flag, 1976

acrylic silkscreen 66 x 49 cm (26 x 19 in.) signed lower right, numbered '163/175' upper right

$5,000-7,000

248

YAACOV AGAM b.1928 (Israeli)

David's star

serigraph on perspex 37 x 37 cm (14 x 14 in.) signed lower right

$600-800

249v

YAACOV AGAM b.1928 (Israeli)

Magic rain, 1979

polymorph silkscreen 48 x 69 cm (19 x 27 in.) signed, dated and numbered '98/150' on the reverse

$9,000-12,000

250

PINCHAS COHEN GAN b. 1942 (Israeli)

"A Modern Rendering", 2010

mixed media on plywood mounted on canvas 61 x 46 cm (24 x 18 in.) signed and dated ‘1.10.10’ lower left, titled upper right, signed and dated on the reverse

$1,200-1,500

251

PINCHAS COHEN GAN b. 1942 (Israeli)

Lost souls (Hakpat nehamot), 2009 mixed-media on plywood mounted on canvas 40 x 30 cm (16 x 12 in.) signed and dated lower center

$800-950

252

MENASHE KADISHMAN b.1932 (Israeli)

Two sheep head, 2008

acrylic on canvas 60 x 80 cm (23 x 31 in.) signed lower left and again on the reverse

$1,000-1,500

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Matsart accepts absentee bids with no additional fee. Attached herewith a form enabling buyers unable to be present at the time of auction to make their bids. By this form potential buyers authorize Matsart representatives to represent them during the auction in the interest of purchasing and/or to contact them by telephone to allow to bid during the auction by telephone. This service is given at no additional fee, beyond the buyer’s premium as stated below. A bid cannot be revoked in any form and is an obligation for purchasing.

We will take all reasonable measures to process the bid, yet take no liability in the event that for any reason a bid was not processed. Bids can be delivered via fax: +972-3-6038306 or by email: bids@matsart. net.

Auctions are conducted in U. S. dollars. Payment is to be made in US$. However, payment can be accepted in Euros or in N. I. S., according to the high rate of exchange published by Bank Leumi Le'israel on the day of the sale, or the day of the payment, the higher of the two.

In many instances, works may not be present in the saleroom at time of sale and may be digitally exhibited. Discrepencies may occur.

Matsart accepts no liability for such errors.

Unless otherwise indicated, all lots are offered subject to a reserve price. This reserve will not exceed the low estimate. The reserve price is the minimum price for which the item will sell and is confidential. The auctioneer may open bidding on any lot by placing a bid on behalf of the seller. The auctioneer may further bid on behalf of the seller, up to the amount of the reserve by placing successive or consecutive bids for a lot, or by placing bids in response to other bidders.

The highest bidder acknowledged by the auctioneer shall be the buyer (as above), from among the bidders present in the auction room at the time of sale or the bidders in writing or by phone. The bidders in writing or by phone authorize Matsart representatives to represent them and to bid on their behalf at the time of auction in the interest of purchasing.

All lots must be paid for and collected not later than 3 business days following the auction. Special expenses including yet not limited to, forwarding and the forwarding insurance, special packaging, messengers etc., will be borne by the buyer. It is the responsibility of the high bidder to insure the purchase within three days after sale. Should the high bidder wish, he may inform Matsart to insure the work on his behalf and at his expense.

Payment for the article, plus a buyer’s premium of 15% plus all local taxes where applicable, will be paid in full immediately and not later than three days from the date of sale. From the seller we deduct seller's commission plus local taxes on commission where applicable.

Payment will be accepted only in these manors: Checks drawn on US or Israeli banks, money transfers, Credit cards: Visa, American Express and Mastercard (with an addition of 3.5% on total payment via credit card). All bank fees in regards to transfers, both those of the buyer and those of Matsart, are the responsibility and at the expense of the buyer.

The buyer is responsible for all local taxes where applicable including, yet not limited to VAT, sales tax, customs duties and VAT on imports, etc. New York sales tax will be charged for all items picked up and/or delivered in New York. For items shipped out of state, or imported to the USA from other locations, Matsart may be exempt from charging sales tax on hammer price. For items to be picked up and/or delivered in Israel, local VAT laws apply. For items to be picked up and/or delivered in Europe, local VAT laws apply. For more information, please contact bid department.

All expenses caused by storing the article in the company after final date for collecting the article will be charged to buyer's accounts.

We recommend to our customers to make sure, in advance, the availability of place in the auction. Seats will be reserved until 15 minutes before the sale.

Unsold lots will be returned to their owner. Sale of a lot by Matsart after the auction is legitimate and will be guided by the same conditions as those that apply to items sold at auction.

Items may be displayed in one of three locations. A v beside a lot number indicates an item that Israeli VAT will be charged on the hammer price as well as the premium if the item is collected from Matsart in Israel. In all cases, transit costs, import costs and all other costs are the responsibility of the buyer.

Jurisdiction – if Matsart decides to file a lawauit against a seller or a buyer Matsart can choose the venue either in New York or in Paris or in Israel and the reigning law will be according to the venue chosen by Matsart. However, without derogating from this, any lawsuit against Matsart can ONLY be filed in Israel, according to Israeli law, and the SOLE jurisdiction for any legal action of any kind against Matsart is ONLY in Israel and ONLY according to Israeli law.

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index Kahana, Aharon

90

Reisman, Ori

144, 180

Kahn, Leo

65

RESH,

237, 238

81

Rubin, Reuven

27‑32, 37‑39

15, 18, 45, 46

Kamenicky, Joseph Jiri Katz, Mane

66

Ryback, Issachar Ber

76

85, 86

Arikha, Avigdor

122, 123, 198‑200

Klapisch, Liliane

201

Sasi, Naami

240, 241

Klezmer, Gabi

145

57‑59, 109‑111

Kolnik, Arthur

67

Schlesinger, Shmuel

16, 17

Bak, Samuel

150, 151

100‑106

217, 218

Konforty, Sara

Schloss, Ruth

Baruch, Ilan

171, 172

169

230, 231

Baser, Robert

Krize, Yehiel

Schluss, David

143

187

60, 61, 78, 107, 108, 222

Kupermintz, Yoram

Schwebel, Ivan

Bergner, Yosl

Kupferman, Moshe 121, 167

Shaar, Pinchas

82

Levanon, Mordechai

47‑49

Shakine, Eran

186, 190

Lifshitz, Uri

188‑189, 191, 192

Shor, Zvi

63, 64, 80

Simon, Yohanan

55, 56, 95‑99

Sisselman, Mina

162

Steinhardt, Jakob

62

Abramovich, Pinchas

84, 130

Agam, Yaacov

247‑249

Allweil, Arieh Ardon, Mordechai

Bezalel, Aharon

211, 212

Bezem, Naftali

73, 220

Blum, Ludwig

3, 33, 40‑43

Brilliantova, Natasha

213‑215

Litvinovsky, Pinchas

228

Castel, Moshe

9‑14, 35, 44, 91, 244

Lubin, Arieh

227, 239

Charuvi, Shmuel

1,2,4

Lupu, Zahava

232

Cherkassky, Zoya

124‑126

Mairovitch, Zvi

92

Cohen Gan, Pinchas

148, 250, 251

Malnovitzer, Zvi

Cohen, Mirit

158‑165

Eisenberg, Yaacov

5

Eisenscher, Yaacov

Shemi, Menachem 25, 26,50,52

Stematsky, Avigdor 170, 223 Stempel, Amos

234‑236

68

Streichman, Yehezkel

87, 221, 224

Marcus, Kaete Ephraim

19‑22

Tarkay, Itzchak

246

Markowicz, Artur

69

Tepler, Shmuel

133‑137

242

Ticho, Anna

72

70, 225

Matus (Matusovski), Moshe

Tumarkin, Igael

179, 181‑184, 208

Enkaoua, Daniel

216

Medalie, Ann

74

Uri, Aviva

193‑195

Eshet Cohen, Iris

233

Messeg, Aharon

173, 176‑178

Yaskil, Amos

229

Fima, Ephraim Roeytenberg

174, 175

Mokady, Moshe

23, 71, 243

Zaritsky, Joseph

24, 88 142

75, 77, 79

83

Zinovich, Pinchas

Frenkel Frenel, Yitzhak

Muszka, Adam Naton, Avraham

89, 94

Gat, Eliyahu

138‑141

Nikel, Lea

Gechtman, Gideon

152

112, 113, 116‑120, 196, 197

Gershuni, Moshe

114, 115, 127‑129, 153‑157

Ofek, Avraham

219

Ovadiahu, Shmuel

226

Ozeri, Yigal

146, 147

Paldi, Israel

6‑8, 51

Pichhadze, Meir

185

Porbuchrai, Yehuda

166

Gross, Michael

207

Grossbard, Yehoshua

131, 132

Gutman, Nachum

34, 36

Janco, Marcel

53, 54

Propes, Moshe

93

Kadishman, Menashe

168, 202‑206, 209, 210, 252

Ray, Leo

245

Reeb, David

149

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