Matsart Israeli Fine Art Auction

IMPORTANT ISRAELI FINE ART AUCTION TEL AVIV, DECEMBER 10, 2013 7 PM SALE 128

IMPORTANT ISRAELI FINE ART AUCTION TEL AVIV, DECEMBER 10, 2013 7 PM SALE 128

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1 SHMUEL CHARUVI 1897-1965 (Israeli)

Yad Avshalom

oil on canvasboard 26 x 34 cm (10 x 13 in.) signed lower right and located 'Jerusalem' lower left Provenance: Shmuel Krechmer, Jerusalem.

$2,800-3,500

2 SHMUEL CHARUVI 1897-1965 (Israeli)

Tomb of Avshalom oil on canvasboard 26 x 20 cm (10 x 8 in.) signed lower center

Provenance: Shmuel Kr echmer , Jerusalem.

$2,800-3,500

3 SHMUEL CHARUVI 1897-1965 (Israeli)

Kinneret

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

$4,500-5,500

4 HERMANN STRUCK 1876-1944 (Israeli)

Portrait of elderly Jew, 1930

oil on canvas 49 x 32 cm (19 x 13 in.) signed and dated lower right

$4,500-5,500

5 HERMANN STRUCK 1876-1944 (Israeli)

Portrait, 1928

watercolor on paper 23 x 16 cm (9 x 6 in.) signed and dated twice and located 'Haifa' lower left

$1,800-2,500

6 HERMANN STRUCK 1876-1944 (Israeli)

Portrait of a young boy, 1920's

oil on canvas 49 x 32 cm (19 x 13 in.) signed, dated and located 'Haifa' lower left

$12,000-14,000

7 ABEL PANN

1883-1963 (Israeli, Latvian)

Prophet

pastel crayons on paper 64 x 44 cm (25 x 17 in.) signed upper right

8 ABEL PANN

1883-1963 (Israeli, Latvian)

David and the harp, 1957

Provenance: Daniel Weissman collection, Tel Aviv.

pastel crayons on paper 70 x 59 cm (28 x 23 in.) signed and dated upper left

$14,000-18,000

$18,000-22,000

9 ABEL PANN

1883-1963 (Israeli, Latvian)

Moujik et son cheval, 1914

pastel crayons and watercolor on paper 34 x 24 cm (13 x 9 in.) signed and dated lower right

$900-1,200

10 ABEL PANN

1883-1963 (Israeli, Latvian)

Hagar and Ishmael

pastel crayons on cardboard 44 x 61 cm (17 x 24 in.) signed and inscribed lower right

$4,500-6,000

11 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 Dor mann col l ection.

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

$6,500-8,000

12 JOSEPH KOSSONOGI 1908-1981 (Israeli)

Horse and couple, 1925 oil on canvas 23 x 30 cm (9 x 12 in.) signed and dated lower left

Provenance: Gaby and Ami Brown collection.

Private European collection.

$2,800-3,500

13 ARIEH LUBIN

1897-1980 (Israeli)

Smoker

watercolor and gouache on paper 40 x 30 cm (16 x 12 in.) signed upper left Provenance: Daniel Weissman collection, Tel Aviv (label on the reverse).

$1,200-1,500

Israel Paldi (1897-1979) was one of the more interesting figures in the founding generation of Israeli art. A nonconformist at heart, as Irit Zartal labeled him in her 1967 article, Paldi was one of the artists in the Bezalel school that revolted against Boris Schatz's classical way of teaching in 1909. In 1913, still a young man, he leaves Israel for Munich to finalize his artistic education. On his return in 1921 he would slowly formulate an individual Modernist idiom, which shows a strong expressionist inclination.

The two paintings on auction are from the late 1920s, when the artist had already formulated his mature style. The earlier of the two, an oil painting from 1926, shows two figures resting by the sea. The work strongly recalls the famous 'Summer rest' by Nachum Gutman from the same year which shows 2 large figures seated in a landscape, yet both the location and the style differ substantially. Gutman's Galilee landscape is rich in coloring and detail (watermelon and head scarf). Paldi's seascape is more restrained in his subject matter- reduced to the figures and a solitary boat on the horizon- and the coloring is limited to a warm brown-blue chromatism. Behind Paldi's 'reductionist' method is his desire to concentrate our attention on the expression of his figures.

He infuses Gutman's static figures with a strong movement both through the use of heavy brush strokes and through the complex posture of the closely tangled figures. The figures’ strong plasticity and movement imprint on

us a sensation that the figures are alive and move before us at the rhythm of the movement of the waves in the background. In adapting this style Paldi would seem to have absorbed Picasso's lesson from the paintings of the 1920s as 'Two women running' (1922) that movement is an essential component in expressing the simplest of subjects- in this case the close relationship between two Halutzim.

The second painting is a 1929 watercolor of 2 fishermen resting after their daily work. The subject of working managriculture workers, fishermen and construction workers- was very common at the beginning of the Yishuv. Paldi excelled in painting fishermen, a subject close to his art as the 1927 decoration of the Ohel Theatre show by this name demonstrates. Many of his paintings depict this subject as the famous 'Fisherman in Jaffa Port' (1928). Some of the intensity of this painting showing the fisherman at work is retained in the expressive ships whose slanting masts project into the sky and in the protruding rock at the background. Their movement is balanced by the arm of the fisherman to the left, whose strong hand would represent the working ethic of the time. Although the strong expression, we don’t seem to lose any of the gaiety and spontaneity of early Israeli art, through the beautiful coloring.

Oren Migdal

14 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 . Ar ieFr iedman Col l ection.

Private collection, Israel.

$18,000-22,000

15 ISRAEL PALDI 1892-1979 (Israeli)

Two reclining figures in seascape, 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, no. 60 (illustrated).

$80,000 -120,000

Nachum Gutman, 1920's

16 PINCHAS LITVINOVSKY 1894-1984 (Israeli)

Portrait of Arab man in kaffiyah, 1920's oil on canvas 81 x 65 cm (32 x 26 in.) signed lower center

Provenance: Abr amovsky col l ection, Tel Aviv. Pr ivatecol l ection, Isr ael.

Literature: Gideon Ofr at, Litvinovsky, Litvinosky Foundation & Car ta, Jerusalem, 1998, p. 68 (full page illustration in color).

$12,000-18,000

17 PINCHAS LITVINOVSKY 1894-1984 (Israeli)

Grandmother and child, 1930's oil on canvas 55 x 38 cm (22 x 15 in.) signed lower left

Provenance: Shimon Munk Gal l er y, Tel Aviv.

$4,000-5,000

Nahum Gutman was born in Bessarabia in 1898. At the age of five, the family relocated to Odessa, moving on from there to Palestine in 1905. At 15, Gutman abandoned his studies at the ‘Gimnasia Hertzeliya’ (high school) and headed for Jerusalem to attend the Bezalel art academy. After serving as a soldier in World War I, he completed his studies in Europe. He returned to Palestine in 1926, and became active with a group of artists who painted the local landscapes in the new “Eretz Yisrael style”. During this period he resided in Tel Aviv, and beyond his preoccupation with painting, also designed theatrical sets and illustrated children’s books and papers. During the 1960's, Gutman designed numerous mosaic murals in Tel Aviv and its surroundings.

Gutman’s major aim was to recreate in painting ‘the legend’ of what he saw as the magic act of the creation of Eretz-Yisrael. He sought to reenact with a freshness and spontaneity the life of the newly created nation, its people and its events. The painting before us showing women carrying agricultural products (Havat Bikurim) would seem to reenact a Kibbutz procession of the Festival of Shavuot. In a frieze like composition Gutman has depicted in one line three women in colorful outfits carrying on their heads baskets of fresh fruits - watermelons and grapes. Behind them 3 other women dressed in white

bend down to raise another basket full of black freshly picked grapes, while a fourth woman with large earrings transfixes the viewer’s gaze at the parade. The parade is headed by a man carrying a banner or a flag as a soldier heading a triumphant entry of a winning army but the background of the parade is not that of a cheering crowd in the city or even at the kibbutz gate but an empty citrus grove.

Gutman loved to go on tours in the Israeli landscape. His favored location were the citrus orchards of the Sharon where the “perfumed trees.. the sky was as smooth as polished marble… and the solitary palms that stood between the groves rose rebelliously into the sky and spread their branches“. The lively maidens whom stand before the groves with the seasoned fruits would symbolize for Gutman the fertility of the land of Israel. His is an unwavering optimism, a constant expectation of good-heartedness from man and of generosity from the nature that surrounds man.” (Yehuda Ha-Ezrahi, Nachum Gutman, pp. 28-29). For this exquisite painting Gutman received the Dizingoff price for 1938.

Oren Migdal

18 NACHUM GUTMAN 1898-1980 (Israeli)

Women carrying agricultural products (Havaat Bikurim), 1938 oil on canvas 54 x 65 cm (21 x 26 in.) signed lower right

Provenance: Pr ivatecol l ection, Isr ael.

Accompanied by a certifcate of authenticity signed

by Prof. Hemi Gutman, the artist's son, dated July 9, 2012.

On behalf of this work the artist recieved the Dizengoff prize in 1938.

$110,000-130,000

19 NACHUM GUTMAN 1898-1980 (Israeli)

20 NACHUM GUTMAN 1898-1980 (Israeli)

Kiosk in Neve Tzedek, 1938

Hassidim in Safed

$12,000-14,000

Provenance: Simone and Jean Tir oche col l ection.

Private European collection.

gouache and pastel crayons on paper mounted on canvas 44 x 48 cm (17 x 19 in.) signed lower left, dated lower right

oil and mixed media on paper mounted on canvas 56 x 38 cm (22 x 15 in.) signed lower right

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

$12,000-14,000

21 NACHUM GUTMAN 1898-1980 (Israeli)

Figure and donkey in a grove, 1952 oil on canvas 73 x 92cm (28 x 36in) signed and dated lower right

Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Prof. Hemi Gutman, the artist's son, dated July 20, 2008.

$45,000-60,000

Moshe Castel was born in 1909 in Jerusalem to a Sephardic family originating in Castille. At the age of 13 he entered the Bezalel School of Art, which he finished in 1925 at the age of 16.

Feeling that he was not accomplished enough and following the current steps of other Israeli artists, he moved to Paris in 1927. There he studied in the Academie Julien and assiduously frequented the Louvre Museum, studying the technique of the Great Masters of the past - Titian, Delacroix and Courbet.

Few pictures have remained from his first years in Paris. Most of them were lost when the artist’s pictures were taken from his atelier while he was on a trip to Israel in 1933 with the first exhibition of Ecole de Paris paintings.

The few that remained were sold at a small London exhibition financed by his brother Joseph in 1928.

After his successful exhibition in London, Castel undertook several landscape and genre paintings of Israel. One of the most impressive of these is the ‘Dejeuner sur l’erbe’ from 1928. Based on the well known motive by Manet, the artist depicts a Jewish Sephardic family out for a meal in the Israeli countryside. Before a well furnished cloth laid on a green meadow sit two figures - a woman in red and a young Yemenite man playing the oud. The couple is seated in a wide landscape in which are placed several oriental looking figures heading to a cluster of houses placed on the horizon. The subject is based on Castel’s childhood

memories of his Shabbat walks with his mother around Jerusalem where the family lived. In a smaller version of this subject, Idylle (1928) (Matsart sale 108 lot 13) we see the same figures, with a town at the back probably Jerusalem and some sheep grazing below a tree.

The larger version before us allowed Castel to enrich the content of the painting. He adds two women carrying water jugs on their head and a man in white carrying water which seem to be heading not to Jerusalem but to some red-roofed houses of a newly built yishuv (settlement). The figures which slowly meander along the path at a leisurely pace balance the seated couple. The sheep which has joined them completes this naive but extremely vivid painting.

Castel’s style during the late 1920's is heavily influenced by the Italian Primitives, chiefly by Duccio whose paintings he saw in a trip to Siena and whose colorful yellow and orange based landscapes and slender figures he tries to emulate. This larger of the two versions of the ‘Dejeuner’ is a most fortunate moment in this artist’s art; soon to come under the sway of life in Paris and its cafes, he will turn to paint scenes of Montmartre and its jovial fun free life. The lore of the east and childhood recollections will then recede back into memory.

Oren Migdal

22 MOSHE CASTEL 1909-1991 (Israeli)

Dejuner sur l'herbe, 1928 oil on canvas 78 x 63 cm (31 x 25 in.) signed lower right

Provenance: Pr ivatecol l ection, Her tzelia-Monaco.

Private collection, Israel.

$150,000-180,000

23 MOSHE CASTEL 1909-1991 (Israeli)

Shabbat meal

oil on canvas 50 x 66 cm (20 x 26 in.) signed lower left, signed on the reverse Provenance: Castel Famil y col l ection, Isr ael.

Private collection, USA.

$50,000-70,000

24 MOSHE CASTEL 1909-1991 (Israeli)

On the road to Hebron, Rachel's tomb, 1930's oil on canvas 55 x 38 cm (22 x 15 in.) signed lower right

Provenance: Pr ivatecol l ection, Tel Aviv.

And by descent to the owner's grandson.

Private collection, Canada.

$35,000-45,000

25 MOSHE CASTEL 1909-1991 (Israeli)

Synagogue scene, Safed, 1940's

oil on canvas 60 x 73 cm (24 x 29 in.) signed in English and Hebrew lower left, signed again on the reverse

$45,000-55,000

26 MOSHE CASTEL 1909-1991 (Israeli)

Garage

oil on paper mounted on cardboard 47 x 55 cm (19 x 22 in.) signed lower right

$12,000-15,000

27 MOSHE CASTEL 1909-1991 (Israeli)

Shabbath wife

oil on canvas 55 x 38 cm (22 x 15 in.) signed lower left Provenance: Castel Famil y collection, Israel.

Private collection, USA.

$18,000-22,000

28 MOSHE CASTEL 1909-1991 (Israeli)

Musical interlude

oil on canvas 47 x 57 cm (19 x 22 in.) signed lower left Provenance: Castel Famil y collection, Israel.

Private collection, USA.

$20,000-24,000

29 ANNA TICHO 1894-1980 (Israeli)

Landscape

pen on paper 17 x 23 cm (7 x 9 in.) signed lower right

$900-1,200

30 ANNA TICHO 1894-1980 (Israeli)

Landscape

pen on paper 23 x 34 cm (9 x 13 in.) signed lower right

$900-1,200

31 ARIEH LUBIN 1897-1980 (Israeli)

Landscape, 1931

oil on canvas 35 x 46 cm (14 x 18 in.) signed and date lower left Provenance: Dr. Stefan and Nava Kwiat collection, Tel Aviv.

$6,500-7,500

32 MORDECHAI LEVANON 1901-1968 (Israeli)

Galilee landscape, 1945

oil on canvas 38 x 55 cm (15 x 22 in.) signed and dated lower right

$8,000-10,000

33 MENACHEM SHEMI 1897-1951 (Israeli)

Safed landscape

oil on canvas 46 x 62 cm (18 x 24 in.) signed lower right Provenance: Private collection, Jerusalem.

Daliah Belkine has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.

$35,000-45,000

34 MENACHEM SHEMI 1897-1951 (Israeli)

Women in the village oil on canvas 38 x 55 cm (15 x 22 in.) signed lower right

$14,000-16,000

35 MENACHEM SHEMI 1897-1951 (Israeli)

Landscape

oil on masonite 40 x 60 cm (16 x 24 in.) signed lower right Provenance: Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv (label on the reverse).

Private collection, USA.

$8,000-10,000

36 MENACHEM SHEMI 1897-1951 (Israeli)

Woman in interior, c. 1940 oil on canvas 42 x 33 cm (17 x 13 in.) signed lower left

Provenance: Private European collection.

Sale: Christie's South Kensington, November 11, 2010, lot 59.

Private collection, acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

$6,500-7,500

37 MENACHEM SHEMI 1897-1951 (Israeli)

Binyamina, 1939 (Recto); Maayan Quarter, Haifa (Verso)

oil on canvas 50 x 73 cm (20 x 29 in.) signed and dated upper left Provenance: Pr ivatecol l ection, Tel Aviv.

E xhibited: Menachem Shemi: Retrospective, Ein-Harod Museum, September-December 2010.

Dalia Belkin has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.

$16,000-18,000

(verso)

39 AHARON AVNI 1906-1951 (Israeli)

Flowers

oil on canvas 65 x 50 cm (26 x 20 in.) signed upper right

$1,500-1,800

< 38 MOSHE MOKADY 1902-1975 (Israeli)

Figure in green, 1929 oil on panel 55 x 46 cm (22 x 18 in.) signed lower left

Provenance: Mokady famil y collection.

E xhibited: Museum of Modern Art, Haifa, March-April, 1972 (label on the reverse).

Tel Aviv Retrospective Exhibition, December 1999.

Literature: Yona Fischer and Irith Hadar, Moshe Mokady, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 1999, no. 70, p. 125 (illustrated).

Nina Mokady has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.

$18,000-25,000

40 MOSHE MOKADY

1902-1975 (Israeli)

Woman and child

oil on canvas 100 x 46 cm (39 x 18 in.) signed lower right

$8,000-10,000

41 YITZHAK FRENKEL FRENEL 1899-1981 (Israeli)

Safed

oil on canvas 47 x 55 cm (19 x 22 in.) signed lower right

$2,800-3,500

42 YITZHAK FRENKEL FRENEL 1899-1981 (Israeli)

Landscape

oil on canvas 46 x 55 cm (18 x 22 in.) signed lower left

$4,500-5,500

43 YITZHAK FRENKEL FRENEL 1899-1981 (Israeli)

David playing harp before king Saul oil on canvas 46 x 55 cm (18 x 22 in.) signed lower left

$2,800-3,500

44 YITZHAK FRENKEL FRENEL 1899-1981 (Israeli)

Wedding

oil on canvas 56 x 47 cm (22 x 19 in.) signed lower left Provenance: Skinner Gallery (label on the reverse).

Private collection, USA.

$6,000-8,000

45 YITZHAK FRENKEL FRENEL 1899-1981 (Israeli)

Nature morte

oil on masonite 33 x 52 cm (13 x 20 in.) signed lower right

$900-1,200

46 MORDECHAI LEVANON 1901-1968 (Israeli)

Safed, 1964

oil on canvas 101 x 81 cm (40 x 32 in.) signed in English lower left, signed in Hebrew and dated lower right

$6,000-8,000

47 MORDECHAI LEVANON

1901-1968 (Israeli)

Safed, 1962

oil on canvas 73 x 55 cm (29 x 22 in.) signed in English lower left, signed in Hebrew and dated lower right

$2,500-3,500

48 MORDECHAI LEVANON 1901-1968 (Israeli)

Safed

oil on canvas 76 x 61 cm (30 x 24 in.) signed lower right Provenance: Private collection, USA.

$6,000-8,000

49 YAACOV EISENSCHER 1896-1980 (Israeli)

Landscape with woman oil on canvas 64 x 81 cm (25 x 32 in.) signed lower right

$3,000-4,000

50 LUDWIG BLUM 1891-1975 (Israeli)

View of the Old city, 1959

oil on canvas 26 x 35 cm (10 x 14 in.) signed in English and Hebrew and dated lower left Provenance: Pr ivatecol l ection, New Yor k.

$8,000-10,000

51 LUDWIG BLUM 1891-1975 (Israeli)

Market scene, 1950

oil on canvas 38 x 46 cm (15 x 18 in.) signed in Hebrew and dated lower right, signed in English lower left Mira Chen, artist's granddaughter, has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.

$12,000-15,000

52 LUDWIG BLUM 1891-1975 (Israeli)

Caravan in Judea desert, 1930

oil on canvas 58 x 70 cm (23 x 28 in.) signed, dated and located 'Jerusalem' lower left Provenance: Sale: Tiroche, January 30, 2010, lot 46.

Private European collection. Private collection, New York.

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

$28,000-35,000

53 LUDWIG BLUM 1891-1975 (Israeli)

Jerusalem view from the Mount of Olives, 1954 oil on canvas 61 x 100 cm (24 x 39 in.) signed in English and Hebrew and dated lower right

Provenance: Yeshiva University, New York. Private European collection.

E xhibited: Jerusalem and the Holy Land - the Paintings of Ludwig Blum (1891-1974), Museum of Biblical Art, New York, October 28, 2011 - Junuary 15, 2012.

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

$45,000-55,000

54

AFTER REUVEN 1893-1974 (Israeli)

RUBIN

Flutist, 1970

painted glass relief 35 x 26 x 5 cm (14 x 10 x 2 in.) signed, dated and numbered '1/8'on the top A cooperation between Reuven Rubin and the Italian glass artist Vittorio Constantini.

$8,000-12,000

55 REUVEN RUBIN 1893-1974 (Israeli)

Harvest time in Galilee, 1967

oil on canvas 54 x 73 cm (21 x 29 in.) signed lower left, signed, dated, titled and inscribed 'made in Israel' on the stretcher Provenance: Stern Studio (label on the reverse).

Carmela Rubin has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.

$80,000-100,000

56 REUVEN RUBIN 1893-1974 (Israeli)

Fisherman family, 1955

oil on canvas 61 x 50 cm (24 x 20 in.) signed lower left, signed, dated and titled on the stretcher Provenance: Schneider Gal l er ies, New Yor k.

Collection of Dr. And Mrs. Newton D. Scherl.

Carmela Rubin has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.

$65,000-80,000

57 REUVEN RUBIN 1893-1974 (Israeli)

Family with donkey

india ink and wash on paper 34 x 49 cm (13 x 19 in.) signed lower left Carmela Rubin has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.

$4,000-6,000

58 REUVEN RUBIN 1893-1974 (Israeli)

Still life with pomegranate and grapes oil on canvas 26 x 31 cm (10 x 12 in.) signed lower left

Carmela Rubin has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.

$24,000-28,000

59 REUVEN RUBIN 1893-1974 (Israeli)

Woman with child and donkey

india ink and wash on paper 52 x 36 cm (20 x 14 in.) signed lower right

$4,500-6,000

Provenance: Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. List collection.Sale: Women's Campaign, United Jewish Appeal - Federation of Jewish Philanthropies Joint Campaign, 23rd Annual Art Auction, Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, May 19, 1976.

Private collection, Connecticut, USA, acquired at the above sale.

Sale: Sotheby's New York, December 19, 2012, lot 36.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Carmela Rubin has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.

60 REUVEN RUBIN 1893-1974 (Israeli)

On the road to Galilee, 1966

oil on canvas 47 x 56 cm (19 x 22 in.) signed lower center, signed, dated and titled on the stretcher Carmela Rubin has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.

$60,000-80,000

Avraham Naton was born in Romania in 1903.

From 1930 to 1933 he studied in the Bucharest Art Academy and was active in the Zionist youth movement “Zeirei Zion”. Upon immigrating to Israel in 1935, he settled in the north of Israel and then moved in 1939 to Ramat Gan, where he became part of the Tel-Aviv artistic milieu. A key figure in the “New Horizons” group of 1948, Naton’s style stands out in comparison to other members of the group such as Josef Zaritzky for its ‘geometrical abstraction’ adhering strictly to form and color.

Naton’s art can be divided into three distinct periods - his early “Israeli Expressionist” style of the 1940s in which he painted Israeli landscapes and portraits; the period from 1948 to 1954 when he became active in the “New Horizons” group and can be defined as a period of transition to abstract art; and his late abstract paintings from 1954 to 1958.

The first two paintings on auction are from Naton's expressionist period. 'Café Scene' from 1942 is a variation on the theme of Piano cafés, a theme that was close to the artist’s heart.

The theme already painted in an early 1939 painting (Concert at Cafe, Matsart auction 115 lot 30) depicts a café interior where men and women in well cut suits sit around tables drinking while listening to music. Unlike the earlier version, the artist adopts here a more expressionist and less graphic style. The figures are modeled in color and the use of a low view point allows the artist to convey the night scene in the café as would have been seen by a spectator coming into the room. In the dim light of the interior stand out in the front a solitary lady in white with a yellow hat, while in the recess at the back in the shadow of the stage, sits a striking yellow-dressed woman with a group of regulars. Our eye, moving inwards, sees the musicians and catches a glimpse of a drummer to the left. In the inward movement we suddenly perceive that we are listening to the slow sway of a Jazz band. This is not in Naton's native Romania but in his n The second painting on auction 'Building site' (1940's), shows a different aspect of Israeli life

in the Yishuv - the pioneering spirit (Haluziut) of building the country. In striking contrast to the slow moving nocturnal scene of the café, here the artist depicts workers assiduously at work in a two story building. The darker coloring is changed to a vivid blue, yellow and pink chromatism emphasizing the happiness and vitality of life in the new Jewish city of Tel-Aviv. The workers are seen from a distance undertaking different tasks. A strong inward movement from left to right quickens the pace of the painting, but this is broken down by the big building sprawling before us and the yellow smoke slowly rising from it. The strong sun which illuminates the right of the building serves as a reminder of the warm conditions of Israel. The aim of the sun is to focus our attention on the main event - the act of building - and not get lost in the beautiful romantic coloring or smoke.

The third painting, undertaken in Naton’s typical cubist lyrical style belongs to the period of the New Horizons. ‘The Orchestra’ shows a chamber orchestra in full swing. The musicians are harmonized by their checkered suits and through their musical instruments - the red cello at the center links the right part of the composition through the red violin and music stand, while the ochre clarinet at the center links the drum to the left. Light is also a unifying element; a cubist rectangular opening at the center lights up in an uneven light, the hand of the cellist, the arch of the violinist and the music sheet.

While compositional and musical harmony is a major theme, it is the lyricism in which the actor’s faces and their swaying bodies are modeled that gives the tone to the painting.

These, when joined together with little details as the grey rectangle with red lines on the left, play a major role in establishing a lyrical composition or perhaps a musical score with cold and warmer graduations that slowly grows up on you from the bottom upwards as the rhythm of the Jazz band gradually picks up.

Oren Migdal

61 AVRAHAM NATON 1906-1959 (Israeli)

Workers in a building site, 1940's oil on board 40 x 50 cm (16 x 20 in.) signed lower left

$18,000-22,000

62 AVRAHAM NATON 1906-1959 (Israeli)

Cafe scene, 1942

oil on canvas 50 x 59 cm (20 x 23 in.) signed in Hebrew 'Natanzon' and dated lower left

$14,000-16,000

63 AVRAHAM NATON 1906-1959 (Israeli)

The musicians

oil on canvas 39 x 50 cm (15 x 20 in.) signed upper right Provenance: Ar t Gal l er y Inter national , Buenos Air es, August 1967.

The Israeli Phoenix Collection.

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

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

E xhibited: 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

64 SHALOM SEBBA

65 SHALOM SEBBA

Couple by the table, 1946

Interior scene

1897-1975 (Israeli)

gouache on paper 48 x 66 cm (19 x 26 in.)

$4,000-6,000

1897-1975 (Israeli)

gouache on paper 24 x 19 cm (9 x 7 in.) signed lower right

$4,000-6,000

66 SHMUEL SCHLESINGER 1896-1986 (Israeli)

Children of Jerusalem oil on canvas 73 x 60 cm (29 x 24 in.) signed lower right, signed and titled on the reverse

$7,000-9,000

67 SHMUEL SCHLESINGER 1896-1986 (Israeli)

Jerusalem landscape

oil on canvas 50 x 73 cm (20 x 29 in.) signed lower right, signed and titled on the reverse and again on the stretcher

$3,000-5,000

68 SHMUEL SCHLESINGER 1896-1986 (Israeli)

Oriental scene

oil on canvas 55 x 93 cm (22 x 37 in.) signed lower right Provenance: Pr ivatecol l ection, Tel Aviv.

$7,000-9,000

69 MOSHE CASTEL 1909-1991 (Israeli)

Untitled

oil and crayons on paper mounted on canvas 49 x 34 cm (19 x 13 in.) signed lower right

$6,500-7,500

70 ISRAEL PALDI

1892-1979 (Israeli)

Birds

oil on canvas 82 x 100 cm (32 x 39 in.) signed lower right

$2,500-3,500

71 MOSHE CASTEL 1909-1991 (Israeli)

Eliezer and Rebecca, 1949

oil on glass 36 x 30 cm (14 x 12 in.) signed in English and Hebrew lower right, signed, dated and inscribed 'A souvenir to Elli from Tiberias and Safed with friendship, Castel, 1.49-7.49' on the reverse

$9,000-12,000

72 YOHANAN SIMON 1905-1976 (Israeli)

Kibbutz night scene, 1965

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

$6,000-9,000

73 YOHANAN SIMON 1905-1976 (Israeli)

View of the kibbutz through a window

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

$9,000-12,000

74 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 75 YOHANAN SIMON 1905-1976 (Israeli)

In a Hannukah-Mood, 1970

oil on canvas 17 x 23 cm (7 x 9 in.) signed in English lower left, signed in Hebrew and dated lower right, signed, dated and titled on the stretcher

$2,800-3,500

76 YOHANAN SIMON 1905-1976 (Israeli)

"Plantes a prime reveilles...," 1975

oil on canvas 27 x 36 cm (11 x 14 in.) signed in English lower left, signed in Hebrew and dated lower right, signed, dated and titled on the reverse Provenance: Pr ivatecol l ection, New Yor k.

$5,000-7,000

77 AVIGDOR ARIKHA 1929-2010 (Israeli)

Portrait d`une femme, 1952 oil on canvas 41 x 27 cm (16 x 11 in.) signed in English and Hebrew and dated upper right

$18,000-22,000 78 MARCEL JANCO 1895-1984 (Israeli)

Don Quixote

oil on board 40 x 70 cm (16 x 28 in.) signed lower left

$7,000-9,000

79 MARCEL JANCO 1895-1984 (Israeli)

Goat

oil on cardboard 35 x 50 cm (14 x 20 in.) signed lower left Mrs. Dadi Janco, the artit's daughter, has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.

$3,500-4,500

80 RUTH SCHLOSS 1922-2013 (Israeli)

Young girl

oil on canvas 73 x 50 cm (29 x 20 in.) signed lower right

$5,000-7,000

81 RUTH SCHLOSS 1922-2013 (Israeli)

Man with red pigeon

ink and gouache on paper mounted on canvas 32 x 37 cm (13 x 15 in.) signed in English lower left, signed in Hebrew lower right

$800-1,200

82 RUTH SCHLOSS 1922-2013 (Israeli)

Seated woman

oil on canvasboard 36 x 28 cm (14 x 11 in.) signed in English lower left and in Hebrew lower right

$1,500-2,500

83 RUTH SCHLOSS

1922-2013 (Israeli)

A girl in a yellow dress oil on canvasboard 54 x 33 cm (21 x 13 in.) signed lower left

$2,700-3,200

84 RUTH SCHLOSS 1922-2013 (Israeli)

Girl with a red scarf oil on canvas 60 x 50 cm (24 x 20 in.) signed lower left

$7,000-9,000

85 RUTH SCHLOSS 1922-2013 (Israeli)

Mother and child

oil on canvas 65 x 55 cm (26 x 22 in.) signed lower right

$7,000-9,000

86 RUTH SCHLOSS 1922-2013 (Israeli)

Young woman

watercolor on paper 35 x 26 cm (14 x 10 in.) signed in English lower left and in Hebrew lower right

$1,000-1,200

87 RUTH SCHLOSS 1922-2013 (Israeli)

Winter

gouache and ink on cardboard 46 x 65 cm (18 x 26 in.) signed in Hebrew lower right, titled lower left

$1,200-1,500

88 RUTH SCHLOSS 1922-2013 (Israeli)

After coffee

oil on canvas 81 x 73 cm (31 x 29 in.) signed lower right

$8,000-12,000

89 MOSHE MOKADY

90 MOSHE MOKADY

1902-1975 (Israeli)

1902-1975 (Israeli)

Girl with teddy bear

Street clowns

$1,800-2,500

$9,000-12,000

oil on paper mounted on board 36 x 24 cm (14 x 9 in.) signed lower left

oil on canvas 130 x 97 cm (51 x 38 in.) signed lower center

91 ZVI MAIROVITCH 1911-1974 (Israeli)

Composition with figure

oil on canvas 81 x 66 cm (32 x 26 in.) signed lower right Provenance: Estate of the artist (estate stamp on the reverse).

Private collection, Israel.

$3,500 -4,500

92 ZVI MAIROVITCH 1911-1974 (Israeli)

Mitzpeh-Ramon

oil on paper mounted on canvas 49 x 65 cm (19 x 26 in.) signed lower right

$1,200-1,500

93 YAACOV WEXLER 1912-1995 (Israeli)

Woman in an interior oil on canvas 100 x 81 cm (39 x 32 in.) signed in Hebrew lower right and again on the reverse

$3,000-4,000

94 ZVI MAIROVITCH 1911-1974 (Israeli)

Flowers on green background

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

$1,200-1,500

95 LEA NIKEL

1918-2005 (Israeli)

Abstract composition, 1962

oil on canvas 55 x 46 cm (22 x 18 in.) signed and dated lower right, signed and dated on the reverse Provenance: Sal e: Matsar t, May 18, 2008, l ot 449.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

$9,000-12,000

96 LEA NIKEL

1918-2005 (Israeli)

Abstract composition, 1958

oil on canvas 55 x 38 cm (22 x 15 in.) signed upper right, signed and dated on the reverse Provenance: Col l ection Bar onneAl ix deRothschil d, Par is, number ed 389. (label on the reverse).

Sale: Sotheby's New York, November 24, 2009, lot 52.

Private collection.

$14,000-16,000

97 AVIGDOR ARIKHA

1929-2010 (Israeli)

Untitled, 1965

oil on canvas 145 x 114 cm (57 x 45 in.) signed and dated lower center, signed again and dated on the stretcher Provenance: Daniel Weissman collection, Tel Aviv.

$8,000-12,000

98 AVIGDOR ARIKHA 1929-2010 (Israeli)

Composition, 1961

oil on canvas 41 x 24 cm (16 x 9 in.) signed and dated lower right, signed and dated on the reverse Provenance: Col l ection Bar onne Alix de Rothschild, Paris, numbered 192 (label on the reverse).

Private European collection.

$2,800-3,500

99 AVIGDOR ARIKHA 1929-2010 (Israeli)

Orange composition, c. 1955 oil on canvas 46 x 38 cm (18 x 15 in.)

Provenance: Col l ection Baronne Alix de Rothschild, Paris, numbered 2229 (label on the reverse).

Private European collection.

$2,800-3,200

100 AVIGDOR ARIKHA 1929-2010 (Israeli)

Composition in orange and black, 1968

oil on masonite 35 x 24 cm (14 x 9 in.) signed and dated lower left Provenance: Daniel Weissman collection, Tel Aviv. (label on the reverse).

$3,000-4,000

101 AHARON KAHANA 1905-1967 (Israeli)

Interior with couple and fruit basket, 1947

oil on canvas 61 x 50 cm (24 x 20 in.) signed and dated lower right and again on the reverse

$13,000-15,000

102 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: Sal e: Matsar t, Mar ch 23, 2011 l ot 76.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

$8,000-10,000

103 MORDECHAI ARDON 1896-1992 (Israeli)

Enigmatic

handwooven tapestry in a plexiglass box 180 x 137 cm (71 x 54 in.)

Created in Atelier Georges Goldstein, Jerusalem (label on the reverse).

$5,000-7,000

104 AVRAHAM NATON 1906-1959 (Israeli)

Black-grey composition, 1957 oil on canvas 77 x 101 cm (30 x 40 in.) signed lower left

Provenance: Gaby and Ami Brown collection.

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

$14,000-18,000

105 LEA NIKEL

106 LEA NIKEL

Untitled, 1966

Untitled, 1974

1918-2005 (Israeli)

oil on canvas 46 x 81 cm (18 x 32 in.) signed and dated lower right Provenance: Pr ivatecol l ection, Tel Aviv.

Sale: Matsart, February 19, 2012, lot 179. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

$8,000-12,000

1918-2005 (Israeli)

oil on canvas 197 x 133 cm (78 x 52 in.) signed and dated lower left and again on the reverse Provenance: Simoneand Jean Tir oche collection.

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

Private collection, Israel.

Private European collection.

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

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

$50,000-70,000

107 LEA NIKEL

1918-2005 (Israeli)

Untitled, 1996

acrylic on canvas 101 x 101 cm (40 x 40 in.) signed and dated lower right, signed and dated again on the reverse Mrs. Mira Avgar, the artist's granddaughter, has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.

$12,000-15,000

108 ZVI MAIROVITCH 1911-1974 (Israeli)

Untitled, 1966-67

pastel crayons on paper 99 x 49 cm (39 x 19 in.) signed lower left Provenance: TheIsr aeli Phoenix Collection.

Sale: Sotheby's, New York, November 24, 2009.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

$6,500-7,500

109 MICHAEL GROSS 1920-2004 (Israeli)

Head

stone and wood 37 x 29 x 26 cm (15 x 11 x 10 in.) signed on the base Provenance: Estate of the artist.

Private collection, acquired from the above.

Sale: Christie's Tel Aviv, April 27, 2008, lot 108.

Private colletion.

$6,000-8,000

110 MICHAEL GROSS 1920-2004 (Israeli)

Untitled, 1972 (diptych) oil on canvas 82 x 165 cm (32 x 65 in.) signed on the reverse

Provenance: Sale: Sotheby's New York, December 18, 2007, lot 70.

Private colletion, Israel.

$28,000-35,000

111 MICHAEL GROSS 1920-2004 (Israeli)

Portrait

oil on canvas 65 x 46 cm (26 x 18 in.)

Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Aviva Gross, the artist's wife.

$6,000-8,000

112 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

113 MICHAEL GROSS 1920-2004 (Israeli)

Abstract composition oil on canvas 60 x 80 cm (24 x 31 in.) signed lower left

Provenance: Pr ivatecol l ection, Isr ael.

Sale: Matsart, March 17, 2010, lot 123.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

$12,000-14,000

114 ORI REISMAN 1924-1991 (Israeli)

Portrait of a man

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

$38,000-45,000

115 ORI REISMAN 1924-1991 (Israeli)

Osnat with a doll, 1950's oil on canvas 100 x 82 cm (39 x 32 in.) signed lower left

Provenance: Pr ivatecol l ection, USA. Literature: Ginton, E. (ed.), Or i Reisman: A Retr ospective, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2004, catalogue number 16 (similar work illustrated).

$12,000-15,000

116 AVSHALOM OKASHI 1916-1980 (Israeli)

Abstract composition, 1959 oil and mixed media on canvas 62 x 50 cm (24 x 20 in.) signed lower right, signed and dated '4/4/1959' on the reverse

$1,500-1,800

117 AVSHALOM OKASHI 1916-1980 (Israeli)

Abstract composition in red and black, 1964

oil on canvas 90 x 60 cm (35 x 24 in.) signed and dated lower right

$1,200-1,500

118 MOSHE CASTEL 1909-1991 (Israeli)

Tehilim, 1958

oil on canvas 65 x 50 cm (26 x 20 in.) signed lower left, signed and dated on the reverse Provenance: Sal e: Matsar t, March 17, 2010, lot 82.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

$6,000-8,000

119 AVSHALOM OKASHI 1916-1980 (Israeli)

Abstract composition, 1960

oil and mixed media on canvas 62 x 51 cm (24 x 20 in.) signed and dated lower left Provenance: Estateof theartist (numbered '64' on the reverse).

Private collection, Israel.

$1,800-2,200

Moshe Castel was born in 1909 in Jerusalem to a Sephardic family originating in Castille. At the age of 13 he entered the Bezalel School of Art, which he finished in 1925 at the age of 16. Feeling that he was not accomplished enough and following the current steps of other Israeli artists, he moved to Paris in 1927. There he studied in the Academie Julien and assiduously frequented the Louvre Museum, studying the technique of the Great Masters of the past- Titian, Delacroix and Courbet.

Few pictures have remained from his first years in Paris. Most of them were lost when the artist’s pictures were taken from his atelier while he was on a trip to Israel in 1933 with the first exhibition of Ecole de Paris paintings.

The few that remained were sold at a small London exhibition financed by his brother Joseph in 1928.

After his successful exhibition in London, Castel undertook several landscape and genre paintings of Israel. One of the most impressive of these is the ‘Dejeuner sur l’erbe’ from 1928. Based on the well known motive by Manet, the artist depicts a Jewish Sephardic family out for a meal in the Israeli countryside. Before a well furnished cloth laid on a green meadow sit two figures- a woman in red and a young Yemenite man playing the oud. The couple is seated in a wide landscape in which are placed several oriental looking figures heading to a cluster of houses placed on the horizon. The subject is based on Castel’s childhood memories of his Shabbat walks with his mother around Jerusalem where the family lived. In a smaller version of this subject, Idylle (1928) (Matsart sale 108 lot 13) we see the same figures, with a town at the back probably Jerusalem and some sheep grazing below a tree. The larger version before us allowed Castel to enrich the content of the painting. He adds two women carrying water jugs on their head and a man in white carrying water which seem to be heading not to Jerusalem but to some red-roofed houses of a newly built yishuv (settlement). The figures which slowly meander along the path at a leisurely pace balance the seated couple. The sheep which has joined them completes this naive but extremely vivid painting.

Castel’s style during the late 1920s is heavily influenced by the Italian Primitives, chiefly by Duccio whose paintings he saw in a trip to Siena and whose colorful yellow and orange based landscapes and slender figures he tries to emulate. This larger of the two versions of the ‘Dejeuner’ is a most fortunate moment in this artist’s art; soon to come under the sway of life in Paris and its cafes, he will turn to paint scenes of Montmartre and its jovial fun free life. The lore of the east and childhood recollections will then recede back into memory.

Oren Migdal

120 MOSHE CASTEL 1909-1991 (Israeli)

Untitled

oil, basalt and mixed media on canvas 106 x 142 cm (42 x 56 in.) signed lower left and again on the reverse Provenance: Castel Family collection, Israel.

$60,000-80,000

121 YEHEZKEL STREICHMAN 1906-1993 (Israeli)

Tzila

watercolor and pencil on paper 110 x 75 cm (43 x 30 in.) signed lower center

$3,000-4,000

122 YEHEZKEL STREICHMAN 1906-1993 (Israeli)

Tulips

gouache and watercolor on paper 64 x 49 cm (25 x 19 in.) signed lower right

$1,800-2,200

123 JOSEPH ZARITSKY 1891-1985 (Israeli)

Abstract composition, 1983 oil on canvas 100 x 97 cm (39 x 38 in.) siged and dated lower right Provenance: Estateof thear tist.

$22,000-26,000

124 YOSL BERGNER b.1920 (Israeli)

The naked king, 1962

oil on canvas 93 x 65 cm (37 x 26 in.) signed and dated upper right, signed again on the reverse E xhibited: XXXI Biennale Internationale d'Arte, Venice, 1962 (label on the reverse).

$18,000-22,000

125 YOSL BERGNER b.1920 (Israeli)

Miracle, 1979

oil on canvas 151 x 161 cm (60 x 63 in.) signed in English and Hebrew and dated lower left, signed and titled on the reverse Provenance: Estateof thear tist (number ed '21' on ther ever se).

Important collection, New Jersey.

$35,000-45,000

IMPORTANT ISRAELI COLLECTION, TEL AVIV

126 YOSL BERGNER b.1920 (Israeli)

Still life, 1982

oil on canvas 33 x 50 cm (13 x 20 in.) signed in English and Hebrew and dated lower right, signed and titled on the reverse

$4,500-6,000

127 YOSL BERGNER b.1920 (Israeli)

Surrealistic composition, 1972

oil on canvas 33 x 41 cm (13 x 16 in.) signed and dated lower right, signed and dedicated on the reverse

$6,000-7,000

128 YOSL BERGNER b.1920 (Israeli)

Interrogation, 1972

oil on canvas 81 x 99 cm (32 x 39 in.) signed and dated lower left, signed and titled on the reverse Provenance: Estateof thear tist (number ed '57' on ther ever se).

Private collection, Israel.

$12,000-14,000

IMPORTANT ISRAELI COLLECTION, TEL AVIV

129 YOSL BERGNER

130 YOSL BERGNER

Big girl with little flower, 1970's

Friends, 1970's

$6,500-7,500

$7,500-9,000

b.1920 (Israeli)

oil on canvas 50 x 33 cm (20 x 13 in.) signed upper right, signed and titled on the reverse

b.1920 (Israeli)

oil on canvas 50 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.) signed lower right, signed and titled on the reverse

IMPORTANT ISRAELI COLLECTION, TEL AVIV

131 YOSL BERGNER b.1920 (Israeli)

Two kiosks

oil on canvas 54 x 65 cm (21 x 26 in.) signed lower right, signed and titled on the reverse

$22,000-24,000

132 YOSL BERGNER b.1920 (Israeli)

Generals, 1984

oil on canvas 61 x 81cm (24 x 32in) signed in English and Hebrew and dated upper left, signed and titled on the reverse

$14,000-18,000

133 YOSL BERGNER b.1920 (Israeli)

Kleizmer musicians

oil on canvas 30 x 25 cm (12 x 10 in.) signed lower left, signed and titled on the reverse

$5,500-6,500

134 YOSL BERGNER b.1920 (Israeli)

Untitled

handcolored lithograph 38 x 27 cm (15 x 11 in.) signed lower right, inscribed 'AP' lower left

$1,500-1,800

135 YOSL BERGNER b.1920 (Israeli)

Berl Bass

oil on canvas 30 x 25 cm (12 x 10 in.) signed lower right, signed and titled on the reverse

$5,500-6,500

136 SAMUEL BAK b.1933 (Israeli)

Three pears

oil on canvas 56 x 47 cm (22 x 19 in.) signed lower left

$8,000-12,000 137 SAMUEL BAK b.1933 (Israeli)

Urban landscape oil on canvas 24 x 41 cm (9 x 16 in.) signed lower right

Provenance: Benjamin Family collection, New York.

$4,500-6,000

138 SAMUEL BAK b.1933 (Israeli)

Flying pear

oil on canvas 81 x 60 cm (32 x 24 in.) signed in center

$12,000-18,000

139 SAMUEL BAK

140 SAMUEL BAK

Still life with pears

Stop here

$4,500-6,000

$9,000-12,000

b.1933 (Israeli)

oil on paper mounted on board 65 x 50 cm (26 x 20 in.) signed lower left

b.1933 (Israeli)

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

141 SAMUEL BAK b.1933 (Israeli)

From time to time

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

$6,500-7,000

142 SAMUEL BAK b. 1933 (Israeli)

Distant fire, 1998

oil on canvas 81 x 100 cm (32 x 39 in.) signed lower left Literature: L. L. Langer, The Game Continues: Chess in the Art of Samuel Bak, 1999, p. 40 (illustrated).

Jeanne Gressler, The Game Continues - Chess In The Art of Samuel Bak, Pucker Gallery, 1988, no. 12 (illustrated).

$28,000-35,000

143 NAFTALI BEZEM 144 NAFTALI BEZEM b. 1924 (Israeli)

Untitled

watercolor and pencil on paper 22 x 20 cm (9 x 8 in.) signed lower left

$500-600

b. 1924 (Israeli)

Untitled

oil on canvas 46 x 55 cm (18 x 22 in.) signed lower right and again lower left

$3,500-4,500

145 NAFTALI BEZEM b. 1924 (Israeli)

Going to Jerusalem

oil on canvas 130 x 130 cm (51 x 51 in.) signed lower left Provenance: Impor tant pr ivatecol l ection, New Jer sey.

$15,000-20,000

147

146 NAHUM GILBOA b.1917 (Israeli)

Thrift shop

oil on canvas 24 x 19 cm (9 x 7 in.) signed lower left, signed and titled on the reverse

147 RACHEL GILBOA

(Bulgarian)

Jerusalem with stairs and arcs

148 RACHEL GILBOA (Bulgarian)

Jerusalem from the East

Provenance: Benjamin Family collection, New York.

oil on masonite 11 x 10 cm (5 x 4 in.) signed lower center, signed and titled on the reverse

$1,200-1,500

$200-300

$200-300

oil on masonite 11 x 10 cm (5 x 4 in.) signed lower left, signed and titled on the reverse

149 SAUL RASKIN

1866 - 1966 (Ukrainian)

Tiberias

oil and blue ink pen on canvasboard 49 x 59 cm (19 x 23 in.) signed and titled in English and Hebrew lower right

$3,000-4,000

150 SAUL RASKIN

1866 - 1966 (Ukrainian)

Kibbutz

oil on canvas 76 x 64 cm (25 x 30 in.) signed lower left

$3,000-4,000

151 MEIR AXELROD 1902-1970 (Russian)

Young girl with doll, 1948

watercolor and gouache on paper 50 x 38 cm (20 x 15 in.) signed and dated lower right

$800-1,500

152 ZVI MALNOVITZER b.1945 (Israeli)

Rivky in studio, 1991

oil on canvas 46 x 33 cm (18 x 13 in.) signed in English lower left, dated and titled in Hebrew lower right Provenance: Private collection, Japan.

$2,800-3,500

153 ZVI MALNOVITZER b.1945 (Israeli)

Cafe scene

oil on canvas 60 x 81 cm (24 x 32 in.) signed in English and Hebrew lower left

$6,500-7,500

154 AVIGDOR ARIKHA 1929-2010 (Israeli)

Towels, 1998

oil on canvas 92 x 73 cm (36 x 29 in.) signed lower right, dated '17 II 98' on the reverse Provenance: Mar l bor ough Gal l er y, London.

Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2010.

$45,000-60,000

155 AVIGDOR ARIKHA 1929-2010 (Israeli)

View from the street, 1994

oil on canvas 65 x 81 cm (26 x 32 in.) signed upper left, dated '5 VII 94' on the reverse Provenance: Pr ivatecol l ection, Isr ael.

$85,000-120,000

<156 YIGAL OZERI

b.1958 (Israeli)

Landing, 2003

oil on canvas 40 x 58 cm (16 x 23 in.) signed and dated on the reverse

157 JAN RAUCHWERGER b.1942 (Israeli)

Still life, 1988

oil on cardboard 24 x 41 cm (9 x 16 in.) signed and dated upper right

$4,000-6,000

Provenance: MikeWeiss Gallery, New York (label on the reverse).

Gaby and Ami Brown collection.

Private European collection.

$4,000-6,000

158 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.

$7,000-9,000

159 ISRAEL ZOHAR b. 1946 (Israeli)

Woman in interior, 1977-78 oil on canvas 55 x 47 cm (22 x 19 in.) signed and dated center right

$1,000-1,500

160 ODED FEINGERSH b. 1938 (Israeli)

Jerusalem

oil on canvas 60 x 90 cm (24 x 35 in.) signed lower left

$1,000-1,500

161 RA'ANAN LEVY b.1954 (Israeli)

Marteau sur l'oreiller II, 2000

pastel crayons and charcoal on paper 80 x 110 cm (31 x 43 in.) signed lower left Provenance: Pr ivatecol l ection, Isr ael.

E xhibited: Ra'anan Levy: La chambre double, Foundation Dina Vierny Musee Maillol, November 16, 2006 - January 29, 2007 (label on the reverse).

$5,500-6,500

162 ILAN BARUCH b.1974 (Israeli)

Dan beach, Tel Aviv, 1998

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

$900-1,200

164 DANIEL ENKAOUA b. 1962 (Israeli)

Landscape, 1994

<163 ILAN BARUCH b.1974 (Israeli)

Executive coaching Hapoel Jerusalem, Gan Sakher, 2000 oil on canvas 55 x 54 cm (22 x 21 in.) signed and dated lower center, signed and titled on the reverse

$1,000-1,200

oil on canvas 27 x 60 cm (11 x 24 in.) signed and dated lower left

$7,500-9,000

165 ALBERT BENAROYA b.1963 (Israeli)

Still life with tomatoes oil on canvas 60 x 73 cm (24 x 29 in.) signed lower left

$6,000-9,000

166 ALBERT BENAROYA b.1963 (Israeli)

Figs

oil on canvas 35 x 28 cm (14 x 11 in.) signed lower left

$4,000-6,000

167 BENI GASSENBAUER b. 1949 (Israeli)

Balcony in Yemin Moshe, Jerusalem

watercolor on paper 77 x 57 cm (30 x 22 in.) signed lower right

$1,400-1,600

168 BENI GASSENBAUER b. 1949 (Israeli)

Anemones

watercolor on paper 38 x 57 cm (15 x 22 in.) signed lower right

$700-900

169 MANĂ&#x2030; KATZ

1894-1962 (Ukrainian, French)

Flowers

oil on cardboard 24 x 18 cm (9 x 7 in.) signed lower right

$4,500-6,000

170 MOSHE PROPES 1922-1985 (Israeli)

Composition, 1955

oil on canvas 95 x 119 cm (37 x 47 in.) signed and dated lower left Provenance: Sal e: Matsar t, Mar ch 3, 2011, l ot 73.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

$3,000-4,000

171 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: Sal e: Matsar t, Mar ch 3, 2011, l ot 130.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

$8,000-12,000

172 TSIBI GEVA b.1951 (Israeli)

Black bird (diptych)

oil on canvas 160 x 100 cm (63 x 39 in.)

$18,000-22,000

173 IGAEL TUMARKIN b.1933 (Israeli)

Contraplaque, 1960

oil and mixed media on canvas 46 x 55 cm (18 x 22 in.) signed and dated lower left and signed, dated on the reverse, titled on the stretcher Provenance: Daniel Weissman collection, Tel Aviv.

$3,500-4,500

174 MENASHE KADISHMAN

b.1932 (Israeli)

Horse

iron 22 x 27 x 10 cm (9 x 11 x 4 in.) initialled

$2,000-3,000

175 IGAEL TUMARKIN b.1933 (Israeli)

Untitled, 1960

mixed media on board 50 x 66 cm (20 x 26 in.) signed and dated lower left

$3,500-4,500 176 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

177 IGAEL TUMARKIN b.1933 (Israeli)

Black composition mixed media on canvas 122 x 122 cm (48 x 48 in.)

$6,000-8,000

178 IGAEL TUMARKIN b.1933 (Israeli)

Untitled, 1959

mixed media on canvas 14 x 19 cm (6 x 7 in.) signed and dated on the stretcher

$1,200-1,500

179 AVIVA URI

1927-1989 (Israeli)

Untitled,1968

oil on canvas 60 x 60 cm (24 x 24 in.) signed and dated lower left Provenance: Pr ivatecol l ection of Ur i Lifshitz.

$7,000-9,000

180 AVIVA URI

1927-1989 (Israeli)

Untitled, 1969-73

oil and mixed media on canvas 65 x 65 cm (26 x 26 in.) signed lower left

$15,000-17,000

181 AVIVA URI

1927-1989 (Israeli)

Untitled

charcoal and wash on paper 48 x 68 cm (19 x 27 in.) signed lower right

$2,000-3,000

182 AHARON KAHANA 1905-1967 (Israeli)

Martyr, 1963

oil on canvas 50 x 50 cm (20 x 20 in.) signed in English and in Hebrew and dated lower right, signed, dated and titled on the reverse Provenance: Private collection, Germany.

$1,000-1,500

183 URI LIFSHITZ b.1936 (Israeli)

Untitled

oil on canvas 90 x 90 cm (35 x 35 in.) signed center right Provenance: Estate of the artist.

$3,500-4,500

IMPORTANT COLLECTION, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND

184 IGAEL TUMARKIN b.1933 (Israeli)

185 IGAEL TUMARKIN b.1933 (Israeli)

Space totem, 1960

Don Quixote, 1957

oil and mixed media on board 120 x 80 cm (47 x 31 in.) signed lower right, signed and dated on reverse

$6,000-8,000

Provenance: TheSavageGal l er y, London (label on the reverse).

Rosenberg collection (label on the reverse).

iron 55 x 50 x 16 cm (22 x 20 x 6 in.) signed and dated

$12,000-15,000

IMPORTANT COLLECTION, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND

186 MENASHE KADISHMAN b.1932 (Israeli)

Bridge, 1970's

aluminium and glass 10 x 34 x 2 cm (4 x 13 x 1 in.) initialled three times

$4,000-6,000

187 MENASHE KADISHMAN b.1932 (Israeli)

Tower, 1970's

stainless steel and plexiglass 18 x 46 x 14 cm (7 x 18 x 6 in.) signed and numbered '2/10' on the base

$3,000-4,000

188 MENASHE KADISHMAN b.1932 (Israeli)

Balance, 1965

bronze 15 x 29 x 7 cm (6 x 11 x 3 in.) signed

$2,500-3,000

189 MENASHE KADISHMAN b.1932 (Israeli)

Atlar, 1965

bronze 24 x 22 x 12 cm (9 x 9 x 5 in.) signed

$2,500-3,000

IMPORTANT COLLECTION, OXFORDSHIRE

190 BELA BRIZEL Untitled, 1949

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

$150-250

191 HAGIT LALO 1920-2004 (Israeli)

Untitled, 1957

oil on canvas mounted on panel 34 x 15 cm (13 x 6 in.) signed lower left, signed and dated on reverse

$1,200-1,500 192 NAFTALI BEZEM b. 1924 (Israeli)

Man with a plant, 1959 oil on masonite 90 x 57 cm (35 x 22 in.) signed lower left

$4,000-6,000

193 IGAEL TUMARKIN b.1933 (Israeli)

Urim ve-tumim (Orage), c. 1960

mixed media on paper 51 x 74 cm (20 x 29 in.) signed center right, titled on the reverse Provenance: Bineth Gal l er y, Jer usal em(l abel on ther ever se).

$7,500-8,500

194 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: Estateof Daniel Fr iedenber g.

Private collection, Israel.

$2,800-3,500

195 MENASHE KADISHMAN

196 IGAEL TUMARKIN

b.1932 (Israeli)

b.1933 (Israeli)

Trees, 1970's

Hiram king of Tir, 1987

$2,800-3,500

$6,000-8,000

aluminum 20 x 15 x 102 cm (8 x 6 x 40 in.) signed on the base

oil and mixed media on board 126 x 122 cm (50 x 48 in.) signed and titled on the reverse

197 IGAEL TUMARKIN b.1933 (Israeli)

Homage to Goya

red painted carton steel 220 x 110 x 80 cm (86 x 43 x 31 in.) signed Provenance: Pr ivatecol l ection, Israel. Gift from the artist to the current owner in 1992.

Accompanied by a certificate of authentity signed by the artist and dated October 1, 2010.

$15,000-20,000

198 IGAEL TUMARKIN b.1933 (Israeli)

Objet trouve, 1996

oil and mixed media on canvas 111 x 90 cm (44 x 35 in.) signed and dated lower right

$7,500-8,500

199 > URI LIFSHITZ

1936-2011 (Israeli)

Untitled

bronze 162 x 82 x 56 cm (64 x 32 x 22 in.) signed on the base

$2,500-3,500

200 URI LIFSHITZ

1936-2011 (Israeli)

Untitled

bronze 137 x 90 x 70 cm (54 x 35 x 28 in.) signed on the base

$2,500-3,500

201 URI LIFSHITZ

1936-2011 (Israeli)

Untitled

bronze 155 x 90 x 40 cm (61 x 35 x 16 in.) signed on the base

$3,500-5,000

French born collector, Simon Nahmani is a well-established young entrepreneur working in France and Israel. Educated in a culture well rooted in art-history and collecting, Nahmani established himself during the last 4 to 5 years as a young and serious collector of Contemporary Israeli art. Over this short period he built up a well thought out abstract collection of both established and upcoming artists. Belonging to 3 generations of abstract art, the collectionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s back bone comprises - one artist from the founder generation of Israeli abstract art, Moshe Kupferman - a mid-generation conceptual artist Michal Neeman and two artists from the younger generation Sharon Poliakine and Alex Kremer. These form a well knotted group that have in common their search for a unique individual style, but if seen in unison are proof of the rich abstract culture that was created here since the creation of Israel.

All the works on auction were exhibited in the major shows for these artists either in the Tel-Aviv or Jerusalem Museums or in their respective galleries.

Michal Naaman (born 1951) is a teacher of art in the Bezalel Accademy of Art in Jerusalem. She lives and works in Tel-Aviv. For the last 3 decades Naaman has been an exponent of a unique idom that infused in Israeli art a new vain which deals with linguistic, psychoanalytic and literary contents. In 1980 she exhibited in New-York at the Bertha Urdang Gallery.

In 1982 she represented Israel in the Venice Biennale and in 1983 had a first solo exhibition in the Tel-Aviv Museum of art. Her works are located in all of the important Museums in Israel and in the major collections.

Sharon Poliakine (born 1964) is the Head of Department of Art in the University of Haifa. She lives and works in Ra'anana. Her semi-abstract art in which she combines different materials mostly from nature and dialogues with various traditions has received wide appraisal. She had one man exhibitions in the Tel-Aviv Museum in 2011 and in the Ashdod Art Museum in 2012. Her paintings are in the New-York Public Library and in British Museum, London as well as in the major Israeli collections.

Alex Kremer (born 1966) is a teacher of art in the Bezalel Accademy of Art in Jerusalem. He lives and works in Tel-Aviv. An expressionist artist, he is considered one of the most important avant-garde artists of the younger generation. His works were heralded by the famous Gordon Gallery and have been exhibited in Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv Museums.

202 ALEX KREMER b. 1966 (Israeli)

Landscape, 2006

oil on canvas 135 x 180 cm (53 x 71 in.) signed upper center, signed and dated on the reverse Provenance: Galler y Gor don collection, Tel Aviv.

E xhibited: Alex Kremer, Selected Works 1996-2007, Gallery Gordon, Tel Aviv, April - May 2007 (illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, p. 2).

Alex Kremer, Valley of Hinnom, Recipient of the Benno Gitter Prize, 2008, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, October 2009 (illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, p. 75).

$6,000-7,000

SIMON NACHMANI COLLECTION, ISRAEL

203 ALEX KREMER b. 1966 (Israeli)

Man riding a horse

oil on canvas 100 x 120 cm (39 x 47 in.) signed lower center Provenance: Gal l er y Gor don col l ection, Tel Aviv.

$3,000-4,000

204 SHARON POLIAKINE b. 1964 (Israeli)

After the counting, 2008 oil on canvas 180 x 210 cm (71 x 83 in.)

Provenance: Gor don Gal l er y col l ection, Tel Aviv.

Literature: Sharon Poliakine, Selected Works, 1994-2008, Gordon gallery, p. 17 (full page illustration in color).

$7,000-8,000

SIMON NACHMANI COLLECTION, ISRAEL

205 ALEX KREMER b. 1966 (Israeli)

Tree, 2007

oil on canvas 155 x 170 cm (61 x 67 in.) signed lower right and again on the reverse Provenance: Gal l er y Gor don col l ection, Tel Aviv.

E xhibited: Alex Kremer, Valley of Hinnom, Recipient of the Benno Gitter Prize, 2008, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, October 2009 (full page illustration in color in exhibition catalogue, p. 4).

$5,000-6,000

206 ALEX KREMER b. 1966 (Israeli)

Tree, 2008

oil on canvas 155 x 165 cm (61 x 65 in.) signed and dated on the reverse Provenance: Gal l er y Gor don col l ection, Tel Aviv (l abel on ther ever se).

E xhibited: Alex Kremer, Valley of Hinnom, Recipient of the Benno Gitter Prize, 2008, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, October 2009 (full page illustration in color in exhibition catalogue, p. 39).

$7,000-8,000

SIMON NACHMANI COLLECTION, ISRAEL

207 ALEX KREMER b. 1966 (Israeli)

Jerusalem, Valley of Hinnom, 2007-08 oil on canvas 135 x 150 cm (53 x 59 in.) signed lower center

E xhibited: Alex Kremer, Valley of Hinnom, Recipient of the Benno Gitter Prize, 2008, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, October 2009 (full page illustration in color in exhibition catalogue, p. 24).

$7,000 -9,000

208 ALEX KREMER b. 1966 (Israeli)

Man walking

oil on canvas 155 x 146 cm (61 x 57 in.) signed center left Provenance: Gor don Gal l er y col l ection, Tel Aviv.

$4,000-5,000

SIMON NACHMANI COLLECTION, ISRAEL

209 ALEX KREMER b. 1966 (Israeli)

Studio VI, 2005

oil on canvas 150 x 160 cm (59 x 63 in.) signed and dated lower left Provenance: Gal l er y Gor don col l ection, Tel Aviv.

E xhibited: Alex Kremer, Valley of Hinnom, Recipient of the Benno Gitter Prize, 2008, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, October 2009.

$4,000-5,000

210 ALEX KREMER b. 1966 (Israeli)

Self-portrait in studio, 2004

oil on canvas 53 x 53 cm (21 x 21 in.) signed upper left, signed and dated on the reverse Provenance: Gor don Gal l er y col l ection, Tel Aviv.

$2,000-3,000

SIMON NACHMANI COLLECTION, ISRAEL

211 ALEX KREMER b. 1966 (Israeli)

Self Portrait X, 1999

oil on canvas 51 x 40 cm (20 x 16 in.) signed lower left, signed and dated on the reverse Provenance: Gor don Gal l er y col l ection, Tel Aviv.

$1,500-2,000

212 ALEX KREMER b. 1966 (Israeli)

D'Apres Constable, 2009 oil on canvas 100 x 100 cm (39 x 39 in.) signed and dated lower left

Provenance: Gor don Gal l er y col l ection, Tel Aviv.

$4,000-5,000

213 MICHAL NA'AMAN b.1951 (Israeli)

To liquid the victim dry, 2009

oil and masking tape on canvas 140 x 100 cm (55 x 39 in.) signed, dated and titled on the reverse

$5,000-6,000

214 IGAEL TUMARKIN b.1933 (Israeli)

Marx, 1999-2001

mixed media on board 160 x 100 x 20 cm (63 x 39 x 8 in.) signed and dated lower right, titled upper center

$6,000-8,000

215 LEO ROTH

1914-2002 (Israeli)

Village girl, 1970

oil on canvas 81 x 66 cm (32 x 26 in.) signed upper right, signed and dated on the reverse

$1,000-1,500

216 LEO ROTH

1914-2002 (Israeli)

Magician, 1986-91

oil on canvas 100 x 72 cm (39 x 28 in.) signed lower right, signed, dated and titled on reverse

$1,200-1,500

217 DAVID REEB b.1952 (Israeli)

Flowers

oil on canvas 70 x 100 cm (28 x 39 in.) signed in English and Hebrew on the reverse

$3,000-4,000

218 MOSHE ROSENTHALIS 1922- 2008 (Lithuanian)

Artist

oil on canvas 25 x 18 cm (10 x 7 in.) signed upper right

$450-550

219 AMOS YASKIL b.1935 (Israeli)

Jerusalem

oil on canvas 50 x 40 cm (20 x 16 in.) signed in English lower right and in Hebrew lower left

$2,000-2,500

220 MOSHE TAMIR

221 MOSHE TAMIR

Man, 2001

Loving couples, 1995

$6,000-9,000

$18,000-26,000

1924-2004 (Israeli)

oil on canvas 100 x 80 cm (39 x 31 in.) signed and dated upper right

1924-2004 (Israeli)

oil on canvas 152 x 127 cm (60 x 50 in.) signed and dated upper right

<222 BEN AVRAM b.1937 (Israeli)

Jacob's ladder

oil on canvas 35 x 100 cm (14 x 39 in.) signed lower left and again on the reverse

$3,000-4,000

223 > RAPHAEL ABECASSIS b.1953 (Israeli)

Eliyahu the Prophet acrylic on cardboard 119 x 80 cm (47 x 31 in.) signed lower left

$9,000-12,000

224 MARIANNA KHODAKOVA b.1988 (Israeli)

Lavender field, 2013

oil on canvas 60 x 50 cm (24 x 20 in.) signed and dated on the reverse

$1,200-1,500

225 MARIANNA KHODAKOVA b.1988 (Israeli)

Seascape with boat, 2013

oil on canvas 60 x 50 cm (24 x 20 in.) signed and dated on the reverse

$1,200-1,500

226 THĂ&#x2030;O TOBIASSE

1927-2012 (Israeli, French)

La dame foraine

oil on canvas 65 x 54 cm (26 x 21 in.) signed center right, dated center left and titled upper left

$10,000-12,000

227 GRACIELA RODO BOULANGER b.1935 (Bolivian)

Sonatine, 1989

oil on canvas 19 x 24 cm (7 x 9 in.) signed and dated lower right, titled on the reverse Provenance: Pr ivatecol l ection, Japan.

$2,800-3,500 228 GRACIELA RODO BOULANGER b.1935 (Bolivian)

Cor de chassse, 1989

oil on canvas 19 x 24 cm (7 x 9 in.) signed and dated lower left, signed, dated and titled on the reverse Provenance: Pr ivatecol l ection, Japan.

$2,800-3,500

229 DAVID SHARIR b. 1938 (Israeli)

Summer, 1977

acrylic on panel 81 x 116 cm (32 x 46 in.) signed in English and Hebrew, dated, titled, located lower right Provenance: Safr ai Gal l er y, Jer usal em, Isr ael.

Literature: David Sharir: Celebrations - Sacred and Secular, Safrai Gallery, 1991, no. 51 (illustrated).

$6,000-8,000

230 DAVID SHARIR b. 1938 (Israeli)

Winter, 1977-78

acrylic on panel 81 x 116 cm (32 x 46 in.) signed in English and Hebrew, dated, located lower right Provenance: Safr ai Gal l er y, Jer usal em, Isr ael.

Literature: David Sharir: Celebrations - Sacred and Secular, Safrai Gallery, 1991, no. 53 (illustrated).

$6,000-8,000

231 DAVID SHARIR b. 1938 (Israeli)

Spring, 1977

acrylic on panel 81 x 115 cm (32 x 45 in.) signed in English and Hebrew, dated, titled, located lower left Provenance: Safr ai Gal l er y, Jer usal em, Isr ael.

Literature: David Sharir: Celebrations - Sacred and Secular, Safrai Gallery, 1991, no.52 (illustrated).

$6,000-8,000

232 DAVID SHARIR b. 1938 (Israeli)

Autumn, 1977-80

acrylic on panel 81 x 116 cm (32 x 46 in.) signed in English and Hebrew, dated, located lower right Provenance: Safr ai Gal l er y, Jer usal em, Isr ael.

Literature: David Sharir: Celebrations - Sacred and Secular, Safrai Gallery, 1991, no.54 (illustrated).

$6,000-8,000

233 HUGHES CLAUDE PISSARRO b.1935 (French)

Deux arbres du chene oil on canvas 50 x 65 cm (20 x 26 in.) signed lower right

Provenance: Pr ivatecol l ection, Japan.

Private European collection.

$8,000-10,000

234 HUGHES CLAUDE PISSARRO b.1935 (French)

Ancien moulin, Feraod

oil on canvas 54 x 66 cm (21 x 26 in.) signed lower right, signed again and titled on the reverse Provenance: Pr ivatecol l ection, Japan.

Private European collection.

$10,000-12,000

235 MARC CHAGALL

1887-1985 (French, Russian)

The Tribe of Zebulon from Twelve Maquettes of Stained Glass Windows for Jerusalem

color lithograph on arches paper 62 x 48 cm (24 x 19 in.) signed lower right, inscribed 'ĂŠpreuve d'artiste' lower left Literature: Lithographie en couleurs par Charles Sorlier.

(C.S. 16).

$6,000-8,000

236 MARC CHAGALL

1887-1985 (Russian, French)

Untitled (from Celui qui dit les choses sans rien dire), 1976 handcolored etching 47 x 36 cm (19 x 14 in.) signed lower right, numbered 'H/C IX/XX' lower left Provenance: Private European collection

$4,000-6,000

237 PABLO PICASSO 1881-1973 (Spanish)

Portrait de Mousquetaire vieillissant, au visage couperosĂŠ (from 'La Serie' 347), 1968

etching, published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, 1969 33 x 25 cm (13 x 10 in.) signed lower right, dated upper right and numbered '15/50' lower left Literature: G. Bloch, Picasso, Catalogue de l'oeuvre gravĂŠe lithographie 1904-1967, ed. Kornfeld et Klipstein, Bern, 1971, no. 1732 (illustrated). Baer/ Geiser, Bd. VI, 1749 B.b.2.

$8,000-12,000

238 ARMAN

1928-2005 (French, American)

Violin, c. 1985

Bronze 60 x 25 x 14 cm (24 x 10 x 6 in.) signed and numbered '4/8', stamped Bocquel on the bottom

$18,000-22,000

239 ARMAN

1928-2005 (French, American)

Double chassis, 1994

bronze with brown patina, foundry mark 'Bocquel pd.'

29 x 18 x 10 cm (11 x 7 x 4 in.) signed and numbered 'HC 6/10'

$4,000-6,000

240 YAACOV AGAM b.1928 (Israeli)

Star of David

agamograph 17 x 14 cm (7 x 6 in.) signed lower right and numbered '9/99' lower left

$600-800

241 YAACOV AGAM b.1928 (Israeli)

Double sided dynamic agamograph, 1971 oil on metal 8 x 12 x 3 cm (3 x 5 x 1 in.) signed, dated and located on the bottom

$16,000-20,000

242 YAACOV AGAM b.1928 (Israeli)

Evening, 1967-1969

oil on metal on wood base 54 x 60 cm (21 x 24 in.) signed, dated, titled and located both in English and in Hebrew on the reverse Provenance: Jack Stein col l ection (l abel on ther ever se).

Goldman's Art Gallery, Haifa, Israel. Private collection, acquired from above in June 1970.

Sale: Sotheby's New York, December 14, 2011, lot 60.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

E xhibited: Agam in Los Angeles, Skirball Museum, Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles, October-November, 1973 (illustrated in exhibition catalogue, p. 6., no. 10).

Agam in Palm Springs, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, California, January-March, 1976 (label on the reverse).

Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist and dated July 2, 1970.

$50,000-70,000

243 YAACOV AGAM b.1928 (Israeli)

EÖštude carre, 1965

oil on aluminium 40 x 60 cm (16 x 24 in.) signed, dated, titled, located 'Paris' and dedicated 'to Nate and Jaqueline with friendship, Agam' in English and Hebrew on the reverse Provenance: Mar l bor ough-Ger son Gal l er y, New Yor k.

Collection of Nicolas Landau and Jacqueline Goldman, acquired from above in 1966.

Private European collection.

$40,000-60,000

244 YAACOV AGAM b.1928 (Israeli)

Ligne form, 1965-67

painted wood 64 x 64 x 8 cm (25 x 25 x 3 in.) signed, dated and titled on the reverse Provenance: Pr of. ChaimGamzu. Pr ivatecol l ection Isr ael

$80,000-120,000

245 YAACOV AGAM b.1928 (Israeli)

Threads of life

plexiglass and thread of colored wool 28 x 6 x 4 cm (11 x 3 x 2 in.) signed lower right Provenance: Daniel Weissman col l ection, Tel Aviv.

$3,000-4,000

246 YAACOV AGAM b.1928 (Israeli)

Movement in yellow, 1974

painted metal and wood 107 x 145 x 6 cm (42 x 57 x 2 in.) signed, titled and dated on the reverse Provenance: Gol dman's Ar t Gal l er y, Haifa.

The Branco Weiss collection, acquired directly from the above in 1979.

Private European collection.

$80,000-120,000

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5. Condition reports and catalog entries are to be used as guidance only by the buyers. Prior to bidding, bidders should personally inspect the lots.

Following the auction, if the bidder has questions regarding authenticity and wishes to show the work to a recognized expert (acceptable to Matsart), the item must be paid for in full and the buyer must arrange (at his expense) to show the work to the expert and receive a response within 30 days following date of sale. Prior arrangements must be made with Matsart to allow that payment be withheld from the seller.

Should the expert declare that the painting is not authentic, Matsart will refund money paid for lot (less expenses) under the condition that confirmation of lack of authenticity is received within 30 days of sale. To remove all doubt, following 30 days, Matsart will have no responsibility.

6. All potential bidders must register prior to bidding by completing all necessary registration forms and provide proper identification. Matsart reserves the right to request bank and/or other financial references.

Upon registration, potential bidders will receive a paddle number, which serves as identification in the event that the participant is the successful high bidder of any lot in the sale.

7. The purchaser, whether present in the auction room at the time of sale or bidding by writing or by phone, whether for himself or for any third party, will be irrevocably committed to pay for the article and to accept it. The auctioneer and/or Matsart may take any measures necessary for realizing the commitment, i.e. to force the winner to pay expenses, bank interest and/or inflation index appropriation, to sue compensations, to withhold the articles that the buyer purchased or left in company's hold, to deduct the debt from any sum of money that Matsart owes the winner.

8. 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: +972-2-6257779 or by email: bids@matsart.net.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. Payment for the article, plus a buyer’s premium of 20% 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.

15. 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.

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

17. 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.

18. 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.

19. 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.

20. 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.

INDEX Abecassis, Raphael Agam, Yaacov Ardon, Mordechai Arikha, Avigdor Arman Avni, Aharon Axelrod, Meir Bak, Samuel Baruch, Ilan Ben Avram Benaroya, Albert Bergner, Yosl Bezem, Naftali Blum, Ludwig Boulanger, Graciela Rodo Brizel, Bela Castel, Moshe Chagall, Marc Charuvi, Shmuel Eisenscher, Yaacov Enkaoua, Daniel Feingersh, Oded Frenkel Frenel, Yitzhak Gassenbauer, Beni Geva, Tsibi Gilboa, Nahum Gilboa, Rachel Gross, Michael Gutman, Nachum Janco, Marcel Kadishman, Menashe Kahana, Aharon Katz, Mane Khodakova, Marianna Klapisch, Liliane Kossonogi, Joseph Kremer, Alex Lalo, Hagit Levanon, Mordechai Levy, Ra›anan Lifshitz, Uri Litvinovsky, Pinchas Lubin, Arieh

223 240 - 246 103 77, 97 - 100, 154, 155 238, 239 39 151 136 - 142 162, 163 222 165, 166 124 - 135 143 - 145, 192 50 - 53 227, 228 190 22 - 28, 69, 71, 118, 120 235, 236 1-3 49 158, 164 160 41 - 45 167 168 172 146 147, 148 109 - 113 18 - 21 78, 79 174, 186 - 189, 195 101, 102, 182 169 224, 225 171 12 202, 203, 205 - 212 191 32, 46 - 48 161 183, 199 - 201 16, 17 13, 31

Mairovitch, Zvi 91, 92, 94, 108 Malnovitzer, Zvi 152, 153 Marcus, Kaete Ephraim 11, 38, 40, 89, 90 Na'aman, Michal 213 Naton, Avraham 61 - 63, 104 Nikel, Lea 95, 96, 105 - 107 Okashi, Avshalom 116, 117, 119 Ozeri, Yigal 156 Paldi, Israel 14, 15, 70 Pann, Abel 7 - 10 Picasso, Pablo 237, Pissarro, Hughes Claude 233, 234 Poliakine, Sharon 204 Propes, Moshe 170 Raskin, Saul 149, 150 Rauchwerger, Jan 157 Reeb, David 217 Reisman, Ori 114, 115 Rosenthalis, Moshe 218 Roth, Leo 215, 216 Rubin, Reuven 54 - 60 Schlesinger, Shmuel 66 - 68 Schloss, Ruth 80 - 88 Sebba, Shalom 64, 65 Shakine, Eran 176 Sharir, David 229 - 232 Shemi, Menachem 33 - 37 Simon, Yohanan 72 - 76 Streichman, Yehezkel 121, 122 Struck, Hermann 4-6 Tamir, Moshe 220, 221 Ticho, Anna 29, 30 Tobiasse, Théo 226 Tumarkin, Igael 173, 175, 177, 178, 184, 185, 193, 194, 196, 197, 198, 214 Uri, Aviva 179 - 181 Wexler, Yaacov 93 Yaskil, Amos 219 Zaritsky, Joseph 123 Zohar, Israel 159

BENJAMIN MIZRAHI Production Manager, sdmb49@gmail.com LEON GABAYEV Catalog Design | Studio Graphoto, stgraphoto@gmail.com RAN ERDE, Photography, Tel Aviv | CARRY WHITTIER, Photography, New York