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May 11, 2015
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LOT 142:
Michal Watching from the Window By Moshe Castel 1909 - 1991
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Sold for: $6,000
Start price:
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6,000
Estimated price :
$12,000 - $16,000
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Michal Watching from the Window By Moshe Castel 1909 - 1991
Description
Signed (lower right)
Technique
Oil on canvas
Date Created
Late 1930's
Dimensions
61.5 x 40.5 cm
Provenance
The estate of Dan and Lotte Yerushalmi
Condition
Good
Biography
Moshe Castel, Painter. born 1909 in Jerusalem, to prestigious family descended from Jews expelled from Spain. Died 1991 in Tel Aviv. Studies: 1922-25 Bezalel, Jerusalem; Paris where he stayed until 1940. Prizes: 1946 Dizengoff Prize; 1958 Independence Day Poster; 1959 Prize at Brazil Biennale. First paintings were landscapes and portraits of Jewish types in Oriental style; in the 1940s mystical paintings of the French School, in Safed; later abstracts, designed logos, souvenirs and murals, one of which was for the Accadia Hotel. He used lettering as the inspiration for pictures, two in the Knesset and in the President's Residence. 1947 Was a founder of the New Horizons Group.
