Israeli and international art
Jan 2, 2015
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Israel
36 Gordon Street, Tel Aviv
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LOT 36:
Moshe Castel 1909 - 1991
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Estimated price:
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1,200 - $1,600
Auction house commission:
20%
VAT: On commission only
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Ancient Hebrew Letters
Bronze relief, 41X28 cm, Signed, numbered 12/30 and inscribed AP.
About The Artist:
painter, born 1909, Jerusalem, descended from a Jewish-Spanish family which came from Castile in 1492. He stayed in Paris until 1940. 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.
