The Estate of Prof. Victor Deutsch, Part III and Other Estates

2 Woodcuts By Jakob Steinhardt 1887 - 1968

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מחיר פתיחה: $200

הערכת מחיר: $400 - $600

עמלת בית המכירות: 20%

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Technique
Woodcuts

Provenance
Estate of Prof. Victor Deutsch

Details
1. "Self Portrait", Woodcut highlighted with gouache (in the eyes). Signed in pencil and dated 1957 (lower right). Date: 1957. Dimensions: 33.4 x 34.2 cm. Condition: Good. Literature: "The Woodcuts of Jakob Steinhardt", Leon Kolb (ed.), illustration 433
Notes: According to Kolb, the Self Portrait has different dimensions, so this version might be unique.
2. "Bene Berak (llustration to Passover Haggadah, Verlag Ostertag, Berlin, 1921), Signed in pencil (lower right). Date: 1920. Dimensions: 11.5 x 15 cm. Condition: Scattered foxing. Literature: "The Woodcuts of Jakob Steinhardt", Leon Kolb (ed.), illustration 51

Biography
Jacob Steinhardt (1887-1968), Painter and Woodcut Artist. Born in Zerkow, Germany in 1887. Immigrated to Israel in 1933. Studies: 1906 School of Art, Berlin; 1907 painting with Louis Corinth and engraving with Herman Struck; advanced studies, 1908-10 Paris, with Matisse and Steinlen; 1911 Italy. Teaching: Bezalel, Jerusalem, 1953-57 Director. Prizes: 1955-58 Won international prizes for his wood-cuts. 1910 Participated in the "New Sezession", Berlin. 1912 Founder of "Pathetiker" Group, showing in "Der Sturm" Gallery. 1914 Exhibited with Meidner at first Expressionist Exhibition in Berlin. Worked mainly in woodcuts depicting biblical and other Jewish subjects. Died in 1968.