The Estate of Naftali Bezem - Part II and the Estates of Nathan Marks and Others

נפתלי בזם, ברחובות פריז - מתווה לציור השמן

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Technique: Mixed technique on two sheets of treated paper laid down on cardboard

Date: ca 1948

Signature: Signed (lower right).

36 x 53 cm

Condition: Good.

Provenance: The estate of Naftali Bezem.

Literature: For the final oil see: “Naftali Bezem”, Gideon Ofrat, Even Hoshen Publishing, 2005, p. 17.

Notes: Bezem lived in Paris between 149-1950 and his style and work was influenced by the surrounding as well as the French art milieu. This painting expresses these influences in its direct Marxist-Brechtian message and realistic style.