Grandmother and Grandson, 1920, etching, 17.8x9.8" (45.6x25cm), edition 30, signed in English and numbered.
Etching is in excellent condition and is unframed. Etching has a white mat around.
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Jacob (Jakob) Steinhardt (1887-1968) was born in 1887 in Zerkow, Germany. He studied at the School of Art in Berlin in 1906, and a year later he studied painting with Louis Corinth and engraving with Herman Struck. He continued his studies in Paris in 1908-10 together with Matisse and Steinlen. In 1914 he exhibited with Meidner at the first Expressionist Exhibition in Berlin. Steinhardt immigrated to Israel in 1933 and became a teacher and director of the Bezalel School of Art. He is mostly known for his narrative woodcuts depicting biblical and other Jewish subjects. He won several international prizes for his woodcuts, and had many exhibition across the world. Steinhardt died in 1968.Illustrated in the book "Jakob Steinhardt Etchings and Lithographs" published by Dvir,Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, 1981, plate 113.
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Starting bid of this lot is $280
Etching is in excellent condition and is unframed. Etching has a white mat around.
For further information about this artist, please log on to our eBay store: www.stores.ebay.com/fineartbay or to our Gallery website: www.binethgallery.com
Jacob (Jakob) Steinhardt (1887-1968) was born in 1887 in Zerkow, Germany. He studied at the School of Art in Berlin in 1906, and a year later he studied painting with Louis Corinth and engraving with Herman Struck. He continued his studies in Paris in 1908-10 together with Matisse and Steinlen. In 1914 he exhibited with Meidner at the first Expressionist Exhibition in Berlin. Steinhardt immigrated to Israel in 1933 and became a teacher and director of the Bezalel School of Art. He is mostly known for his narrative woodcuts depicting biblical and other Jewish subjects. He won several international prizes for his woodcuts, and had many exhibition across the world. Steinhardt died in 1968.Illustrated in the book "Jakob Steinhardt Etchings and Lithographs" published by Dvir,Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, 1981, plate 113.
* * * An official CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY issued by Bineth Gallery (Tel Aviv, Israel) will be provided with this work upon request * * *
Starting bid of this lot is $280
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Israeli Jewish and International Fine Art
11:00 AM PT - Nov 26th, 2006
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Bineth Gallery
15 Frishman st.
Tel-Aviv, 63578
Tel-Aviv, 63578
