Jonah and the Fish, 1965, woodcut, paper size: 19.3x13.8" (49x35cm) Image size: 16.5x12.2" (42x31cm) edition 100, hand signed and numebred in pencil.
Print is in excellent condition. Print has a white matt around.
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Jacob 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.
Jonah and the Fish is a beautiful print which belongs to a portfolio of 10 woodcuts that deal with familiar biblical themes. This is a true collector's item.
* * * 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 $220
Print is in excellent condition. Print has a white matt around.
You are buying this print directly from its publisher, Bineth Gallery
For further information about this artist, please log on to our eBay store or to our gallery (Bineth Gallery) website.
Jacob 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.
Jonah and the Fish is a beautiful print which belongs to a portfolio of 10 woodcuts that deal with familiar biblical themes. This is a true collector's item.
* * * 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 $220
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Jewish, Israeli and International Fine Art
1:00 PM PT - Jul 27th, 2008
offered by
Bineth Gallery
15 Frishman st.
Tel-Aviv, 63578
Tel-Aviv, 63578
