THE ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
NEW YORK---Yesterday, December 4, 2014, Sotheby’s
auctioned a selection of Israeli sacred and secular art totally
$3,583,189. Highlighting the sale were examples by Israel’s premiere painters and sculptors, including
Mordecai Ardon, Charles Sorlier (after
Marc Chagall)
, Yaacov Agam, Avigdor Arikha, Arieh Aroch and
Menasche Kadishman. A special feature of this sale was a collection of eleven works by contemporary Israeli photographers, including
Ilit Azoulay, Sharon Ya’ari, Ori Gersht and
Adi Nes. The works were sold to benefit The Shpilman Institute for Photography in Tel Aviv.
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| The dignified Portrait of a Rabbi (est. $200/300,000) shows celebrated Jewish painter Isidor Kaufmann at the height of his powers. Photo: Sotheby's. |
