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Moshe Gershuni Israeli Art Abstract Mixed Media
Estimate:
$8,000 - $12,000
Sold
$5,500
Live Auction
Important Fine Art & Design Auction, May 21
Description
Moshe Gershuni (Israeli, 1936-2017) Untitled mixed media painting on paper including charcoal and oil paint depicting an abstract composition with a snake creature and ship, signed lower right, housed under plexiglas in a cerused wood frame. Image: 39" H x 54" W; frame: 44.5" H x 60.25" W. Provenance: Property from a 900 Park Avenue estate. Note: Moshe Gershuni was one of Israel's most acclaimed modern painters, his work often combining biographical elements, homosexual expression, and aggressive expressionism. The Tel Aviv Museum of Art hosted a retrospective exhibition of Gershuni's life work in 2010.