Auction 63 - Rare and Important Items
Abel Pann – The Three Patriarchs
Opening: $14,000
Estimate: $18,000 - $22,000
Sold for: $17,500
Including buyer's premium
The Three Patriarchs, painting by Abel Pann.
Pastel on paper; signed and titled "Etude pour Les Patriarches" [Etude for "The Patriarchs"].
The painting depicts the Three Patriarchs in profile – old Abraham, Isaac at his best years and young Jacob. The head of Abraham is leaning downward, while Isaac and Jacob are gazing at the horizon.
Abel Pann (1883-1963), born in Russia, studied first with the artist Yehuda Pen (Marc Chagall's teacher), continued his studies in the Academy for Fine Arts in Odessa and worked in Paris. Arrived in Palestine in 1913 to teach in Bezalel, but one year later, while arranging his matters in France, World War I broke out and being a citizen of a hostile nation he was not permitted to return to Palestine; finally he returned in 1921, and it is in Palestine that he created his important body of work, the Bible paintings.
Approx. 60X40 cm, good condition. Framed: 80X66 cm. Unexamined out of frame.
Pastel on paper; signed and titled "Etude pour Les Patriarches" [Etude for "The Patriarchs"].
The painting depicts the Three Patriarchs in profile – old Abraham, Isaac at his best years and young Jacob. The head of Abraham is leaning downward, while Isaac and Jacob are gazing at the horizon.
Abel Pann (1883-1963), born in Russia, studied first with the artist Yehuda Pen (Marc Chagall's teacher), continued his studies in the Academy for Fine Arts in Odessa and worked in Paris. Arrived in Palestine in 1913 to teach in Bezalel, but one year later, while arranging his matters in France, World War I broke out and being a citizen of a hostile nation he was not permitted to return to Palestine; finally he returned in 1921, and it is in Palestine that he created his important body of work, the Bible paintings.
Approx. 60X40 cm, good condition. Framed: 80X66 cm. Unexamined out of frame.
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