Auction 58 - Rare and Important Items
Two Oil Paintings by the Kabbalist Rabbi Yehuda Patilon - "The Holy Painter"
Opening: $2,000
Sold for: $6,000
Including buyer's premium
Two oil paintings by the kabbalist Rabbi Yehuda Leon Patilon, from the collection of the family of the "Holy Painter".
1. Lake in a forest. Oil on cardboard, signed: "Patilon" (signature slightly blurred).
68X48 cm. Good condition.
2. Figure in a forest. Oil on cardboard.
68X49 cm. Tear to right margins.
The kabbalist Yehuda Leon Patilon (d. Cheshvan 1974) was known as a wonder-worker, knowledgeable in Olam Haneshamot and gilgulim. He earned his livelihood as a painter and was known as the "Holy Painter". Rabbi Yehuda Patilon was part of a group of kabbalists who studied together clandestinely and were known by their professions: "The Shoemaker" - Rabbi Moshe Ya'akov Ravikov, "The Milkman" - Rabbi Chaim Ezra Cohen, "The Floorer" - Rabbi Avraham Fish, and "The Street Cleaner" - Rabbi Yosef Waltoch.
Provenance: family of Rabbi Patilon.
1. Lake in a forest. Oil on cardboard, signed: "Patilon" (signature slightly blurred).
68X48 cm. Good condition.
2. Figure in a forest. Oil on cardboard.
68X49 cm. Tear to right margins.
The kabbalist Yehuda Leon Patilon (d. Cheshvan 1974) was known as a wonder-worker, knowledgeable in Olam Haneshamot and gilgulim. He earned his livelihood as a painter and was known as the "Holy Painter". Rabbi Yehuda Patilon was part of a group of kabbalists who studied together clandestinely and were known by their professions: "The Shoemaker" - Rabbi Moshe Ya'akov Ravikov, "The Milkman" - Rabbi Chaim Ezra Cohen, "The Floorer" - Rabbi Avraham Fish, and "The Street Cleaner" - Rabbi Yosef Waltoch.
Provenance: family of Rabbi Patilon.