Menahem Shemi Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Menahem Shemi Art Value Price Guide

Apr. 14, 2024
Menachem Shemi
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Haifa View, Oil on canvas, 56x66 cm. Signed Schmitt.
Tiroche Auction House
Apr. 14, 2024
Menachem Shemi
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Hareali School, Haifa, Oil on masonite, 32x39 cm. Signed.
Tiroche Auction House
Mar. 27, 2024
Menachem Shemi 1897-1951 (Israeli) Urban Landscape oil on canvas
Est: $1,800 - $2,200
Menachem Shemi 1897-1951 (Israeli) Urban Landscape oil on canvas h:36 w: 43 cm. signed in Hebrew lower right and in English lower left Other Notes: Location: Israel. For estimated delivery time please contact us. Condition report available upon request.
Matsart Auctioneers & Appraisers
Mar. 03, 2024
ATTRIBUTED TO MENACHEM SHEMI (1897-1951) - "PEOPLE IN THE VILLAGE", OIL ON CANVAS
Est: $400 - $500
Attributed to Menachem Shemi (1897-1951) - "People in the Village", Oil on canvas, signed. Wear and tear depending on age. Dimensions: 51x33 cm Frame dimensions: 74x56 cm
Alma
Nov. 13, 2023
MENACHEM SHEMI (1897-1951) - FIGURES IN THE FOREST, OIL ON CANVAS.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Menachem Shemi (1897-1951) - Figures in the Forest, Oil on Canvas. Signed. 33.5x46cm. Menachem Shemi (1897-1951) belongs to the group of painters who were active in Eretz Israel during the first half of the 20th century, those pioneers who laid the foundations of Israeli painting as we know it today. Born in Bobruisk, White Russia (today Belarus), Shemi immigrated to Jerusalem at age 16 and joined the Bezalel school of art in an attempt to discover for himself an artistic course in the spirit of the East that would suite his desire to integrate the artistic heritage he had absorbed in his parents home and at the Odessa Academy of Arts with the best of international culture epitomized by French painting centered in Paris, together with a new and unique style meant to portray the art of the Jewish-Israeli painter in his new homeland: Eretz Israel. Shemis entire life - unfortunately too brief - was dedicated to a brave, persistent, continuous struggle with the challenge of defining for himself a unique personal-artistic style. This style had to stand the supreme qualitative tests that were common, for example, to the Ecole de Paris while expressing Eretz Israelism at its best, by forging its substance, scenery, atmosphere and colour in the melting pot within the artists inner soul. Throughout the three decades of his artistic activity, Shemi tasked himself with the ongoing challenge of experiencing contemporary painting styles but always through deep self-examination and never by self-disparagement and resignation. His oeuvre over the years testifies in its style, range of colours and qualities to the very personal process he underwent. This website is meant to portray this process from its earliest beginning up to its peak towards the very end of his life, during the Safed period following Israels 1948 War of Independence. There, while struggling with profound grief after the fall of his youngest son in the war, Shemi experienced a burst of original creativity involving a wondrous synthesis of form, colour and great love for the subjects of his painting. Source: menachemshemi.org
Pasarel
Sep. 10, 2023
Menachem Shemi
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Safed, Oil on canvas, 28x35 cm. Signed Schmitt. Provenance: Gaby and Ami Brown Collection. Literature: A Selection of Israeli Art from the collection of Gaby and Ami Brown, Museum of Art, Ein Harod, October 2009 – January 2010, p, 267 (illustrated).
Tiroche Auction House
Aug. 15, 2023
Menachem Shemi 1897-1951 (Israeli) Women in the village, 1950's oil on canvas
Est: $12,000 - $15,000
Menachem Shemi 1897-1951 (Israeli) Women in the village, 1950's oil on canvas h:38 w: 55 cm. signed lower right Other Notes: Location: Israel. For estimated delivery time please contact us.
Matsart Auctioneers & Appraisers
Jan. 21, 2023
Menachem Shemi
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
View of Safed, 1949, Oil on canvas, 33X46 cm. Signed and dated. Provenance: Gaby and Ami Brown Collection. Literature: Menachem Shemi, Man and Artist, Daliah Belkine, Zohar Tsvaim, no. 211 (Illustrated).
Tiroche Auction House
Nov. 17, 2022
MENACHEM SCHMIDT SHEMI (1897-1951) - SELF PORTRAIT FROM HIS SERVICE TO THE BRITISH ARMY, GOUACHE ON PAPER, ITALY, 1944.
Est: $250 - $500
Menachem Schmidt Shemi (1897-1951) - Self Portrait from his Service to the British Army, Gouache on Paper, Italy, 1944. Signed and dated. 37x27cm.
Pasarel
Aug. 18, 2022
ASSORTMENT OF 6 ART BOOKS, MAINLY ISRAELI
Est: $150 - $180
Assortment of 6 Art Books, Mainly Israeli, includes: Ofakim Hadashim (New Horizons): The Birth of Abstraction in Israeli Art, by Gila Ballas, published by "Modan", 2014, 2. Menachem Shemi: 48 Pictures and an Assortment of Missives and Drawings, edited by Moshe Basok, preface: A. Kolb, published by Hakibbutz Hame'ochad, 3. Avraham Pesso, Hebrew-English-French, published by the artist, 2005, Avigdor Arikha: Drawings, published by Gordon Gallery, 1994, 5. Chagall published by Steimatzky, 1994 (part of the interior is detaching), 6. Cezanne: paintings from the museums of the soviet union, published by Aurora art, Leningard, 1985. Good-very good conditions.
The Bidder
Jul. 12, 2022
Menachem Shemi 1897-1951 (Israeli) Women in the village, 1950's oil on canvas
Est: €12,000 - €15,000
Menachem Shemi 1897-1951 (Israeli) Women in the village, 1950's oil on canvas h:38 w: 55 cm. signed lower right Other Notes: Location: Israel. For estimated delivery time please contact us.
Matsart Auctioneers & Appraisers
Aug. 25, 2021
MENACHEM SCHMIDT SHEMI (1897-1951) - SELF PORTRAIT FROM HIS SERVICE TO THE BRITISH ARMY, GOUACHE ON PAPER, ITALY, 1944.
Est: $350 - $700
Menachem Schmidt Shemi (1897-1951) - Self Portrait from his Service to the British Army, Gouache on Paper, Italy, 1944. Signed and dated. 37x27cm.
Pasarel
Jul. 28, 2021
Eliahu Sigard (1901-1975), Figures
Est: $300 - $400
Eliahu Sigard (1901-1975), Figures, print on canvas integrated with hand painting, signed, measurements: 33.5X46.5 cm.
The Bidder
Jun. 23, 2021
MENACHEM SCHMIDT SHEMI (1897-1951) - LANDSCAPE, OIL ON CARDBOARD, 1949.
Est: $1,500 - $3,000
Menachem Schmidt Shemi (1897-1951) - Landscape, Oil on Cardboard, 1949. Signed and dated. 33x41cm.
Pasarel
Mar. 13, 2021
Menachem Shemi
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
Landscape, 1938, Oil on cardboard, 49X69 cm. Signed and dated. Appears in the artist’s online catalogue raisonne, by Dalia Belkin (0090).
Tiroche Auction House
Jan. 26, 2021
Menachem Shemi 1897-1951 (Israeli) Landscape, 1920's oil on canvas
Est: €9,000 - €12,000
Menachem Shemi 1897-1951 (Israeli) Landscape, 1920''s oil on canvas h:35 w: 45 cm. Other Notes: Location: Israel. For estimated delivery time please contact us. Condition report available upon request.
Matsart Auctioneers & Appraisers
Nov. 25, 2020
Menachem Shemi 1897-1951 (Israeli) Safed, 1950 oil on canvas
Est: €6,000 - €7,000
Menachem Shemi 1897-1951 (Israeli) Safed, 1950 oil on canvas h:32 w: 45 cm. signed lower left Provenance: Private collection. Other Notes: The work appears in the Catalogue Raisonne on the artist''s official website, numbered 260a. Location: Israel. For estimated delivery time please contact us.
Matsart Auctioneers & Appraisers
Aug. 31, 2020
Menachem Shemi 1897-1951 (Israeli) Safed, 1950 oil on canvas
Est: €6,000 - €7,000
Menachem Shemi 1897-1951 (Israeli) Safed, 1950 oil on canvas h:32 w: 45 cm. signed lower left Provenance: Private collection. Other Notes: The work appears in the Catalogue Raisonne on the artist''s official website, numbered 260a. Location: Israel. For estimated delivery time please contact us.
Matsart Auctioneers & Appraisers
Aug. 11, 2020
Menachem Shemi (1897-1951) Still Life Oil on Canvas
Est: -
Menachem Shemi (1897-1951), Still Life, 1932. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated. Menachem Shemi, born in Bobruisk, Belarus, an outstanding artist of the Yishuv era and a founding father of early local modernism. Studied in the Odessa Art Academy and in 1913 immigrated to Palestine to study in Bezalel. Although he was yet unfamiliar with European modernism, he rebelled against the conservative approach Bezalel was known for. In World War I he was conscripted into the Ottoman army, deserted and even made it to the Jewish Legion. In 1928 he was finally able to visit Paris, where the art he studied influenced his work greatly. In 1937 he travelled to Paris again, this time to hold a solo exhibition. Shemi won the Dizengoff prize for painting twice, in 1938 and again in 1942. In 1942 he volunteered to the British army, serving with the 745 Artisan Works Coy., R.E. which was stationed in North Africa, then in Italy. Upon his return to Palestine, Shemi published a sketch album under the title "A Soldier Returns to Palestine" (Hebrew), and an exhibition of his war-time works was held in the Tel Aviv Museum. In 1947 he moved to Safed; shortly before his death, he exhibited in the 1950 Venice Biennale. "... his whole rather short life was dedicated to facing, bravely and steadily, the challenge of creating a personal artistic style. He strived to achieve the highest European standards while expressing the essence of the Levant at its best, encompassing its views, atmosphere and colors, refining it in his inner furnace the Artist's soul". (HaAretz, Menachem Shemi A Man and an Artist, exhibition statement. Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2009. Curator: Dalia Belkin) 62.5X47 cm. Good condition. Restored.
Kedem Public Auction House Ltd
Mar. 23, 2020
Menahem Shemi - "Woman Portrait"
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
Menahem Shemi - "Woman Portrait" Menahem Shemi 1897-1951 Painting of a woman gazing, in the 30's many artists painted portraits of woman, can see in the Dalia Balkin catalog. oil on board attached to wood signed twice, left and right dedicated and dated to the 30's size: 56*36 cm including the frame: 70*54 cm מנחם שמי (שמידט) - " דיוקן אשה " מנחם שמי - Menahem Shemi (1897-1951) התמונה מתארת דיוקן אשה , מביטה במבט מהורהר , ניתן לראות כי בשנות ה-30 הרבה האומן לצייר דיוקנאות נשים , כפי שניתן להתרשם בקטלוג של דליה בלקין. שמן על לוח , מוצמד לעץ חתום ( שמיט ) פעמיים מימין ומשמאל מוקדש ל" חברי ישכיל " , ומתוארך משנות ה-30 מידות : 39*56 ס"מ כולל מסגרת : 54*70 ס"מ
Alma
Jun. 23, 2019
Menachem Shemi, Still Life with Fruit
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Technique: Oil on cardboard laid down on canvas Date: 1922 Signature: Signed (lower right). 38 x 37 cm Condition: For a detailed condition report, please contact us at info@hammersite.com Provenance: Private collection, Israel. Exhibitions: Menachem Shemi - Man and Artist, Tel Aviv Museum of Art with Charles Gallery and Evelyn Kramer Gallery, 2009. Menachem Shemi, Mishkan Museum of Art, Ein Harod, 2010. Literature: "Menachem Shemi - Man and Artist", Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2009, p. 45. (illustrated in color).
Hammersite
Feb. 02, 2019
Menachem Shemi 1897 - 1951
Est: $800 - $1,200
Fennel, 1939, Oil on canvas, 27x35 cm, Signed and dated.
Tiroche Auction House
Jan. 26, 2019
Menachem Shemi 1897 - 1951
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
Safed, Oil on canvas, 38x55 cm. Signed.
Tiroche Auction House
Jun. 30, 2018
MENACHEM SHEMI 1897 - 1951
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
House, Oil on canvas, 33X41 cm. Signed. Provenance: Gaby and Ami Brown Collection.
Tiroche Auction House
Jun. 12, 2018
Menachem Shemi (Schmidt), Landscape
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
Technique: Oil on canvas Date: The 1930s Signature: Signed (lower left) 28.5 x 35.5 cm Condition: Good Notes: The authenticity of this work was confirmed by Daliah Belkine.
Hammersite
Apr. 25, 2018
Menachem Shemi, 1897-1951, Street in Haifa, 1925
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Street in Haifa, 1925, Oil on canvas, Signed and dated.
Montefiore Auction House
Mar. 20, 2018
Menachem Shemi (1897-1951)
Est: -
Houses. Oil on canvas. Not signed. 61X46 cm. Cracks to paint and slight defects.
Kedem Public Auction House Ltd
Jul. 04, 2017
Mother and Son, 1944
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Mother and Son, 1944, Oil on canvas, Signed and dated.
Montefiore Auction House
Feb. 21, 2017
Menachem Shemi, 1897-1951
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Landscape in the Galilee, 1932, Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard, Signed.
Montefiore Auction House
Jan. 28, 2017
Menachem Shemi 1897 - 1951
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Landscape Oil on canvas 29X36 cm. Signed.
Tiroche Auction House
Dec. 14, 2016
SHEMI (SCHMIDT), MENAHEM
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Courtyard in Safed. Oil on canvas. Signed by the artist lower right and on reverse. Framed. 28 x 20.75 inches; 71.5 x 53 cm. • Russian born Menahem Shemi (1897-1951) studied art at the Odessa Academy of Arts before emigrating to Palestine in 1913 when he joined the Bezalel School. After a rebellion against the schoolÕs management and cutting ties, he sought to discover for himself an artistic course in the spirit of the East, seeking to portray the art of the Jewish-Israeli painter in his new homeland: Eretz Israel. A founder of the artist colony of Safed, Shemi was principally a landscapist. His palette, originally somber, became bright in his later years; his mystic, dreamlike canvases of Safed are considered his best works. Provenance: Givon Gallery, Tel Aviv, 1985. Exhibited: Venice Biennale 1950. Literature: Daliah Belkine, Menachem Shemi: Man and Artist, Zohar Tsvaim Association (2009). Haifa, 1949..
Kestenbaum & Company
Oct. 27, 2016
**Menachem Shemi 1897-1951 (Israeli) Synagogue in Safed, 1946 oil on canvas
Est: $9,000 - $11,000
Menachem Shemi 1897-1951 (Israeli) Synagogue in Safed, 1946 oil on canvas h:45 w:36 cm. signed lower left Provenance: Elbit Imaging Ltd. Collection. Other Notes: The work appears in the Catalogue Raisonne on the artist's official website, no. 200a. Location: Israel. For estimated delivery time please contact us.
Matsart Auctioneers & Appraisers
Jul. 12, 2016
Menachem Shemi 1897-1951 (Israeli) Safed, 1950 oil on canvas
Est: $6,000 - $7,000
Menachem Shemi 1897-1951 (Israeli) Safed, 1950 oil on canvas h:32 w: 45 cm. signed lower left Provenance: Private collection. Other Notes: The work appears in the Catalogue Raisonne on the artist's official website, numbered 260a. Location: Israel. For estimated delivery time please contact us.
Matsart Auctioneers & Appraisers
Jul. 12, 2016
Menachem Shemi 1897-1951 (Israeli) Woman in the kitchen, c.1940 oil on canvas
Est: $3,000 - $4,500
Menachem Shemi 1897-1951 (Israeli) Woman in the kitchen, c.1940 oil on canvas h:42 w: 33 cm. signed lower left Provenance: Private European collection. Sale: Christie's South Kensington, November 11, 2010, lot 59. Private collection, acquired at the above sale by the present owner. Other Notes: The work appears in the Catalogue Raisonne on the artist's official website, numbered 0134a. Location: Israel. For estimated delivery time please contact us.
Matsart Auctioneers & Appraisers
Jul. 02, 2016
Menachem Shemi 1897-1951
Est: $500 - $700
Landscape Oil on cardboard 22X32 cm. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist?s daughter Ronit Shemi.
Tiroche Auction House
Jun. 25, 2016
Menachem Shemi 1897-1951
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
Double sided: Woman with a Stroller Girl Oil on canvas 25X42 cm. Signed.
Tiroche Auction House
May. 28, 2016
Menachem Schmidt SHEMI (1897-1951) Russia - Israel
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
"Menachem Schmidt SHEMI (1897-1951) ; Cityscape ; 1949 ; oil on canvas ; framed ; dimensions 70 x 50 cm (27 1/2 x 19 2/3 in.) ; signed and dated lower right ; Shipping to USA: DHL - $320 , National post with tracking service - $170 ; Shipping to Europe, Russia, Middle Assia: DHL - $220 , National post with tracking service - $100"
Art-Torg
May. 17, 2016
A Child in Bengazi, 1943
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Oil on canvas, Signed. Dedicated, signed again and dated on the reverse.
Montefiore Auction House
Apr. 23, 2016
Menachem Schmidt SHEMI (1897-1951) Russia - Israel
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
"Menachem Schmidt SHEMI (1897-1951) ; Jewish Cityscape ; 1934 ; oil on wood panel ; framed ; dimensions 51 x 26 cm (20 x 10 1/4 in.) ; signed and dated lower right ; Shipping to USA: DHL - $250 , National post with tracking service - $120 ; Shipping to Europe, Russia, Middle Assia: DHL - $150 , National post with tracking service - $65"
Art-Torg
Mar. 30, 2016
**Menachem Shemi 1897-1951 (Israeli) Synagogue in Safed, 1946 oil on canvas
Est: $12,000 - $15,000
Menachem Shemi 1897-1951 (Israeli) Synagogue in Safed, 1946 oil on canvas h:45 w: 36 cm. signed lower left Provenance: Elbit Imaging Ltd. Collection. Other Notes: The work appears in the Catalogue Raisonne on the artist's official website, no. 200a. Location: Israel. For estimated delivery time please contact us.
Matsart Auctioneers & Appraisers
Jan. 27, 2016
Menachem Shemi 1897-1951 (Israeli) Safed, 1950 oil on canvas
Est: $8,000 - $10,000
Menachem Shemi 1897-1951 (Israeli) Safed, 1950 oil on canvas h:32 w: 45 cm. signed lower left Provenance: Private collection. Other Notes: The work appears in the Catalogue Raisonne on the artist's official website, numbered 260a.
Matsart Auctioneers & Appraisers
Jan. 27, 2016
Menachem Shemi 1897-1951 (Israeli) Woman in the kitchen, c.1940 oil on canvas
Est: $3,800 - $4,500
Menachem Shemi 1897-1951 (Israeli) Woman in the kitchen, c.1940 oil on canvas h:42 w: 33 cm. signed lower left Provenance: Private European collection. Sale: Christie's South Kensington, November 11, 2010, lot 59. Private collection, acquired at the above sale by the present owner. Other Notes: The work appears in the Catalogue Raisonne on the artist's official website, numbered 0134a.
Matsart Auctioneers & Appraisers
Dec. 20, 2015
Menachem Shemi 1897-1951 (Israeli) Women in the village, 1950's oil on canvas
Est: $9,000 - $12,000
Menachem Shemi 1897-1951 (Israeli) Women in the village, 1950's oil on canvas h:38 w:55 cm. signed lower right
Matsart Auctioneers & Appraisers
Dec. 20, 2015
Menachem Shemi 1897-1951 (Israeli) Safed landscape, 1950 oil on canvas
Est: $26,000 - $35,000
Menachem Shemi 1897-1951 (Israeli) Safed landscape, 1950 oil on canvas h:45 w:62 cm. signed and dated lower right Provenance: Private collection, Jerusalem. Other Notes: Daliah Belkine has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Matsart Auctioneers & Appraisers
Dec. 20, 2015
Menachem Shemi 1897-1951 (Israeli) An artisan man before his shop, c.1942 oil on canvas
Est: $4,000 - $5,000
Menachem Shemi 1897-1951 (Israeli) An artisan man before his shop, c.1942 oil on canvas h:28 w:35 cm. signed lower right
Matsart Auctioneers & Appraisers
Jun. 30, 2015
**Menachem Shemi 1897-1951 (Israeli) Synagogue in Safed, 1946 oil on canvas
Est: $12,000 - $15,000
Menachem Shemi 1897-1951 (Israeli) Synagogue in Safed, 1946 oil on canvas h:45 w: 36 cm. signed lower left Provenance: Elbit Imaging Ltd. Collection. Other Notes: The work appears in the Catalogue Raisonne on the artist's official website, no. 200a.
Matsart Auctioneers & Appraisers
Jun. 30, 2015
Menachem Shemi 1897-1951 (Israeli) Woman in the kitchen, c. 1940 oil on canvas
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Menachem Shemi 1897-1951 (Israeli) Woman in the kitchen, c. 1940 oil on canvas h:42 w: 33 cm. signed lower left Provenance: Private European collection. Sale: Christie's South Kensington, November 11, 2010, lot 59. Private collection, acquired at the above sale by the present owner. Other Notes: The work appears in the Catalogue Raisonne on the artist's official website, no. 0134a.
Matsart Auctioneers & Appraisers
Jun. 03, 2015
Menachem Shemi (1897-1951)
Est: -
Fourteen costume design sketches for the play "Keter David" in "Habima" theater / [ca.1928] / Gouache and pencil on paper / ca. 35X48 cm (passé par-tout) / All except for one are titled in RussianNice drawings in color (not signed), created by Menachem Shemi while he worked as a costume designer for the play "Keter David" in "Habima" theater, depicting the play's heroes: King David, Tamar, Ahitophel, King Salomon, Adonijah, Absalom, Amnon, and others. The premiere of the play - tragedy in three acts, directed by Alexander Diki, and with actors Aharon Meskin, Shimon Finkel, Hanna Rovina, Raphael Klachkin, and others - was held in May 1929.During the 1930s Shemi was much involved in designing theater costumes for “Habima” and “HaOhel” theaters, and the sketches presented here are of his earliest works in this area. In 1928 Shemi went for the first time to Paris, where he won a prize in a competition of costume design for designing the set for the play “Keter David”; winning the competition was a mile-stone in Shemi’s work for the theater, and was followed by years of designing costumes and stage sets for the theater.Enclosed is an authenticity certificate from the director of the Israeli Center for documentation of stage arts.
Kedem Public Auction House Ltd

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