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Lot 12358: A.KAUFMANN New York German 1940 Painting

Est: $3,500 USD - $4,500 USDSold:
Gilden's Art GalleryLondon, United KingdomNovember 28, 2013

Item Overview

Description

ARTHUR KAUFMANN 1888-1971
Mülheim, Germany 1888-1971 (German/American)

Title: New York Skyline, 1940

Technique: Original Signed and Dated Oil and Tempera on Canvas

Size: 51 x 61 cm / 20.13 x 24 in

Additional Information: This original painting is signed and dated at the lower right corner "a.kaufmann 1940".
The painting is stamped verso with the collectors stamp "Bergman Collection,The Israel Museum Jerusalem".

Exhibited: La Jolla Museum of Art, San Diego, The Louis and Charlotte Bergman Collection, 15th July to 24 September 1967. no. 117.

Provenance: The Bergman Collection, The Israel Museum Jerusalem.
Charlotte Bergman, who died in Jerusalem on July 17 2003, one month before her 99th birthday, was unique among the museum's benefactors. She lived on the premises of the Israel Museum for three decades, and died there. When she made aliyah from New York to Israel in the 60's, the Belgian-born Bergman brought her collection of modern art with her and helped Jerusalem ex-mayor Teddy Kollek found the museum.
As the childless widow of an English architect, she promised to bequeath her paintings, sculptures and ceramics by such 20th century masters as Marc Chagall, Raoul Dufy, Henry Moore and Pablo Picasso to the museum. In return, she asked to build a home within the campus, sharing its security. She wouldn't have to put her treasures in a vault. She could live with them and savor them with her friends. After her death the museum plans to keep the white, single-story house and its 200 art works intact. Although he would not put a figure on it, they are believed to be worth many millions of dollars. They include a portrait in oils of a young Charlotte Bergman by Dufy, a personal friend, and a set of small-format Henry Moore bronzes, among other works of Picasso, Braque and other great 20th century masters.
This work by Arthur Kaufmann was part of her extensive collection that was partly sold in 2003.

Condition: Good condition

Artist or Maker

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Auction Details

Modern Art and Graphics

by
Gilden's Art Gallery
November 28, 2013, 05:00 PM WET

74 Heath Street Hampstead, London, LDN, NW3 1DN, UK

Terms

Buyer's Premium

14.0%

Bidding Increments

From:To:Increment:
$0$49$5
$50$99$10
$100$499$25
$500$999$50
$1,000$4,999$100
$5,000$9,999$500
$10,000$99,999$1,000
$100,000+$10,000

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