Sale 2290
New York
|
10 March 2010
Price realised
USD 3,750
Estimate
Issachar Ryback (1897-1935) Peasants Working on the Farm signed and inscribed in Hebrew 'I. Ryback' (lower right) charcoal and pen and black ink on paper Image size: 12½ x 18¼ in. (31.8 x 46.2 cm.) Sheet size: 15 5/8 x 22¼ in. (39.5 x 56.8 cm.)
Provenance
Acquired by the present owner in the 1980s.
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