Kiddush Levana (Blessing of the New Moon)

Details

Zvi Malnovitzer (b. 1945)
Kiddush Levana (Blessing of the New Moon)
signed 'Zvi Malnovitzer' (lower left); signed again and dated 'Zvi Malnovitzer Safad 1990' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
31¾ x 39 3/8 in. (80.8 x 100 cm.)
Painted in Safad, 1990

Provenance

Acquired from the artist by the present owner circa 1991-1992.

Lot Essay

Malnovitzer is noted for his religious genre scenes, as well as his expressionist secular paintings (see lot 38). Kiddush Levana is a prime example of the former. Malnovitzer's lush pallet seductively brings to life the Kiddush Levana (Blessing of the Moon), a monthly prayer to God performed under the moon.

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