Sale 1004
Tel Aviv, Hilton Hotel
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10 April 2007
Price realised
USD 11,400
Estimate
Nachum Tevet (B. 1946) Still-Life #XVII signed, dated and titled 'Nahum Tevet 91' (on the reverse); signed and dated again and signed and dated in Hebrew (on the reverse) painted wood construction 26½ x 22 7/8 x 15 1/8 in. (71 x 58.3 x 37 cm.) Executed in 1991
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.
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