Lot 1117
Bezem, Naftali. "Untitled". (1924-) Original mixed media painting on canvas, image: 15½" x 20", signed in Hebrew at lower left. Matted and framed to an overall size of 23½" x 28¼". Painting of a man and woman with various symbols of life and death. Bezem was born in Essen, Germany. His early adolescence was spent under Nazi oppression, in constant fear for the safety of his parents, who perished in an Auschwitz concentration camp. He emigrated to Mandate Palestine in 1939, at the age of fourteen with a Youth Aliyah group. From 1943 to 1946, he studied art at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem with Israeli painter Mordecai Ardon. He then spent three years studying in Paris. Bezem's art is acclaimed and enjoyed all over the world.
Estimated Value $2,000 - 3,000.
Maple Drive Collection, 1983 - 1989.
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