Auction 72
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Holy Land Maps & Fine Art
Mar 17, 2017
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USA
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LOT 9:
(RUSSIA)
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Sold for: $5,500
Estimated price:
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4,000 - $6,000
Auction house commission:
25%
VAT: On commission only
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Cantonist Scene.
Oil on canvas. Signed in Cyrillic lower left: Valeri Sigle. 29.5 x 42.5 inches. Framed.
St. Petersburg, circa 1980
Based on an early 20th-century postcard, this dramatic painting, set in 19th-century Czarist Russia, depicts the forced conscription of a young Jewish boy into the Russian military forces.
