Auction 65
Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
By Kedem
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Mar 12, 2019
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel
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LOT 408:
Oil Painting by the Kabbalist Rabbi Yehuda Leon Patilon, "The Holy Painter" - Camels and Palm Trees
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Oil Painting by the Kabbalist Rabbi Yehuda Leon Patilon, "The Holy Painter" - Camels and Palm Trees
Oil-painting by the Kabbalist Rabbi Yehuda Leon Patilon. Oil on canvas. Signed: "Patilon". The painting depicts camels and palm trees on the background of a lake. Kabbalist Rabbi Yehuda Leon Patilon (d. Heshvan 1974) was known as a miracle worker. He made a living as a painter, earning the nickname "The Holy Painter". Rabbi Yehuda Patilon belonged to a a group of kabbalists who clandestinely studied together and were named after their professions: "The Shoemaker" - Rabbi Moshe Ya'akov Ravikov, "the Milkman" - Rabbi Chaim Ezra Cohen, "the Floorlayer" - Rabbi Avraham Fish and "the Street Cleaner" - Rabbi Yosef Waltoch. 40X77.5 cm. Framed: 46.5X94 cm. Fair-good condition. Significant foxing. Tears at margins of canvas. Canvas is detached from the wooden frame in a number of places.
