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  • Shtetl Scene Expressionist woodcut
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  • Expressionist Windy Day Portrait
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    Arthur Kolnik was born in Stanislavov, a small town in Galicia, which was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His father, who was originally from Lithuania, worked as an accoun...
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  • Jewish Prophet Rabbi German Expressionist Color Woodcut Israeli Early Bezalel
    By Jacob Steinhardt
    Located in Surfside, FL
    Hand signed in pencil, colored woodcut. Jacob Steinhardt 1887-1968 Steinhardt, Jakob, Painter and Woodcut Artist. b. 1887, Yaacov Steinhardt was born in the then remote, largely...
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  • Jewish Rabbi with Torah German Expressionist Woodcut Israeli Early Bezalel
    By Jacob Steinhardt
    Located in Surfside, FL
    Hand signed in pencil, woodblock print woodcut. Jacob Steinhardt 1887-1968 Steinhardt, Jakob, Painter and Woodcut Artist. b. 1887, Yaacov Steinhardt was born in the then remote,...
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  • Apeles Fenosa Spanish Sculptor Mourlot Lithograph Abstract Expressionist Figures
    By Apelles Fenosa
    Located in Surfside, FL
    This is from a hand signed, limited edition (edition of 125) folio or full page lithographs some having a poem verso. The individual sheets are not signed or numbered. This listing ...
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