Maurice Gottlieb (1856-1879), RECHA, 1877

Scene from "Natan the Wise," a drama by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
oil, canvas pasted on cardboard; 29 x 20 cm
Signed p. d.: M. G.
Provenance:
- Sotheby's auction house, Jerusalem, May 1985;
- Collection of Jacob and Asei Furman, Santiago, Chile;
- MatsArt Auctioneers & Appraisers, November 2008;
- Louiza Auktion, Brussels, June and December 2012;
- MatsArt Auctioneers & Appraisers Jerusalem, January 2014;
- private collection, Poland.
Exhibitions:
- The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, May-July 1991;
- The National Museum in Warsaw, August-October 1991.
Painting described and reproduced, among others, in:
- K. Bernhaut, Maurycy Gottlieb. 1856-1879. 39 Reproductions of the artist's paints, Tel-Aviv 1961, plate 60;
- N. Guralnik, In the Flower of Youth. Maurycy Gotlieb 1856-1879. with contributions by E. Kolb & J. Malinowski, [cat. exhibition; V - VII 1991], Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, National Museum in Warsaw, Tel-Aviv 1991, p. 155, cat. no. 29, il;
- J. Malinowski], Maurycy Gottlieb 1856-1878, cat. of exhibition, National Museum in Warsaw, VIII - X 1991, p. nlb., cat. no. 22;
- Treasures of Jewish Art: From the Jacobo and Asea Furman Collection of Judaica, New York 1998, p. 263 (color illustration);
- J. Malinowski], Maurycy Gotlieb - A Welcome..., D.A. Agra-Art, Warsaw 1999, p. nlb., il. nlb. 9.