Our big sale is of a Asian , American and African art
Original samurai armor - 200 years old !!!
13 bowls from the famous sinking ship the Tek Sing
Artwork from China, from the Han Dynasty to the Tsing Dynasty
Dozens of Magi period artwork from Japan
Fossils, gems, manuscripts, rare books
And dozens of rare and exclusive artwork from private collections from the UK, Israel, Belgium and Switzerland
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LOT 403:
Sam Herciger
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Sold for: $35
Start price:
$
20
Estimated price:
$70 - $150
Auction house commission: 2%
More details
VAT: 17% On the full lot's price and commission
Users from foreign countries may be exempted from tax payments, according to the relevant tax regulations
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Untitled
Linoleum (print), signed and numbered,
Note
In case of delivery outside of Israel, we will send the painting without the frame
Yehoszua "Sam" Herciger was born in 1917 in Zawiercie, Poland, After the outbreak of World War II, Herciger tried to escape to Spain but was arrested in France and was interned in the Gurs camp. He returned to Belgium and married a Jewish woman named Henni. One year later, they both fled to France went into hiding, but were caught and sent to Auschwitz, where Henni perished in the women's camp. In January 1945, he and the other inmates were sent on a death march, which he barely survived. After the liberation, he returned to Belgium and married a Holocaust survivor, who fell ill shortly after the wedding and committed suicide. During an exhibition in Antwerp, he met Edith Beck, a painter who was 13 years his younger. They married and had two children.
Died in Arad, Israel, 1981
