Auction 72 Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Holy Land Maps & Fine Art
By Kestenbaum & Company
Mar 17, 2017
Brooklyn, NY, United States

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LOT 9:

(RUSSIA)
Cantonist Scene.

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Sold for: $5,500
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$ 4,000 - $6,000
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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.

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