Fine Art, Silverware, Judaica, Chinese and Decorative Art, Part I - Tuesday, Jan 12th
Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at 4:00 PM UTC
Lot 19461:
Provenance
Kino Family
Details
1. A Portrait of Israel Felix Kino Watercolor on paper signed in initials (lower left) Size: 65 x 47 cm Condition: Paper slightly oxidized. Otherwise good, not examined under glass. Notes: Dedication in Hebrew (lower right)
Biography
A Polish-born sculptor who lived in Italy and the United States. Glicenstein was born in Turek, Poland in 1870 and named Enoch Hendryk Glicenstein. His father was a teacher who also worked as a monumental mason. He initially showed interest in being a rabbi whilst working in Lodz painting signs and carving wood. After studying in Munich at the Royal Bavarian Academy of Art he married Helena Hirszenberg in 1896. The couple lived in Rome where he adopted the name “Enrico”. His son Emanuel was born in Rome, and Glicenstein became an Italian citizen.
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