Item/Description: Painting: Moise et les Dix Commandements (Moses and the Ten Commandments). Signed lower right. Titled and signed on paper adhered to back. Emmanuel Mané-Katz was a French-Ukrainian painter known for his depictions of Jewish life. The artist employed loosely gestural brushstrokes and rich colors in his paintings of rabbis, landscapes and musicians.Born in the Ukraine in 1894 into an Orthodox Jewish family, Mané-Katz moved to Paris in 1913 to attend the École des Beaux-Arts. In France, he befriended Pablo Picasso and Chaim Soutine. He moved to the United States to flee the Nazi invasion. Later in his career he traveled frequently to Israel, and died in Tel Aviv in 1962. The subject matter of many of his works was inspired from his childhood in Eastern European shtetls. This powerful and bold depiction of Moses holding the Tablets is an iconic example of his work.

Material: Gouache on board.

Dimensions: Image size: Height: 25"; Width: 19 1/2". Framed: Height: 34"; Height: 28".

Condition: Chipping and scratches to frame.

Age: 20th Century.

Provenance: Private estate.

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