{"id":177899,"date":"2026-06-26T02:18:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T02:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/177899\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T02:18:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T02:18:16","slug":"rare-works-by-israeli-artists-rubin-gutman-head-to-auction-valued-at-300000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/177899\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare works by Israeli artists Rubin, Gutman head to auction valued at $300,000"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Tiroche holds its annual auction on June 28, it will feature Nahum Gutman\u2019s rolling hills of Ein Kerem and Reuven Rubin\u2019s portrait of a young Jerusalemite woman, along with other long-awaited works by leading Israeli artists drawn from several major collections.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese sales are always exciting,\u201d said Amitai Hazan, CEO of the auction house, \u201cbut even more so with these collections that we\u2019ve been working on for years and which are finally here.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to Gutman and Rubin, the Tiroche auction<\/a> will feature works by early 20th-century artists Yehezkel Streichman, Mordecai Ardon and Menachem Shemi, alongside contemporary pieces by others such as Michal Rovner, Israel Hershberg, Fatima Abu Rumi and Lea Nikel.<\/p>\n

Three of the artworks are valued at NIS 1 million ($300,000) each, a price considered to be on the very high end for Israeli art. These include two by Rubin depicting Jerusalem from the 1920s and 1930s \u2014 the period widely regarded as the peak of his artistic career \u2014 and a 1972 painting by Ardon.<\/p>\n

The paintings come from three collections of Israeli art assembled outside the country, by Joseph and Gerda Brender of Sydney; Rubin and Peggy Zimmerman, who built their collection during the 1960s and 1970s; and Nathan Kaplan, a Zionist activist from Chicago.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s not just which paintings, it\u2019s the quality,\u201d said Hazan. \u201cThey are museum-grade collections.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tNahum Gutman, 1930, Building Neve Tzedek, Zimmerman collection, being sold at Tiroche auction on June 28, 2026 (Courtesy)<\/p>\n

Other works on auction are expected to sell for several thousand dollars and upward, Hazan said, while the top-estimated pieces reflect a market that\u2019s stronger than expected after suffering as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and almost three years of war with Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran.<\/p>\n

\u201cI first heard that the prices in the Israeli art market were expected to fall a little, that collectors were buying more modern works, especially the younger, high-tech buyers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Since the bloody October 7, 2023, Hamas onslaught, collectors of Israeli art were looking for older works, seeking a sense of nostalgia in painting and sculpture as the country was shaken to its core by one of the most traumatic events in its history.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe market woke up, it was like a signal for these collections that it was time to sell,\u201d said Hazan.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tIsrael Paldi, collection of Nathan Kaplan, being sold at Tiroche auction on June 28, 2026 (Courtesy)<\/p>\n

He likened it to the recent sold-out reunion concerts for \u201cThe 16th Sheep,\u201d featuring some of Israel\u2019s most beloved musicians, and the reunion of the comic troupe Zehu Ze.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople want to go back to the beginning, to the things that make you feel good,\u201d Hazan said.<\/p>\n

The auction house had been in touch with the Brender family for several years, but discussions were paused after October 7. The Zimmermans were a more recent addition when they saw the bullish market and decided to move on to selling their collection.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have items that you really only see in museums,\u201d said Hazan, noting their focus on four artists \u2014 Rubin, Gutman, Ardon and Moshe Castel \u2014 all collected in the 1960s and 1970s.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you compare it to tech investments, they invested in Apple and Facebook when they were just starting,\u201d he said. \u201cThey had a very good eye.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tMordechai Ardon, Zimmerman collection, being sold at Tiroche auction on June 28, 2026 (Courtesy)<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been an uneasy two and a half years for Tiroche, just as with any Israeli business.<\/p>\n

Just one day before an auction slated for April 14, 2024, the Iranian military launched its first-ever direct attack on Israeli territory.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was planning to postpone, and we got up that next morning, and everyone was in a great mood about what the Israeli air force had pulled off \u2014 there was optimism in the air,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Hazan\u2019s advisors pushed him to lean into the moment and hold the auction anyway.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is our country, we live from peak to peak,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

An auction planned for mid-June last year then had to be postponed because of the 12-day war with Iran.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard to do business like this in Israel, you plan things for months, and almost nothing works out the way you planned,\u201d Hazan said.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tReuven Rubin, Lag B\u2019Omer 1925, Zimmerman collection, being sold at Tiroche auction on June 28, 2026 (Courtesy)<\/p>\n

When the upcoming auction takes place on June 28, most of the 2,000 expected bidders will be attending virtually.<\/p>\n

The Rubin and Ardon works will compete for collectors\u2019 attention, though they\u2019re from different eras: Ardon was more successful in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s, while Rubin\u2019s works are from the 1920s.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose works are now 100 years old,\u201d said Hazan.<\/p>\n

Overall, said Hazan, he feels a sense of satisfaction that these seminal Israeli works, \u201cthe good ones,\u201d could end up back home.<\/p>\n


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