Sale 13 Lot 1169  

ALEXANDER PORTNOFF (American, 1887-1949). BUST OF SHALOM ALEICHEM (1859 - 1916), signed, dated 1916, and located "Phila. PA" on reverse. Inscribed in Cyrillic and includes dates of sitter (1859-1916) on front. Plaster with metal patina - Height 13 1/2 in.
Estimate $400-600

Sitter was a Ukrainian socialist writer, was known as the "Yiddish Mark Twain."

Sold for $200

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