# Moshe Kupferman artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Nationality: Polish, Israeli
- Common media: painting

## About Moshe Kupferman

Moshe Kupferman (1926–2003) was a Polish-born Israeli painter whose career spanned more than three decades. Born in Poland, Kupferman immigrated to Israel, where he was active in a kibbutz as early as 1948 before dedicating himself to studio painting. His work is held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, affirming his place within the broader post-war international art landscape. He is documented in the Bénézit Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres and catalogued by leading library authorities including the Getty Union List of Artist Names, VIAF, and the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History. Kupferman's practice was concentrated in painting, and his career included sustained periods of studio work from the 1960s through the early 2000s.

## Common works and media

Kupferman is recorded primarily as a painter. Works that may be encountered at auction or in appraisal contexts include paintings on canvas and panel. Collectors may also find works on paper, studies, or preparatory pieces. Individual lots should be examined for date, medium, dimensions, signature, condition, and provenance documentation to support attribution and valuation.

## Market and appraisal context

Moshe Kupferman's paintings appear on the international art market as works by a recognized post-war Israeli painter. Institutional representation at MoMA and bibliographic coverage in the Bénézit dictionary support his standing among collectors of Israeli and post-war art. Appraisal of individual works should consider medium, dimensions, date of execution, condition, provenance, exhibition history, and comparable public auction results. Specific auction records were not available in this research pass, so collectors should consult up-to-date auction databases for recent realized prices.

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12409621
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/78823263/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500095601
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/3301
- RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/106313
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshe_Kupferman