A bronze study for a sculpture that stands at Hadassah University Hospital in Jerusalem was sold for nearly $17,000. The study went for nearly twice as much as expected when it was auctioned Oct. 24 at Sotheby’s in London. The study for Our Tree of Life, by sculptor Jacques Lipchitz, was bought by an anonymous European bidder.
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