Auction 7 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
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Auction 7 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
October 19, 2009
Opening: $250
Sold for: $313
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Six humorous pencil sketches. Unsigned and undated (20th century).
One shows a Jew wrapped in a talit with his eyes closed and he is floating among the clouds, with a drawing of a Magen David; another shows a man with boxing gloves, with a brimmed hat and cigar, burning a $10,000 note; and a third shows a man smoking a cigar with the caption “half Yiddish” in Hebrew. One of the sketches has a caption in French, another in Latin.
16.5x25 cm in a frame of 26.5x35.5 cm. Good condition. One of the frame backs is missing.
One shows a Jew wrapped in a talit with his eyes closed and he is floating among the clouds, with a drawing of a Magen David; another shows a man with boxing gloves, with a brimmed hat and cigar, burning a $10,000 note; and a third shows a man smoking a cigar with the caption “half Yiddish” in Hebrew. One of the sketches has a caption in French, another in Latin.
16.5x25 cm in a frame of 26.5x35.5 cm. Good condition. One of the frame backs is missing.
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Auction 7 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
October 19, 2009
Opening: $300
Sold for: $475
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Eretz HaZvi, Aharon HaLevi. “Ayala” Publishing by Dvir, Jerusalem, 1929. Foreword by Yitzhak Ben Avraham Katz.
A dozen illustrations of Eretz Israel views in accordance with verses from the Tanach, by the painter and nature-lover, Aharon HaLevi.
HaLevi made Aliya from Russia in 1906, worked in sowing, gardening and cultivation of plant species, one of the first painters of the vegetation of Eretz Israel and its views.
[2], 12 leaves, [1] leaf. Appears in the Bib. Inst. CD with another [1] folded leaf, 39 cm. Thick quality paper. Good condition. Foxing on the margins of the leaves. Uncut sheets of paper. Small tear on the margin of the printed cardboard wrapping.
A dozen illustrations of Eretz Israel views in accordance with verses from the Tanach, by the painter and nature-lover, Aharon HaLevi.
HaLevi made Aliya from Russia in 1906, worked in sowing, gardening and cultivation of plant species, one of the first painters of the vegetation of Eretz Israel and its views.
[2], 12 leaves, [1] leaf. Appears in the Bib. Inst. CD with another [1] folded leaf, 39 cm. Thick quality paper. Good condition. Foxing on the margins of the leaves. Uncut sheets of paper. Small tear on the margin of the printed cardboard wrapping.
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Auction 7 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
October 19, 2009
Opening: $250
Sold for: $313
Including buyer's premium
Die Bibel In Auswahl furs haus, illustrations by E.M. Lilien, Braunschweig and Berlin, 1912.
A "popular" edition with short, selected sections from the Bible and the New Testament accompanied by illustrations by E.M. Lilien. With three color maps of Palestine and its surroundings.
[7], 646. [1] page, [2] map plates, 22.5 cm. Good condition. Cloth cover somewhat loose, damages to margins and corners, gilded spine torn in edges.
Rare.
A "popular" edition with short, selected sections from the Bible and the New Testament accompanied by illustrations by E.M. Lilien. With three color maps of Palestine and its surroundings.
[7], 646. [1] page, [2] map plates, 22.5 cm. Good condition. Cloth cover somewhat loose, damages to margins and corners, gilded spine torn in edges.
Rare.
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Jewish and Israeli Art
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Auction 7 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
October 19, 2009
Opening: $100
Sold for: $400
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Verzeichnis der radierungen von E. M. Lilien, Vienna, 1919.
Price list of E.M. Lilien's etchings with many photographs of his works. In the end of the booklet is an alphabetically arranged index. German.
45, [2] pages, 22.5 cm. Good condition. Stains on the cover and on the first pages.
Price list of E.M. Lilien's etchings with many photographs of his works. In the end of the booklet is an alphabetically arranged index. German.
45, [2] pages, 22.5 cm. Good condition. Stains on the cover and on the first pages.
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Jewish and Israeli Art
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Auction 7 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
October 19, 2009
Opening: $250
Sold for: $375
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Jüdische kunst aus Hessen und Nassau, Rudolf Hallo. Published by Soncino, Berlin, 1933.
Many photographs and explanations on religious objects and art objects from the synagogues of Hessen and Nassau. Includes 33 photographic plates.
39 pages, 33 photographic plates, 30 cm. Good condition. Cover is faded, with staining along the margins.
Many photographs and explanations on religious objects and art objects from the synagogues of Hessen and Nassau. Includes 33 photographic plates.
39 pages, 33 photographic plates, 30 cm. Good condition. Cover is faded, with staining along the margins.
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Jewish and Israeli Art
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Auction 7 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
October 19, 2009
Opening: $250
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Katalog der vom Verein Jüdisches Museum Breslau. Exhibition catalogue dedicated to the Jews of Schlesia, at the Jewish Museum of Breslau, March 1929.
Description of 576 exhibits at the exhibition in addition to 20 photographic plates of religious objects and Jewish articles.
VII, 126 pages, XX photographic plates. Fair condition. The photographic plates are partially detached. The corners of the leaves are creased. Stamps and ex-Libris. Cover and spine are torn with stains.
Description of 576 exhibits at the exhibition in addition to 20 photographic plates of religious objects and Jewish articles.
VII, 126 pages, XX photographic plates. Fair condition. The photographic plates are partially detached. The corners of the leaves are creased. Stamps and ex-Libris. Cover and spine are torn with stains.
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Jewish and Israeli Art
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Auction 7 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
October 19, 2009
Opening: $150
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A föltámadó szentföld : százötven palesztinai képpel, Patai József. [Aliya to the Holy Land – 150 pictures of Palestine], Vienna, [1930?].
Articles on Eretz Israel sites accompanied by a few poems and Hebrew quotes, with photographs and numerous illustrations, among them works by Lilien, Abel Pann, Boris Schatz, Struck and many others. Hungarian. Handwritten dedication before title page.
272 pages, 28.5 cm. Good condition. A few stains. Cover is worn.
Articles on Eretz Israel sites accompanied by a few poems and Hebrew quotes, with photographs and numerous illustrations, among them works by Lilien, Abel Pann, Boris Schatz, Struck and many others. Hungarian. Handwritten dedication before title page.
272 pages, 28.5 cm. Good condition. A few stains. Cover is worn.
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