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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,750
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HaChaim KeMashal [Life as a Parable], by Pinchas Sadeh. Tel-Aviv: Sheshet, 1958. First edition.
A unique copy of the novel "Life as a Parable", created by Pinchas Sadeh for the literary critic Aza Zvi. Thirteen leaves with pen sketches by Sadeh, seven of which are signed "Pinchas 1960", were added to this copy (tipped-in), creating an illustrated version of the novel.
Sadeh's illustrations for "Life as a Parable" were published in the book "42 Illustrations and a Diary – the Writing of Life as a Parable" (Proza ItonSifrut, 1980); according to Sadeh, they were created "out of a sudden sense of remembrance… to leave a precise impression of the figures, places and events as they occurred in reality". The illustrations in this copy are different than those published in the book. They were drawn in a freer hand – some seem to be initial drafts of the published illustrations and some illustrate different scenes than the ones illustrated in "42 Illustrations and a Diary".
On page 228 four lines are marked, with an arrow pointing at a higher spot.
"Life as a Parable", Pinchas Sadeh's debut novel, was first published by the small publishing house "Sheshet", after being rejected by large publishing houses. The novel, which introduced a conflicted and complicated spiritual world, expressing reservations regarding nationalism, revolutionized Israeli literature and soon became a cult book.
The literary critic Aza Zvi was a close friend of Sadeh and one of the first to acknowledge the importance of this novel. Even before she finished reading the book, she decided to meet its (still anonymous) author and came to his apartment on Aza St. in Jerusalem. Sadeh was not home at the time and Zvi waited for him on the porch, reading the novel she had not yet finished. The two eventually became close friends and Sadeh liked to remind her of the time she unexpectedly appeared "like a bird" on his porch (see: "About Aza Zvi" [Hebrew] by Moshe Ganan – an article published in the blog "Bustan HaPerot").
With the original dust jacket (glued to the binding). Enclosed is an additional copy of the front dust jacket.
461 pp, approx. 19 cm. The book in good-fair condition. The illustrations in good condition. Stains. Approx. twenty pages at the beginning of the book are partly detached. Ownership inscription of Aza Zvi on front endpaper. The dust-jacket with small open tears to edges; without spine. Blemishes and wear to spine and boards.
A unique copy of the novel "Life as a Parable", created by Pinchas Sadeh for the literary critic Aza Zvi. Thirteen leaves with pen sketches by Sadeh, seven of which are signed "Pinchas 1960", were added to this copy (tipped-in), creating an illustrated version of the novel.
Sadeh's illustrations for "Life as a Parable" were published in the book "42 Illustrations and a Diary – the Writing of Life as a Parable" (Proza ItonSifrut, 1980); according to Sadeh, they were created "out of a sudden sense of remembrance… to leave a precise impression of the figures, places and events as they occurred in reality". The illustrations in this copy are different than those published in the book. They were drawn in a freer hand – some seem to be initial drafts of the published illustrations and some illustrate different scenes than the ones illustrated in "42 Illustrations and a Diary".
On page 228 four lines are marked, with an arrow pointing at a higher spot.
"Life as a Parable", Pinchas Sadeh's debut novel, was first published by the small publishing house "Sheshet", after being rejected by large publishing houses. The novel, which introduced a conflicted and complicated spiritual world, expressing reservations regarding nationalism, revolutionized Israeli literature and soon became a cult book.
The literary critic Aza Zvi was a close friend of Sadeh and one of the first to acknowledge the importance of this novel. Even before she finished reading the book, she decided to meet its (still anonymous) author and came to his apartment on Aza St. in Jerusalem. Sadeh was not home at the time and Zvi waited for him on the porch, reading the novel she had not yet finished. The two eventually became close friends and Sadeh liked to remind her of the time she unexpectedly appeared "like a bird" on his porch (see: "About Aza Zvi" [Hebrew] by Moshe Ganan – an article published in the blog "Bustan HaPerot").
With the original dust jacket (glued to the binding). Enclosed is an additional copy of the front dust jacket.
461 pp, approx. 19 cm. The book in good-fair condition. The illustrations in good condition. Stains. Approx. twenty pages at the beginning of the book are partly detached. Ownership inscription of Aza Zvi on front endpaper. The dust-jacket with small open tears to edges; without spine. Blemishes and wear to spine and boards.
Category
Literature and Poetry, Manuscripts, Author Autographs
and First Editions
Catalogue
Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,500
Including buyer's premium
The Pentateuch. Berlin: Soncino, 1930-1933.
A fine bibliophile folio edition of 850 copies. The letters and initials were designed by Marcus Behmer "after the letters used in the printing press of Gershom Cohen in Prague".
The Soncino Society of Friends of the Jewish Book was founded in Berlin in 1924 and published books with meticulous attention to typographic design. The society was dismantled by order of the Nazi authorities in 1937. The Soncino Society meant to continue and print all the other books of the Bible, but the dramatic political changes in Germany at the time led to the early termination of the project.
[134] leaves, 40 cm. Good condition. Thick, high-quality paper. Wide margins. Some stains and minor creases. Cloth-covered binding, with stains and minor blemishes.
A fine bibliophile folio edition of 850 copies. The letters and initials were designed by Marcus Behmer "after the letters used in the printing press of Gershom Cohen in Prague".
The Soncino Society of Friends of the Jewish Book was founded in Berlin in 1924 and published books with meticulous attention to typographic design. The society was dismantled by order of the Nazi authorities in 1937. The Soncino Society meant to continue and print all the other books of the Bible, but the dramatic political changes in Germany at the time led to the early termination of the project.
[134] leaves, 40 cm. Good condition. Thick, high-quality paper. Wide margins. Some stains and minor creases. Cloth-covered binding, with stains and minor blemishes.
Category
Bibliophile Books and Bookplates
Catalogue
Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $300
Sold for: $525
Including buyer's premium
Mein Blaues Klavier, Neue Gedichte [My Blue Piano, New Poems], by Else Lasker-Schüler. Jerusalem: Jerusalem Press Ltd., 1943. German. First edition. Copy no. 74 of 330.
"My Blue Piano", Else Lasker-Schüler's (1869-1945) last book of poems, was published during her lifetime, several years after she escaped from Nazi Germany and immigrated to Palestine. Lasker-Schüler dedicated "My Blue Piano" "To my dear friends in the cities of Germany – and to those, who like myself, were expelled and are now scattered around the world, faithfully!" (German. Printed at the beginning of the book). Her illustration for the front cover of the book, in which she depicted herself among a group of friends, is titled "Saying Goodbye to Friends".
The book was published by Dr. Moshe Spitzer's Tarshish publishing house, employing the publisher’s typically outstanding quality and design (the name of the publishing house, however, is not mentioned in the book).
45, [1] pp, 21.5 cm. Good condition. A few stains. Slightly faded binding, with minor stains. The spine is missing (as typical of all copies of the book). Inked stamps on the endpapers and the title page.
"My Blue Piano", Else Lasker-Schüler's (1869-1945) last book of poems, was published during her lifetime, several years after she escaped from Nazi Germany and immigrated to Palestine. Lasker-Schüler dedicated "My Blue Piano" "To my dear friends in the cities of Germany – and to those, who like myself, were expelled and are now scattered around the world, faithfully!" (German. Printed at the beginning of the book). Her illustration for the front cover of the book, in which she depicted herself among a group of friends, is titled "Saying Goodbye to Friends".
The book was published by Dr. Moshe Spitzer's Tarshish publishing house, employing the publisher’s typically outstanding quality and design (the name of the publishing house, however, is not mentioned in the book).
45, [1] pp, 21.5 cm. Good condition. A few stains. Slightly faded binding, with minor stains. The spine is missing (as typical of all copies of the book). Inked stamps on the endpapers and the title page.
Category
Bibliophile Books and Bookplates
Catalogue
Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $300
Sold for: $525
Including buyer's premium
"The Bird's Head Haggada of the Bezalel National Art Museum in Jerusalem". Two volumes. Jerusalem: Tarshish Books (printed by Kunstanstalt Max Jaffe), 1965-1967.
A color facsimile edition, printed on heavy, high-quality paper, of the illuminated Birds' Head Haggadah manuscript (Germany, ca. 1300). Two volumes: facsimile volume (printed in 1965) and an introductory volume edited by Moshe Spitzer (printed in 1967; English).
The colophon of the facsimile volume reads: "Printed in collotype by Kunstanstalt Max Jaffe in Vienna and published in 600 numbered copies as the first publication of the L. A. Mayer Library for Beth David Solomons by Tarshish books Jerusalem". This copy is numbered 315.
The Birds' Head Haggadah is the earliest German illuminated Haggadah known to be produced as an entity separate from the prayer book. It is unique for its extraordinary illustrations – human figures with birds' heads; perhaps the illustrator's attempt to circumvent prohibition against making a graven image – "Thou shalt not make for thyself any carved idol, or any likenes". Most of the figures are depicted wearing the "Jews' hat" (the conical hat the Jews of Germany were required to wear). The illustrations depict various biblical scenes, holiday customs and images of the Redemption.
Volume I: [48] leaves. Volume II: 126, [1] pp. + 31 plates (numbered 129-159). 28 cm. Good condition. Elegant one-eighth vellum, gilt stamped, with gilt stamped leather title label; in the original slipcases. Minor blemishes to bindings and cases.
A color facsimile edition, printed on heavy, high-quality paper, of the illuminated Birds' Head Haggadah manuscript (Germany, ca. 1300). Two volumes: facsimile volume (printed in 1965) and an introductory volume edited by Moshe Spitzer (printed in 1967; English).
The colophon of the facsimile volume reads: "Printed in collotype by Kunstanstalt Max Jaffe in Vienna and published in 600 numbered copies as the first publication of the L. A. Mayer Library for Beth David Solomons by Tarshish books Jerusalem". This copy is numbered 315.
The Birds' Head Haggadah is the earliest German illuminated Haggadah known to be produced as an entity separate from the prayer book. It is unique for its extraordinary illustrations – human figures with birds' heads; perhaps the illustrator's attempt to circumvent prohibition against making a graven image – "Thou shalt not make for thyself any carved idol, or any likenes". Most of the figures are depicted wearing the "Jews' hat" (the conical hat the Jews of Germany were required to wear). The illustrations depict various biblical scenes, holiday customs and images of the Redemption.
Volume I: [48] leaves. Volume II: 126, [1] pp. + 31 plates (numbered 129-159). 28 cm. Good condition. Elegant one-eighth vellum, gilt stamped, with gilt stamped leather title label; in the original slipcases. Minor blemishes to bindings and cases.
Category
Bibliophile Books and Bookplates
Catalogue
Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $1,000
Unsold
Collection of bookplates designed by Ephraim Moses Lilien, including bookplates for Zionist leaders, intellectuals and others. [20th century].
27 bookplates, some of them original prints, designed by E.M. Lilien (1874-1925). Including bookplates made for Zionist leaders and intellectuals such as Otto Warburg and Martin Buber; Lilien's bookplate (several copies); universal and commercial bookplates and bookplates making use of Lilien's works.
Size varies. Good to good-fair overall condition. Stains. Blemishes. Severe damp damage to one bookplate. Damage caused by acidic tape to most bookplates.
27 bookplates, some of them original prints, designed by E.M. Lilien (1874-1925). Including bookplates made for Zionist leaders and intellectuals such as Otto Warburg and Martin Buber; Lilien's bookplate (several copies); universal and commercial bookplates and bookplates making use of Lilien's works.
Size varies. Good to good-fair overall condition. Stains. Blemishes. Severe damp damage to one bookplate. Damage caused by acidic tape to most bookplates.
Category
Bibliophile Books and Bookplates
Catalogue
Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,250
Including buyer's premium
Collection of bookplates designed by Jewish artists or for Jewish book owners. [Europe, USA and Palestine, 20th century].
About 140 bookplates, including woodcuts and engravings. Designers include: Arthur Szyk, Jacob Stark, Perec Willenberg, Fré (Frederika) Cohen and Max Pollak. The collection includes bookplates made for Max Brod, Leah Goldberg, Judaica collector Maximillian Goldstein, art collector Leon Kolb, Heinrich Lowe, Gershom Scholem and others.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition. Blemishes. Damage caused by acidic tape to many bookplates (some are mounted on paper leaves).
About 140 bookplates, including woodcuts and engravings. Designers include: Arthur Szyk, Jacob Stark, Perec Willenberg, Fré (Frederika) Cohen and Max Pollak. The collection includes bookplates made for Max Brod, Leah Goldberg, Judaica collector Maximillian Goldstein, art collector Leon Kolb, Heinrich Lowe, Gershom Scholem and others.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition. Blemishes. Damage caused by acidic tape to many bookplates (some are mounted on paper leaves).
Category
Bibliophile Books and Bookplates
Catalogue
Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $700
Sold for: $875
Including buyer's premium
Johann Georg Trautmann (1713-1769), Jewish Scholar.
Oil on panel. Unsigned. The artist's name and year of death are handwritten in contemporary hand on verso ("Trautmann / †1769"), alongside the note "No. 137".
Approx. 19X25.5 cm (frame: approx. 41.5X48 cm). Good condition. Minor blemishes to paint. Minor blemishes to frame. A small metal plate with the painting's title ("Jewish Scholar") and the artist's name and year of death is attached to the frame.
Oil on panel. Unsigned. The artist's name and year of death are handwritten in contemporary hand on verso ("Trautmann / †1769"), alongside the note "No. 137".
Approx. 19X25.5 cm (frame: approx. 41.5X48 cm). Good condition. Minor blemishes to paint. Minor blemishes to frame. A small metal plate with the painting's title ("Jewish Scholar") and the artist's name and year of death is attached to the frame.
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Israeli and International Art
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $600
Sold for: $750
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Lot and His Daughters, follower of Frans Francken the Younger (1581-1642).
Oil on panel.
39.5X32 cm. Good-fair condition. Blemishes to paint and panel. Several long fractures. Some warping to panel. In a 52X45 cm frame; the panel mostly detached from the frame. Blemishes to frame.
Oil on panel.
39.5X32 cm. Good-fair condition. Blemishes to paint and panel. Several long fractures. Some warping to panel. In a 52X45 cm frame; the panel mostly detached from the frame. Blemishes to frame.
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Israeli and International Art
Catalogue
Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
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Stot fun Palazen, Lider un Poemes [The City of Palaces, Songs and Poems], by Isaac Berliner. Mexico: "Der Veg", 1936. Yiddish. Additional Spanish title page.
Collection of poems by Yiddish poet Isaac Berliner, accompanied by twelve illustrations and a portrait of the poet by his friend, the artist Diego Rivera. Signed in the plate.
Poet Isaac Berliner (1899-1957), born in Lodz, immigrated to Mexico in 1922. His poems, some of which deal with political and social issues, influenced contemporary Mexican artists, including Diego Rivera (1886-1957) and Rivera's wife, artist Frida Kahlo.
207, [4] pp, approx. 23.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Tears to margins of several dozens of pages at the beginning of the book, slightly affecting two of the illustrations. Several pages remained unopened at top. Closed and open tears to margins of cover and spine. Sticker to lower spine. Back cover detached.
Collection of poems by Yiddish poet Isaac Berliner, accompanied by twelve illustrations and a portrait of the poet by his friend, the artist Diego Rivera. Signed in the plate.
Poet Isaac Berliner (1899-1957), born in Lodz, immigrated to Mexico in 1922. His poems, some of which deal with political and social issues, influenced contemporary Mexican artists, including Diego Rivera (1886-1957) and Rivera's wife, artist Frida Kahlo.
207, [4] pp, approx. 23.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Tears to margins of several dozens of pages at the beginning of the book, slightly affecting two of the illustrations. Several pages remained unopened at top. Closed and open tears to margins of cover and spine. Sticker to lower spine. Back cover detached.
Category
Israeli and International Art
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $1,200
Sold for: $1,500
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Verve. Revue Artistique et Littéraire. Vol. VIII, Nos 33 et 34. Paris: Verve, 1956. French.
Album format; double issue (no. 33-34) of the Verve journal. The issue features 105 quality black and white reproductions and 28 original lithographs (16 of them in color) depicting Biblical themes by Chagall, created between 1930 and 1955. Cover design also by Chagall.
Volume: 35.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes to binding. Tears to spine.
Album format; double issue (no. 33-34) of the Verve journal. The issue features 105 quality black and white reproductions and 28 original lithographs (16 of them in color) depicting Biblical themes by Chagall, created between 1930 and 1955. Cover design also by Chagall.
Volume: 35.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes to binding. Tears to spine.
Category
Israeli and International Art
Catalogue
Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,625
Including buyer's premium
The six volumes of "The Lithographs of Chagall", Catalogue Raisonne of lithographs by Chagall. Different editions. Published by André Sauret and Crown Publishers, INC., France, Monte Carlo and New York, 1960-1986, French, German and English.
The first and third volumes of the French edition, the second volume of the German edition and the fourth, fifth and sixth volumes of the English edition. Most of the volumes contain original lithographs by Chagall. All of them with the original, lithographic dust jackets.
1. Chagall Lithographe. First volume of the French edition. France: André Sauret, 1960. 11 original lithographs (most of them in color). 220, [1] pp.
2. Chagall Lithograph, 1957-1962. Second volume of the German edition. Monte Carlo: André Sauret, 1963. 11 original lithographs (some in color). 208, [1] pp.
3. Chagall Lithographe, 1962-1968. Third volume of the French edition. France: André Sauret, 1969. Original lithographic frontispiece. 179, [1] pp.
4. The Lithographs of Chagall, 1969-1973. Fourth volume of the English edition. New York: Crown Publishers, INC., 1974. Original lithographic frontispiece. 180, [1] pp.
5. Chagall Lithographs, 1974-1979. Fifth volume of the English edition. Monte Carlo: André Sauret, 1984. 250, [1] pp.
6. Chagall Lithographs, 1980-1985. Sixth volume of the English edition. New York: Crown Publishers, INC., 1986. 224, [1] pp.
Volumes: 32 cm. Good overall condition.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
The first and third volumes of the French edition, the second volume of the German edition and the fourth, fifth and sixth volumes of the English edition. Most of the volumes contain original lithographs by Chagall. All of them with the original, lithographic dust jackets.
1. Chagall Lithographe. First volume of the French edition. France: André Sauret, 1960. 11 original lithographs (most of them in color). 220, [1] pp.
2. Chagall Lithograph, 1957-1962. Second volume of the German edition. Monte Carlo: André Sauret, 1963. 11 original lithographs (some in color). 208, [1] pp.
3. Chagall Lithographe, 1962-1968. Third volume of the French edition. France: André Sauret, 1969. Original lithographic frontispiece. 179, [1] pp.
4. The Lithographs of Chagall, 1969-1973. Fourth volume of the English edition. New York: Crown Publishers, INC., 1974. Original lithographic frontispiece. 180, [1] pp.
5. Chagall Lithographs, 1974-1979. Fifth volume of the English edition. Monte Carlo: André Sauret, 1984. 250, [1] pp.
6. Chagall Lithographs, 1980-1985. Sixth volume of the English edition. New York: Crown Publishers, INC., 1986. 224, [1] pp.
Volumes: 32 cm. Good overall condition.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
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Israeli and International Art
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Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
August 11, 2020
Opening: $700
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La Fortune et le jeune enfant [Fortune and the Young Child], an etching by marc Chagall (1887-1985) after La Fontaine's Fables.
Signed in pencil: "Marc Chagall / 58".
Etching: 24X29.5 cm (42X33.5 cm leaf). Good condition. Minor stains on the etching. Browning due to matting. Tape on verso.
Signed in pencil: "Marc Chagall / 58".
Etching: 24X29.5 cm (42X33.5 cm leaf). Good condition. Minor stains on the etching. Browning due to matting. Tape on verso.
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Israeli and International Art
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