Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $500
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Jerusalem, 36 Heliogravüren nach Originalradierungen von E. M. Lilien [Jerusalem, 36 photogravures after original etchings by E.M. Lilien]. Berlin-Vienna: Benjamin Harz, 1921. German.
Portfolio containing 28 (out of 36) prints (photogravures) after etchings by Ephraim Moses Lilien. Each print is titled in Hebrew. The portfolio contains a booklet with a table of contents and an introduction by Eugen Hoeflich.
Booklet: [8] leaves + 28 print plates, 38X30 cm; inserted in portfolio 39.5X33 cm. Good-fair condition. Some of the plates are in different hues. Numerous stains. Tears and creases to margins of some of the plates.
Provenance: Willy Lindwer collection.
Portfolio containing 28 (out of 36) prints (photogravures) after etchings by Ephraim Moses Lilien. Each print is titled in Hebrew. The portfolio contains a booklet with a table of contents and an introduction by Eugen Hoeflich.
Booklet: [8] leaves + 28 print plates, 38X30 cm; inserted in portfolio 39.5X33 cm. Good-fair condition. Some of the plates are in different hues. Numerous stains. Tears and creases to margins of some of the plates.
Provenance: Willy Lindwer collection.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
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Afyonkarahisar, Turkey, etching. [1918]. Signed in pencil.
22.5X40 cm. Good condition.
22.5X40 cm. Good condition.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
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Cattle Enclosure in the Tetra Mountains, etching. Signed in the plate; signed in pencil.
39.5X58.5 cm. Good condition. Slight damage to margins.
39.5X58.5 cm. Good condition. Slight damage to margins.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
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Two etchings:
1. Pyramids in Cairo. 29X32 cm. Matted.
2. Talmud Torah. 31.5X33 cm. Dark margins, with small tears.
Both etchings are authenticated in handwriting on the reverse by Otto Lilien, the artist's son.
1. Pyramids in Cairo. 29X32 cm. Matted.
2. Talmud Torah. 31.5X33 cm. Dark margins, with small tears.
Both etchings are authenticated in handwriting on the reverse by Otto Lilien, the artist's son.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
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Boats near the Shore of Beyoğlu, Istanbul, etching.
Signed in the plate and titled: Pera; signed in pencil.
23X33 cm. Good condition. Matted.
Signed in the plate and titled: Pera; signed in pencil.
23X33 cm. Good condition. Matted.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,500
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Twelve lithographs from the portfolio Mon Village (the original portfolio contained 15 lithographs). Signed and titled in pencil.
50X65 cm sheets. Condition varies.
50X65 cm sheets. Condition varies.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $400
Sold for: $813
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Sur les champs Juifs de l'Ukraine, Issachar Ryback [In the Jewish Fields of the Ukraine, Issachar Ryback]. Paris, 1926. French.
An album with 21 high-quality reproductions (one is in color), depicting Jewish figures and Jewish craftsmen in the Ukraine. With an introduction by André Salmon. Copy no. 323 out of an edition of 300 copies (numbered 51-350), printed on Japanese paper.
15 pp, [1] leaf, [21] print plates, [1] leaf. 38 cm. Good-fair condition. Worming to some leaves, stains and defects to wrapper. Tears to spine (wrapper and first signature loose).
Provenance: Shlomo Shva collection.
An album with 21 high-quality reproductions (one is in color), depicting Jewish figures and Jewish craftsmen in the Ukraine. With an introduction by André Salmon. Copy no. 323 out of an edition of 300 copies (numbered 51-350), printed on Japanese paper.
15 pp, [1] leaf, [21] print plates, [1] leaf. 38 cm. Good-fair condition. Worming to some leaves, stains and defects to wrapper. Tears to spine (wrapper and first signature loose).
Provenance: Shlomo Shva collection.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $700
Sold for: $1,000
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Der farkishefter shnyder [the enchanted tailor], Sholem Aleichem. Portfolio containing lithographs by Anatoly Kaplan. Leningrad (St. Petersburg), 1957 (in colophon: 1958).
26 lithographs (25 illustrations + colophon) and introduction in Russian. The lithographs are signed in pencil: A. Kaplan (Russian), except for two, and dated: 54-57.
[27] leaves, 60X44.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Extensive foxing. Creases, tears to margins. Portfolio damaged and torn.
26 lithographs (25 illustrations + colophon) and introduction in Russian. The lithographs are signed in pencil: A. Kaplan (Russian), except for two, and dated: 54-57.
[27] leaves, 60X44.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Extensive foxing. Creases, tears to margins. Portfolio damaged and torn.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $700
Sold for: $1,250
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Thirteen trial prints of lithographs by Michel Fingesten, with songs by Alfred Kerr - a draft for the book "Krämerspiegel". [Berlin, ca. 1921]. German.
The book "Krämerspiegel. Zwölf Gesänge von Alfred Kerr für eine Singstimme mit Klavierbegleitung Komponiert von Richard Strauss" [Twelve Songs by Alfred Kerr, for voice and piano, set to music by Richard Strauss] was published in 1921 by the Paul Cassirer publishing house in Berlin, in a bibliophile edition which included, alongside sheet music, impressive illustrations by Michel Fingesten.
Offered here are a trial print of the title page and twelve additional trial prints of Fingesten's illustrations for the book. All the prints are signed in his handwriting, in pencil, and titled "Probedruck" [proof print]. Each print is placed in a passe-partout. Alfred Kerr's songs are written in handwriting (in pencil) on the passe-partout leaves (apparently in Fingesten's hand).
Inserted in fine vellum box, on whose front is an original color illustration by Michel Fingesten (signed: M F).
"Krämerspiegel" originates in a dispute between Richard Strauss and his publisher; following the dispute, Strauss approached the German-Jewish theater critic Alfred Kerr, requesting Kerr to write a satire of the publishing world. The cycle of satirical songs composed by Kerr and Strauss entailed a lawsuit which resulted in a prohibition on performing the work in public for a number of years.
In 1921 Paul Cassirer decided to publish the Krämerspiegel. Ironically, the work, which derides the publishing profession, was printed in a fine and meticulous bibliophilic edition. The book's illustrations were prepared in the spirit of the satirical text.
[13] prints, size varies (the title page print is printed on a 38X28 cm. leaf; the other prints appear on approx. 19X25.5 cm leaves). Placed in passe-partout, 40 cm. Good condition. Slight defects to box. The first print is somewhat dark.
The book "Krämerspiegel. Zwölf Gesänge von Alfred Kerr für eine Singstimme mit Klavierbegleitung Komponiert von Richard Strauss" [Twelve Songs by Alfred Kerr, for voice and piano, set to music by Richard Strauss] was published in 1921 by the Paul Cassirer publishing house in Berlin, in a bibliophile edition which included, alongside sheet music, impressive illustrations by Michel Fingesten.
Offered here are a trial print of the title page and twelve additional trial prints of Fingesten's illustrations for the book. All the prints are signed in his handwriting, in pencil, and titled "Probedruck" [proof print]. Each print is placed in a passe-partout. Alfred Kerr's songs are written in handwriting (in pencil) on the passe-partout leaves (apparently in Fingesten's hand).
Inserted in fine vellum box, on whose front is an original color illustration by Michel Fingesten (signed: M F).
"Krämerspiegel" originates in a dispute between Richard Strauss and his publisher; following the dispute, Strauss approached the German-Jewish theater critic Alfred Kerr, requesting Kerr to write a satire of the publishing world. The cycle of satirical songs composed by Kerr and Strauss entailed a lawsuit which resulted in a prohibition on performing the work in public for a number of years.
In 1921 Paul Cassirer decided to publish the Krämerspiegel. Ironically, the work, which derides the publishing profession, was printed in a fine and meticulous bibliophilic edition. The book's illustrations were prepared in the spirit of the satirical text.
[13] prints, size varies (the title page print is printed on a 38X28 cm. leaf; the other prints appear on approx. 19X25.5 cm leaves). Placed in passe-partout, 40 cm. Good condition. Slight defects to box. The first print is somewhat dark.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
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Entrückung und Aufruhr, Zwolf Gedichte (handschriftlich) von Arnold Zweig. Portfolio with twelve lithographs by Magnus Zeller, illustrating poems by Arnold Zweig. Frankfurt am Main: Tiedemann & Uzielli, 1920. German.
Twelve lithographs by German artist Magnus Zeller (1888-1972), accompanying poems by Arnold Zweig. The portfolio includes an introduction (a letter to Magnus Zeller) and an afterword by Zweig. The text leaves (poems, introduction and afterword) are facsimiles of a manuscript. The lithographs are all signed in pencil by Zeller. Two are dated: 1918. The portfolio is numbered 25/105.
[17] text leaves + [12] lithographs; inserted in portfolio, 38 cm. Good condition. Papers of different size, with uneven edges. Creases and some tears to margins. Stains to margins of some of the leaves. Original portfolio, stained, with slight defects.
Twelve lithographs by German artist Magnus Zeller (1888-1972), accompanying poems by Arnold Zweig. The portfolio includes an introduction (a letter to Magnus Zeller) and an afterword by Zweig. The text leaves (poems, introduction and afterword) are facsimiles of a manuscript. The lithographs are all signed in pencil by Zeller. Two are dated: 1918. The portfolio is numbered 25/105.
[17] text leaves + [12] lithographs; inserted in portfolio, 38 cm. Good condition. Papers of different size, with uneven edges. Creases and some tears to margins. Stains to margins of some of the leaves. Original portfolio, stained, with slight defects.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
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[Jaffa], eleven woodcuts by Israel Feldman [Paldi]. Tel Aviv, 1925.
Eleven woodcuts depicting Jaffa and Tel Aviv. Enclosed is a leaf with a colophon and the works' titles; on the leaf is a Hebrew dedication in Paldi's hand: "To Sionah [Sionah Tagger?] from Paldi".
Printed in an edition of 100 copies. The present copy is unnumbered.
[1] leaf + 11 print leaves (each leaf inserted in a passe-partout), 31 cm (woodcut size varies). Original portfolio missing. Good condition. Tears to leaf margins. Stains (primarily to colophon page and passe-partout leaves).
Eleven woodcuts depicting Jaffa and Tel Aviv. Enclosed is a leaf with a colophon and the works' titles; on the leaf is a Hebrew dedication in Paldi's hand: "To Sionah [Sionah Tagger?] from Paldi".
Printed in an edition of 100 copies. The present copy is unnumbered.
[1] leaf + 11 print leaves (each leaf inserted in a passe-partout), 31 cm (woodcut size varies). Original portfolio missing. Good condition. Tears to leaf margins. Stains (primarily to colophon page and passe-partout leaves).
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $2,000
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The Godseekers. Album with ten woodcuts by Reuven Rubin. Jerusalem: Bineth Art Gallery, 1966.
An exquisite album with ten woodcuts by Reuven Rubin, signed and numbered. Introduction in Hebrew and English by Dr. Haim Gamzu. The album was published in an edition of 85 copies. The first 20 copies were inserted in a handmade vellum case with hand-embossed decorations. The present copy is number 2. [3] leaves, [10] woodcuts. Woodcuts: 33X28 cm on average. Inserted in vellum case: 57.5X42 cm. Very good condition.
Provenance: Willy Lindwer collection.
An exquisite album with ten woodcuts by Reuven Rubin, signed and numbered. Introduction in Hebrew and English by Dr. Haim Gamzu. The album was published in an edition of 85 copies. The first 20 copies were inserted in a handmade vellum case with hand-embossed decorations. The present copy is number 2. [3] leaves, [10] woodcuts. Woodcuts: 33X28 cm on average. Inserted in vellum case: 57.5X42 cm. Very good condition.
Provenance: Willy Lindwer collection.
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