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Auction 58 - Rare and Important Items
October 31, 2017
Opening: $2,000
Sold for: $2,500
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Anti-Pogrom-Dag [Anti Pogrom Day]. A poster designed by L. [Leonard] Pinkhof (signed in the plate). Amsterdam, 1919. Dutch.
Advertising poster for events held in Amsterdam on July 27, 1919, in protest against the pogroms of Russian Jews. (In a pogrom that took place on February 15, 1919 during the ‘Petliura’ pogroms in Proskurov [Khmelnytskyi], between 1,200 and 1,500 Jews were murdered).
The text is printed in black, in two columns on the left and right of the poster. Between them is a large, ominous, illustration in red of a sinister eagle, blood dripping from its beak and claws, clutching the head of a Jew with a frightened look on his face, who in turn is holding in his arms a crying woman about to collapse. Below them, lying on the floor with his head bowed, is a Jewish boy wearing a Talith and Tefillin.
The text and image is surrounded by a black frame that creates - with the illustration and the combination of the red and black colors - a dramatic quality resembling an obituary.
Leonard Pinkhof (1898-1944) was a Jewish-Dutch painter and educator. He spent most of his adult life in Den Helder, Holland, and was active in the life of the Jewish and artistic communities of the town. In 1940, when Holland was occupied by the German army, he was fired from his job. He wandered between several towns until he was captured in 1944 and deported to the extermination camp in Sobibor, where he was murdered.
76X106 cm. Good condition. Creases. Slight tears at margins. Some tears restored with pasted papers on the reverse, with some minor color corrections. The upper right corner was lacking and has been professionally restored, including color completion. Some stains.
Literature: Memorbook: History of Dutch Jewry from the Renaissance to 1940, by Mozes Heiman Gans, Baarn, 1977, p. 629 (illustrated).
Advertising poster for events held in Amsterdam on July 27, 1919, in protest against the pogroms of Russian Jews. (In a pogrom that took place on February 15, 1919 during the ‘Petliura’ pogroms in Proskurov [Khmelnytskyi], between 1,200 and 1,500 Jews were murdered).
The text is printed in black, in two columns on the left and right of the poster. Between them is a large, ominous, illustration in red of a sinister eagle, blood dripping from its beak and claws, clutching the head of a Jew with a frightened look on his face, who in turn is holding in his arms a crying woman about to collapse. Below them, lying on the floor with his head bowed, is a Jewish boy wearing a Talith and Tefillin.
The text and image is surrounded by a black frame that creates - with the illustration and the combination of the red and black colors - a dramatic quality resembling an obituary.
Leonard Pinkhof (1898-1944) was a Jewish-Dutch painter and educator. He spent most of his adult life in Den Helder, Holland, and was active in the life of the Jewish and artistic communities of the town. In 1940, when Holland was occupied by the German army, he was fired from his job. He wandered between several towns until he was captured in 1944 and deported to the extermination camp in Sobibor, where he was murdered.
76X106 cm. Good condition. Creases. Slight tears at margins. Some tears restored with pasted papers on the reverse, with some minor color corrections. The upper right corner was lacking and has been professionally restored, including color completion. Some stains.
Literature: Memorbook: History of Dutch Jewry from the Renaissance to 1940, by Mozes Heiman Gans, Baarn, 1977, p. 629 (illustrated).
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Auction 58 - Rare and Important Items
October 31, 2017
Opening: $1,800
Sold for: $2,250
Including buyer's premium
"Hatzer HaIkar" [Hebrew: Farmer's Yard], a didactic lithograph poster for children. "Menorah" publishing house, Vienna, [1920s?].
A didactic poster for children. An illustration depicting a farmer's yard appears on top; below it is a "legend" for buildings, objects and figures that appear in the illustration and are numbered (the dairy barn, the stable, bee hive, the horse, tools, the farmer and a female farmer and more).
59.5X91 cm. Printed on paper and mounted on linen. Fair condition. Stains (one large stain, dark, on lower right corner). Folding marks and creases. Tears affecting the illustration and text, mainly at margins and folding lines.
A didactic poster for children. An illustration depicting a farmer's yard appears on top; below it is a "legend" for buildings, objects and figures that appear in the illustration and are numbered (the dairy barn, the stable, bee hive, the horse, tools, the farmer and a female farmer and more).
59.5X91 cm. Printed on paper and mounted on linen. Fair condition. Stains (one large stain, dark, on lower right corner). Folding marks and creases. Tears affecting the illustration and text, mainly at margins and folding lines.
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Auction 58 - Rare and Important Items
October 31, 2017
Opening: $1,200
Sold for: $3,750
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"Summon the Genie of the Jaffa to guard your health! / You can always tell a Jaffa by its juice", a colorful advertising poster for Jaffa oranges. No printer's details, no date, [England, 1930s?]. English.
An illustration in color of 'Genie' emerging out of a pile of oranges. Artistically cut margins.
Approx. 48X76 cm. Good condition. Folding marks and creases. Tears at margins (Several lacking pieces). Minor tear at center of poster (at meeting point of folding lines).
An illustration in color of 'Genie' emerging out of a pile of oranges. Artistically cut margins.
Approx. 48X76 cm. Good condition. Folding marks and creases. Tears at margins (Several lacking pieces). Minor tear at center of poster (at meeting point of folding lines).
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Auction 58 - Rare and Important Items
October 31, 2017
Opening: $2,000
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"Masquerade and Fancy Dress Ball at the Zion Hall", an illustrated lithograph poster – invitation to celebrate the holiday of Purim in Jerusalem, organized by the local committee of JNF and "Bezalel" art academy. No printer information [Jerusalem, probably, 1923]. Design: Shmuel Ben-David (signed in the plate). Hebrew and English.
Invitation to a festive Purim event, which was held in "Zion" hall, in Jerusalem. The event was organized by "Bezalel" art academy ("rich program… decoration of the hall by famous artists in Jerusalem"). This poster was designed by the "Bezalel" artist Shmuel Ben-David.
49.5X71 cm. Fair-good condition. Folding marks and creases. Stains at margins. Open tears (affecting illustration), professionally repaired. Tax stamp on lower part of poster. The entire poster is mounted on thin acid-free paper.
See: "Bezalel Shel Schatz 1906-1929", exhibition catalogue, the Israel Museum (edited by Nurit Shilo-Cohen), 1982, p. 279 (photographed).
Invitation to a festive Purim event, which was held in "Zion" hall, in Jerusalem. The event was organized by "Bezalel" art academy ("rich program… decoration of the hall by famous artists in Jerusalem"). This poster was designed by the "Bezalel" artist Shmuel Ben-David.
49.5X71 cm. Fair-good condition. Folding marks and creases. Stains at margins. Open tears (affecting illustration), professionally repaired. Tax stamp on lower part of poster. The entire poster is mounted on thin acid-free paper.
See: "Bezalel Shel Schatz 1906-1929", exhibition catalogue, the Israel Museum (edited by Nurit Shilo-Cohen), 1982, p. 279 (photographed).
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Auction 58 - Rare and Important Items
October 31, 2017
Opening: $2,000
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Purim, traditional masquerade party organized by B. Agadati. A poster in lithographic printing - Berson and Kaufman, Tel-Aviv, 1925. [Design: Aryeh Elhanani and Israel Paldi (Feldman)].
An advertising poster for Baruch Agadati's Purim ball, for invited guests only, which was held in the Girls' School hall. A modernist-Avant-garde illustration appears in the center surrounded by names of sponsors (owners of businesses in Tel-Aviv), donors of prizes and the program of the event.
Names of the painters Feldman (Israel Paldi) and Sapoznikof (Aryeh Elhanani / el-Hanani / Sapoznikov) as designers of some of the ball's rooms, appear on the right margins; in the catalogue "Agadati - Pioneer of Modern Dance in Palestine" (Editor: Giora Manor, published by "Sifriyat HaPoalim" and the Dance Library in Israel, Tel-Aviv, 1968) it is noted that this poster was designed by Aryeh Elhanani (student of Russian Avant-garde in Kharkov) and Israel Paldi, however it is not improbable that the poster was designed by Agadati himself, who was also known as a painter.
100X71.5 cm. Fair condition. Folding marks and creases. Stains. Tears and some open tears (some affecting the illustration), professionally repaired. The entire poster is mounted on thin acid free paper.
Rare.
An advertising poster for Baruch Agadati's Purim ball, for invited guests only, which was held in the Girls' School hall. A modernist-Avant-garde illustration appears in the center surrounded by names of sponsors (owners of businesses in Tel-Aviv), donors of prizes and the program of the event.
Names of the painters Feldman (Israel Paldi) and Sapoznikof (Aryeh Elhanani / el-Hanani / Sapoznikov) as designers of some of the ball's rooms, appear on the right margins; in the catalogue "Agadati - Pioneer of Modern Dance in Palestine" (Editor: Giora Manor, published by "Sifriyat HaPoalim" and the Dance Library in Israel, Tel-Aviv, 1968) it is noted that this poster was designed by Aryeh Elhanani (student of Russian Avant-garde in Kharkov) and Israel Paldi, however it is not improbable that the poster was designed by Agadati himself, who was also known as a painter.
100X71.5 cm. Fair condition. Folding marks and creases. Stains. Tears and some open tears (some affecting the illustration), professionally repaired. The entire poster is mounted on thin acid free paper.
Rare.
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Auction 58 - Rare and Important Items
October 31, 2017
Opening: $1,000
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Advertising poster for the play "Megilat Esther", "play in Three Acts after D. [David] Hofstein" in the Eretz-Israel Theater (Teatron Eretz Israel). "HaAretz" press, Tel-Aviv, 1928. Design: Israel Paldi (signed in the plate).
Invitation to the play "Megilat Esther", of the Eretz-Israel Theater, played for the holiday of Purim. The play was directed by Menachem Gnessin; music and conduction - Nahum Nardi.
Poster illustration by Israel Paldi (Feldman). Paldi added on the lower part of the poster several brush strokes in Gouache.
61.5X94 cm. Good-fair condition. Folding marks and many creases. Stains. Tears, mainly at margins.
Invitation to the play "Megilat Esther", of the Eretz-Israel Theater, played for the holiday of Purim. The play was directed by Menachem Gnessin; music and conduction - Nahum Nardi.
Poster illustration by Israel Paldi (Feldman). Paldi added on the lower part of the poster several brush strokes in Gouache.
61.5X94 cm. Good-fair condition. Folding marks and many creases. Stains. Tears, mainly at margins.
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Auction 58 - Rare and Important Items
October 31, 2017
Opening: $5,000
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36 posters advertising Purim celebrations in Tel Aviv. Tel Aviv, 1921-1935.
Collection of posters devoted to Purim celebrations that took place in Tel Aviv during the 1920s and 1930s, documenting different events that occurred in the course of the Purim festival and the preceding days.
Posters include: numerous advertising posters for the Purim balls organized by Baruch Agadati and the "Adloyada", poster by the Palestine Rail Company advertising discounted rides to Tel Aviv for the Purim celebrations, posters on preliminary balls to choose contestants for the "Hebrew Queen Esther" competition, advertising poster for a "Special Ball to Select the Yemenite Queen Esther" on behalf of "Tze'irei HaMizrachi", advertising poster for the masquerade organized by "HaBama Haivrit" and "HaMaccabi", poster of the "Palestine Theater Company", informative posters of the "Committee for Organizing the Celebrations and the Adloyada Carnival" of the Tel Aviv Municipality or the "JNF Organizing Committee", and more.
"Beginning in the city's first years, Purim celebrations fulfilled a significant role in Tel Aviv's cultural life. Near the late 1920s-early 1930s the celebrations became a kind of national holiday, with the masses rushing to Tel Aviv from the major cities, the colonies and even from abroad to take part in the balls and watch the carnival procession.
Tel Aviv's cultural life in those years was characterized by Western influence, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, an aspiration to create an original, local culture and lifestyle. […] The Purim celebrations became part of this trend of adopting European forms yet filling them with local Hebrew content. Agadati's masquerades adopted several prominent features of European carnivals. […] However, the masquerades also bore a distinctly local flavor. The halls were hung with sumptuous decorations based on the stories of the Book of Esther. Many costumes were inspired by those stories and by the way of life in the East and in Palestine, while also reflecting political, economic, social and cultural events in the life of the Yishuv. Tel Aviv, being the venue of the celebrations, gained a central status in this context […] the costume competition, which was the main event at the masquerades, rewarded the most original costumes with valuable prizes, all of them produced locally - gifts from local factories […] by choosing the Hebrew Queen Esther Agadati sought to convey a national-Zionist message and to fuse Jewish history with the present time in Palestine. At children's celebrations and processions held by the Jewish National Fund and the Tel Aviv Municipality, children appeared in costumes bearing explicitly Zionist messages, intended to reflect and extol the achievements of the Zionist enterprise".
Batia Carmiel, from the introduction to the catalogue "Tel Aviv in Costume and Crown, Purim Celebrations in the Years 1912-1935" (Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, 1999).
Size and condition vary. Some posters in a short and wide format. A number of posters (from early years) in poor condition, with many tears and creases. Most of the posters show light creases, small tears to margins and folding marks.
Collection of posters devoted to Purim celebrations that took place in Tel Aviv during the 1920s and 1930s, documenting different events that occurred in the course of the Purim festival and the preceding days.
Posters include: numerous advertising posters for the Purim balls organized by Baruch Agadati and the "Adloyada", poster by the Palestine Rail Company advertising discounted rides to Tel Aviv for the Purim celebrations, posters on preliminary balls to choose contestants for the "Hebrew Queen Esther" competition, advertising poster for a "Special Ball to Select the Yemenite Queen Esther" on behalf of "Tze'irei HaMizrachi", advertising poster for the masquerade organized by "HaBama Haivrit" and "HaMaccabi", poster of the "Palestine Theater Company", informative posters of the "Committee for Organizing the Celebrations and the Adloyada Carnival" of the Tel Aviv Municipality or the "JNF Organizing Committee", and more.
"Beginning in the city's first years, Purim celebrations fulfilled a significant role in Tel Aviv's cultural life. Near the late 1920s-early 1930s the celebrations became a kind of national holiday, with the masses rushing to Tel Aviv from the major cities, the colonies and even from abroad to take part in the balls and watch the carnival procession.
Tel Aviv's cultural life in those years was characterized by Western influence, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, an aspiration to create an original, local culture and lifestyle. […] The Purim celebrations became part of this trend of adopting European forms yet filling them with local Hebrew content. Agadati's masquerades adopted several prominent features of European carnivals. […] However, the masquerades also bore a distinctly local flavor. The halls were hung with sumptuous decorations based on the stories of the Book of Esther. Many costumes were inspired by those stories and by the way of life in the East and in Palestine, while also reflecting political, economic, social and cultural events in the life of the Yishuv. Tel Aviv, being the venue of the celebrations, gained a central status in this context […] the costume competition, which was the main event at the masquerades, rewarded the most original costumes with valuable prizes, all of them produced locally - gifts from local factories […] by choosing the Hebrew Queen Esther Agadati sought to convey a national-Zionist message and to fuse Jewish history with the present time in Palestine. At children's celebrations and processions held by the Jewish National Fund and the Tel Aviv Municipality, children appeared in costumes bearing explicitly Zionist messages, intended to reflect and extol the achievements of the Zionist enterprise".
Batia Carmiel, from the introduction to the catalogue "Tel Aviv in Costume and Crown, Purim Celebrations in the Years 1912-1935" (Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, 1999).
Size and condition vary. Some posters in a short and wide format. A number of posters (from early years) in poor condition, with many tears and creases. Most of the posters show light creases, small tears to margins and folding marks.
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Auction 58 - Rare and Important Items
October 31, 2017
Opening: $2,000
Sold for: $2,500
Including buyer's premium
"Hagigot Purim be-Tel Aviv" [Hebrew: Purim Celebrations in Tel-Aviv], illustrated advertisement poster. "Lithographic printing A. L. Monsohn, Jerusalem". Design: Aryeh Nathan (signed in the plate: "Painter: A. Nathan").
Advertising poster for Purim celebrations in Tel-Aviv on 26-27.3.1929.
53X72.5 cm. Overall good condition. Bright colors. Creases and stains. Tears (one open tear, with color completion). Entire poster is mounted on thin acid-free paper.
See: Tel Aviv in Costume and Crown, Purim Celebrations in Tel Aviv, 1912-1935, Batia Carmiel (Eretz Israel Museum, Tel-Aviv, 1999), p. 6 (noted that the poster won the painters' competition in 1929).
Advertising poster for Purim celebrations in Tel-Aviv on 26-27.3.1929.
53X72.5 cm. Overall good condition. Bright colors. Creases and stains. Tears (one open tear, with color completion). Entire poster is mounted on thin acid-free paper.
See: Tel Aviv in Costume and Crown, Purim Celebrations in Tel Aviv, 1912-1935, Batia Carmiel (Eretz Israel Museum, Tel-Aviv, 1999), p. 6 (noted that the poster won the painters' competition in 1929).
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Auction 58 - Rare and Important Items
October 31, 2017
Opening: $800
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Advertising poster for the "Adloyada" parade in Tel-Aviv, "Strod" press, [Tel-Aviv], 1934.
63X94.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Trimmed margins. Folding marks and creases. Foxing. Tears at margins.
63X94.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Trimmed margins. Folding marks and creases. Foxing. Tears at margins.
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Auction 58 - Rare and Important Items
October 31, 2017
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,000
Including buyer's premium
Advertising poster for the "Adloyada" parade in Tel-Aviv. "Strod" press, [Tel-Aviv], 1935.
67.5X96.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Folding marks and creases. Some stains. Tears at margins. Some open tears at upper part (slightly affecting the illustration).
67.5X96.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Folding marks and creases. Some stains. Tears at margins. Some open tears at upper part (slightly affecting the illustration).
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