Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
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Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 29, 2021
Opening: $300
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Protocol of the Katowice Conference of Hovevei Zion. [Katowice?], the year " He saves those who are crushed in spirit" (chronogram of the year 5645), [1884?]. First edition, for participants of the conference (title page states: "printed as a manuscript"). Hebrew.
Proceedings of the five meeting of the Katowice Conference of Hovevei Zion leaders, 6-11 November 1884. The conference was attended by 36 Zionist leaders (including Rabbi Shmuel Mohilever, Yehuda Leib Pinsker, Ahad Ha'am, David Gordon and others), their goal being to establish an organized movement for settling Palestine. Since Zionist activity was prohibited in Russia by law, the true goal of the conference was concealed and it was presented as a conference for the 100th anniversary of Moses Montefiore's birth.
The opening speech of the chairman Yehuda Leib Pinsker, in which he stressed the necessity for the Jews to return to work on the land, is printed in this booklet in full: "let us today take up the plow and spade instead of the measuring tape and scales and let us become once more what we had been before we fell into the discredit of other nations […] Let us return to our old mother, our land, which we have awaited with great desire" (Julius H. Schoeps, Pioneers of Zionism: Hess, Pinsker, Berlin-Boston: de Gruyter, 2013, p. 44).
This edition was presumably printed in a few dozen copies only and distributed to the participants of the conference (an additional German edition was published, in which the nationalistic and Zionist parts of Pinsker's speech were omitted). In 1920, a second edition of the booklet was published by the writer Leibl Toybsh (Vienna: Adria Press), and in its introduction it was written: " This protocol was printed at the time 'as a manuscript', in a number of copies as the number of participants of the conference and members of the selected committee of Katowice. Thus, this protocol is rare and cannot be found even in libraries; even the Zionist bibliographers did not know of it…".
Two copies only in OCLC.
40 pp. 15 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, creases and small tears to margins. Worming to several leaves (some unprofessionally restored, with tape). No binding.
Proceedings of the five meeting of the Katowice Conference of Hovevei Zion leaders, 6-11 November 1884. The conference was attended by 36 Zionist leaders (including Rabbi Shmuel Mohilever, Yehuda Leib Pinsker, Ahad Ha'am, David Gordon and others), their goal being to establish an organized movement for settling Palestine. Since Zionist activity was prohibited in Russia by law, the true goal of the conference was concealed and it was presented as a conference for the 100th anniversary of Moses Montefiore's birth.
The opening speech of the chairman Yehuda Leib Pinsker, in which he stressed the necessity for the Jews to return to work on the land, is printed in this booklet in full: "let us today take up the plow and spade instead of the measuring tape and scales and let us become once more what we had been before we fell into the discredit of other nations […] Let us return to our old mother, our land, which we have awaited with great desire" (Julius H. Schoeps, Pioneers of Zionism: Hess, Pinsker, Berlin-Boston: de Gruyter, 2013, p. 44).
This edition was presumably printed in a few dozen copies only and distributed to the participants of the conference (an additional German edition was published, in which the nationalistic and Zionist parts of Pinsker's speech were omitted). In 1920, a second edition of the booklet was published by the writer Leibl Toybsh (Vienna: Adria Press), and in its introduction it was written: " This protocol was printed at the time 'as a manuscript', in a number of copies as the number of participants of the conference and members of the selected committee of Katowice. Thus, this protocol is rare and cannot be found even in libraries; even the Zionist bibliographers did not know of it…".
Two copies only in OCLC.
40 pp. 15 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, creases and small tears to margins. Worming to several leaves (some unprofessionally restored, with tape). No binding.
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Zionism, World Zionist Congress, Herzl
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Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 29, 2021
Opening: $800
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Honorary membership certificate, presented to Zionist activist Leopold Kahn by the Bar Kochba Galician High School Students Union, written and decorated by hand. Vienna 1903. Hebrew and German.
The certificate states that "the Bar Kochba Galician High School Students Union in Vienna has chosen during the general meeting on the 15th of Kislev… Dr. Mr. Leopold Kahn, an attorney in Vienna, as an honorary member, acknowledging and appreciating his work for the cultural development of our people and of our union". The certificate is signed by Avraham Shalom Lebensart, union chair, and Ze'ev Leshner, secretary. In addition, the certificate is signed with the union stamp – "Vereinigung Jüd. Hochschüler aus Galizien Bar Kochba".
The "Bar Kochba" Jewish student union was founded in Prague in 1893 under the name of "Maccabee"; after a while, it was renamed "Bar Kochba" and started identifying with the cultural Zionism of Achad HaAm and Martin Buber. Groups bearing this name which united Jewish students in various universities operated in several cities in central and western Europe, the most prominent of them being the Prague union.
Leopold Kahn (1851-1909), an attorney and a prominent activist of early Zionism. In the first days of the Zionist Movement in Vienna, he dedicated his time and efforts to the Zionist idea and for a while, published the weekly founded by Herzl, "Die Welt". He was a member of the World Zionist Organization since its establishment after the first Zionist Congress in Basel and for several years sat on the Zionist executive. In 1904, he was sent by the Zionist leaders to Istanbul to study the Ottoman land laws in order to promote the enterprise of land acquisition and settlement in Palestine. He was a gifted speaker and worked for the revival of the Hebrew language. After Herzl's death, he retired from public activity.
51.5X38.5 cm. Good condition. Damp damage. Stains. Closed tears and small open tears to edges.
The certificate states that "the Bar Kochba Galician High School Students Union in Vienna has chosen during the general meeting on the 15th of Kislev… Dr. Mr. Leopold Kahn, an attorney in Vienna, as an honorary member, acknowledging and appreciating his work for the cultural development of our people and of our union". The certificate is signed by Avraham Shalom Lebensart, union chair, and Ze'ev Leshner, secretary. In addition, the certificate is signed with the union stamp – "Vereinigung Jüd. Hochschüler aus Galizien Bar Kochba".
The "Bar Kochba" Jewish student union was founded in Prague in 1893 under the name of "Maccabee"; after a while, it was renamed "Bar Kochba" and started identifying with the cultural Zionism of Achad HaAm and Martin Buber. Groups bearing this name which united Jewish students in various universities operated in several cities in central and western Europe, the most prominent of them being the Prague union.
Leopold Kahn (1851-1909), an attorney and a prominent activist of early Zionism. In the first days of the Zionist Movement in Vienna, he dedicated his time and efforts to the Zionist idea and for a while, published the weekly founded by Herzl, "Die Welt". He was a member of the World Zionist Organization since its establishment after the first Zionist Congress in Basel and for several years sat on the Zionist executive. In 1904, he was sent by the Zionist leaders to Istanbul to study the Ottoman land laws in order to promote the enterprise of land acquisition and settlement in Palestine. He was a gifted speaker and worked for the revival of the Hebrew language. After Herzl's death, he retired from public activity.
51.5X38.5 cm. Good condition. Damp damage. Stains. Closed tears and small open tears to edges.
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Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 29, 2021
Opening: $300
Sold for: $450
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Two paper items from the Fourth Zionist Congress held in London in August 1900 – a coupon book and a menu of the banquet that took place on the last day of the congress. English and German.
1. "Delegates' coupon book", a coupon book for a delegate of the Fourth Zionist Congress (printed in English and German). The book contains 12 entrance coupons to the sessions of the congress and to various events that were held on August 11-16, 1900.
[13] ff, 10 cm. Good condition.
2. Menu of the banquet that took place on the last day of the Fourth Zionist Congress, August 16, 1900. Printed in English, in blue ink.
The banquet was held by the English Zionist Federation, at Queen's Hall on Langham Place Street in London. Appearing on verso of the menu is a list of the speakers during the banquet.
A leaf folded in half (3 printed pages), 17.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. A small tear to the fold line.
1. "Delegates' coupon book", a coupon book for a delegate of the Fourth Zionist Congress (printed in English and German). The book contains 12 entrance coupons to the sessions of the congress and to various events that were held on August 11-16, 1900.
[13] ff, 10 cm. Good condition.
2. Menu of the banquet that took place on the last day of the Fourth Zionist Congress, August 16, 1900. Printed in English, in blue ink.
The banquet was held by the English Zionist Federation, at Queen's Hall on Langham Place Street in London. Appearing on verso of the menu is a list of the speakers during the banquet.
A leaf folded in half (3 printed pages), 17.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. A small tear to the fold line.
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Zionism, World Zionist Congress, Herzl
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Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 29, 2021
Opening: $500
Sold for: $938
Including buyer's premium
A dozen postcards - the Zionist Congresses:
1. Postcard of the fourth congress (London, 1900). Undivided. Riemer no. 5.
2. Postcard of the sixth congress (Basel, 1903), designed by Emil Ranzenhofer. Undivided. With a "Zion" stamp and a regular postmark. Riemer no. 7.
3-4. Two postcards of the seventh congress (Basel, 1905). Published by Zion, Vienna. One of them undivided and bears a regular postmark. Riemer nos. 10, 11.
5. Postcard of the tenth congress (Basel, 1911). Published by Jüdischer Verlag, Köln. Riemer no. 27.
6. Real photo postcard from the 13th congress (Carlsbad, 1923). Taken during the congress and bears its postmark. Not in the Riemer catalogue.
7. Postcard of the 16th congress (Zurich, 1929). Riemer no. 61.
8. Postcard of the 17th congress (Basel, 1931), designed by Joseph Budko, and bears the stamp of the congress. Published by Landeskommission des jüdischen Nationalfonds für die Schweiz. Riemer no. 65.
9. Postcard of the 18th congress (Prague, 1933). Bears a JNF stamp with Haim Arlosoroff's portrait and the postmark of the congress. Parallel to Riemer nos. 68-69 and mentioned there.
10. Postcard of the 21st congress (Geneva, 1939), designed by Otte Wallisch. Bears a regular postmark. Riemer 93.
11. Postcard from the 21st congress (Geneva, 1939). On verso: "The 21st Zionist Congress" (Hebrew), the logo of the congress (a raised hand alongside the verse "If I forget thee Jerusalem") and its postmark. Published by Édition Jaeger, Geneva. Not in the Riemer catalogue.
12. Postcard from the 23rd congress (Jerusalem, 1951), with a photograph of the opening session of the congress. Does not bear the logo of the congress. Published by Palphot, Herzliya. Not in the Riemer catalogue
14X9 cm on average. Good overall condition. Stains. Some blemishes to margins of postcards. Most of the postcards were sent by mail.
1. Postcard of the fourth congress (London, 1900). Undivided. Riemer no. 5.
2. Postcard of the sixth congress (Basel, 1903), designed by Emil Ranzenhofer. Undivided. With a "Zion" stamp and a regular postmark. Riemer no. 7.
3-4. Two postcards of the seventh congress (Basel, 1905). Published by Zion, Vienna. One of them undivided and bears a regular postmark. Riemer nos. 10, 11.
5. Postcard of the tenth congress (Basel, 1911). Published by Jüdischer Verlag, Köln. Riemer no. 27.
6. Real photo postcard from the 13th congress (Carlsbad, 1923). Taken during the congress and bears its postmark. Not in the Riemer catalogue.
7. Postcard of the 16th congress (Zurich, 1929). Riemer no. 61.
8. Postcard of the 17th congress (Basel, 1931), designed by Joseph Budko, and bears the stamp of the congress. Published by Landeskommission des jüdischen Nationalfonds für die Schweiz. Riemer no. 65.
9. Postcard of the 18th congress (Prague, 1933). Bears a JNF stamp with Haim Arlosoroff's portrait and the postmark of the congress. Parallel to Riemer nos. 68-69 and mentioned there.
10. Postcard of the 21st congress (Geneva, 1939), designed by Otte Wallisch. Bears a regular postmark. Riemer 93.
11. Postcard from the 21st congress (Geneva, 1939). On verso: "The 21st Zionist Congress" (Hebrew), the logo of the congress (a raised hand alongside the verse "If I forget thee Jerusalem") and its postmark. Published by Édition Jaeger, Geneva. Not in the Riemer catalogue.
12. Postcard from the 23rd congress (Jerusalem, 1951), with a photograph of the opening session of the congress. Does not bear the logo of the congress. Published by Palphot, Herzliya. Not in the Riemer catalogue
14X9 cm on average. Good overall condition. Stains. Some blemishes to margins of postcards. Most of the postcards were sent by mail.
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Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 29, 2021
Opening: $200
Sold for: $300
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Das neue Ghetto [The New Ghetto] by Theodor Herzl. First German edition and first Hebrew edition (by Reuben Brainin). Vienna, 1897 / Warsaw, 1898.
The play Das neue Ghetto was written in late 1894, within seventeen days, after Herzl encountered outbursts of anti-Semitism throughout Paris. The central figure of the play is Jacob Samuel – an assimilated Jew who tries unsuccessfully to blend in in European society and meets his death defending his honor in a duel with an anti-Semitic nobleman. The play marked Herzl's withdrawal from the idea of Jewish integration into European society; it was rejected by the theaters due to its controversial content. Only in 1897, following the publication of Herzl's new vision in the book "Der Judenstaat", was the play printed for the first time in German and shortly afterwards also in its Hebrew translation. Before us are the first editions of the play in the two languages:
1. Das neue Ghetto, Schauspiel in 4 Acten, by Theodor Herzl. Vienna: Der Welt, 1897. German. Dedicated in print to Max Nordau.
[2], 100 pp. 20 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Minor blemishes. Loose Gatherings. Original cover, worn and blemished, with closed and open tears to spine.
2. "Das neue Ghetto by Theodor Herzl, a play in four acts, translated… by the special permission of the author by R. Brainin [Reuben Brainin]". Warsaw: Achiasaf Company, 1898. Hebrew.
63 pp. 20 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes.
The play Das neue Ghetto was written in late 1894, within seventeen days, after Herzl encountered outbursts of anti-Semitism throughout Paris. The central figure of the play is Jacob Samuel – an assimilated Jew who tries unsuccessfully to blend in in European society and meets his death defending his honor in a duel with an anti-Semitic nobleman. The play marked Herzl's withdrawal from the idea of Jewish integration into European society; it was rejected by the theaters due to its controversial content. Only in 1897, following the publication of Herzl's new vision in the book "Der Judenstaat", was the play printed for the first time in German and shortly afterwards also in its Hebrew translation. Before us are the first editions of the play in the two languages:
1. Das neue Ghetto, Schauspiel in 4 Acten, by Theodor Herzl. Vienna: Der Welt, 1897. German. Dedicated in print to Max Nordau.
[2], 100 pp. 20 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Minor blemishes. Loose Gatherings. Original cover, worn and blemished, with closed and open tears to spine.
2. "Das neue Ghetto by Theodor Herzl, a play in four acts, translated… by the special permission of the author by R. Brainin [Reuben Brainin]". Warsaw: Achiasaf Company, 1898. Hebrew.
63 pp. 20 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes.
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Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 29, 2021
Opening: $300
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The Rebirth of Israel, a color print depicting the history of Zionism from its outset until the establishment of the State of Israel, made by Noah Bee (Birzovsky; signed in the plate: "Noah Bee"). Two copies in original paper covers, with a key (one portfolio in Hebrew and the other in English). [USA?], 1950.
Herzl's portrait appears in the center of the print. 12 small illustrations show the history of Zionism from its outset to the establishment of the state: the forerunners of Zionism Moshe Hess, Achad Ha'am and Zvi Hirsch Kalischer, the Dreyfus Trial, the book Der Judenstaat, Baron Rothschild, the building of the Hebrew Gymnasium Herzliya, pioneers in Degania, Ze'ev Jabotinsky and the Hebrew Legion, dedication ceremony of the Hebrew University, the Levant Fair, the Jewish Brigade, ships of illegal immigrants, Declaration of the State of Israel, the War of Independence and the Scroll of Independence with the Emblem of the State of Israel.
Two copies. Placed in original paper covers with the name of the work and a detailed key for all the figures, one in English and the other in Hebrew. The English cover is dated in the plate to 1950.
Noah Bee (Birzovsky) (1916-1992), political caricaturist and graphic designer, born in Poland, immigrated to Palestine and later relocated to the US. He designed some of the graphic elements of the first bank notes issued by the State of Israel, and after the establishment of Israel, he designed a new version of the JNF "Blue Box". Published caricatures in newspapers in Israel and the USA.
Prints: approx. 24X36 cm. Covers: 43X32 and 47X32 cm. Print and Hebrew cover in good-fair condition: minor blemishes to print; stains, creases and tears to margins of the cover. Print and English portfolio in fair-poor condition: creases, blemishes and a long tear to top of print; creases, closed and open tears to margins of cover (not affecting the key). Pieces of tape on the margins of the print and the margins of the cover.
Herzl's portrait appears in the center of the print. 12 small illustrations show the history of Zionism from its outset to the establishment of the state: the forerunners of Zionism Moshe Hess, Achad Ha'am and Zvi Hirsch Kalischer, the Dreyfus Trial, the book Der Judenstaat, Baron Rothschild, the building of the Hebrew Gymnasium Herzliya, pioneers in Degania, Ze'ev Jabotinsky and the Hebrew Legion, dedication ceremony of the Hebrew University, the Levant Fair, the Jewish Brigade, ships of illegal immigrants, Declaration of the State of Israel, the War of Independence and the Scroll of Independence with the Emblem of the State of Israel.
Two copies. Placed in original paper covers with the name of the work and a detailed key for all the figures, one in English and the other in Hebrew. The English cover is dated in the plate to 1950.
Noah Bee (Birzovsky) (1916-1992), political caricaturist and graphic designer, born in Poland, immigrated to Palestine and later relocated to the US. He designed some of the graphic elements of the first bank notes issued by the State of Israel, and after the establishment of Israel, he designed a new version of the JNF "Blue Box". Published caricatures in newspapers in Israel and the USA.
Prints: approx. 24X36 cm. Covers: 43X32 and 47X32 cm. Print and Hebrew cover in good-fair condition: minor blemishes to print; stains, creases and tears to margins of the cover. Print and English portfolio in fair-poor condition: creases, blemishes and a long tear to top of print; creases, closed and open tears to margins of cover (not affecting the key). Pieces of tape on the margins of the print and the margins of the cover.
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Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 29, 2021
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A bracelet decorated with the portraits of Theodor Herzl and Chaim Weizmann. [Israel, ca. 1950s].
Silver, gilt.
The bracelet is made of six identical medallions. The medallions are decorated on front with a portrait of Theodor Herzl alongside the legend "Herzl Souvenir Jerusalem" (Hebrew). The verso is decorated with the emblem of the State of Israel. Hanging at the edge of the bracelet is an additional medallion decorated with Chaim Weizmann's portrait. Seen on verso of this medallion is a horseman blowing a horn alongside the legend "Israel" (Hebrew).
Length: approx. 19.5 cm. Diameter of each medallion: approx. 20 mm. Good condition.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Silver, gilt.
The bracelet is made of six identical medallions. The medallions are decorated on front with a portrait of Theodor Herzl alongside the legend "Herzl Souvenir Jerusalem" (Hebrew). The verso is decorated with the emblem of the State of Israel. Hanging at the edge of the bracelet is an additional medallion decorated with Chaim Weizmann's portrait. Seen on verso of this medallion is a horseman blowing a horn alongside the legend "Israel" (Hebrew).
Length: approx. 19.5 cm. Diameter of each medallion: approx. 20 mm. Good condition.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
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Zionism, World Zionist Congress, Herzl
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Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 29, 2021
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Embroidery; portraits of Joseph Trumpeldor and Theodor Herzl. [Palestine?, after 1920].
Embroidered portraits of Joseph Trumpeldor wearing the uniform of the Zion Mule Corps and Theodor Herzl, with a Star of David between them. Around the portraits, an embroidered inscription: "It is Good to Die for Our Country / If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget" (Hebrew), decorated with two doves.
Approx. 40X30 cm. Fair-good condition. Fabric and parts of the embroidery significantly faded (the original color of the fabric was blue). Stains and minor unraveling. Several small holes and small tears.
Embroidered portraits of Joseph Trumpeldor wearing the uniform of the Zion Mule Corps and Theodor Herzl, with a Star of David between them. Around the portraits, an embroidered inscription: "It is Good to Die for Our Country / If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget" (Hebrew), decorated with two doves.
Approx. 40X30 cm. Fair-good condition. Fabric and parts of the embroidery significantly faded (the original color of the fabric was blue). Stains and minor unraveling. Several small holes and small tears.
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Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 29, 2021
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Jabotinsky's death mask, by sculptor Ibram Lassaw, 1940.
Bronze, signed: "Ibram Lassaw, 1940". Wooden base.
Height: approx. 36 cm. Wooden base: approx. 12X15.5X18 cm. Good-fair condition. Patina.
Sculptor Ibram Lassaw (1913-2000) was born in Alexandria, and immigrated with his family to the United States in 1921. He studied sculpture in New York, at the Clay Club and later at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design. During the 1930s, he started exploring abstract sculpture and was a founding member of the organization American Abstract Artists. His first solo exhibition was held in New York in 1951; after that he exhibited widely, becoming one of the most prominent American sculptors. During the 1950s, he received many commissions from synagogues in the United States, and is considered one of the pioneers of abstract synagogue art.
Bronze, signed: "Ibram Lassaw, 1940". Wooden base.
Height: approx. 36 cm. Wooden base: approx. 12X15.5X18 cm. Good-fair condition. Patina.
Sculptor Ibram Lassaw (1913-2000) was born in Alexandria, and immigrated with his family to the United States in 1921. He studied sculpture in New York, at the Clay Club and later at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design. During the 1930s, he started exploring abstract sculpture and was a founding member of the organization American Abstract Artists. His first solo exhibition was held in New York in 1951; after that he exhibited widely, becoming one of the most prominent American sculptors. During the 1950s, he received many commissions from synagogues in the United States, and is considered one of the pioneers of abstract synagogue art.
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23 postcards portraying Jewish soldiers during World War I. [1910s and 1920s].
Seventeen of the postcards belong to the series "Jüdische Kriegspostkarte" published by the Jewish-German antique dealer and publisher Louis Lamm (1871-1943). Some of them depict Jewish soldiers and military rabbis during various Jewish prayer services and rituals at synagogues and prisoners-of-war camps (postcards nos. 3, 5-7, 9-13, 15, 19, 22, 24, 26-29).
A number of postcards are real-photo postcards. Handwritten inscription on verso of one postcard: "For eternal memory! While being a prisoner in Germany during the World War, in the years 1914-1915-1916-1917-1918…".
13.5X8.5 to 14.5X9.5 cm. Good overall condition. Minor stains. Blemishes and minor creases to corners of several postcards. Writing on verso. Some stamps. A bookplate on verso of one of the postcards.
Seventeen of the postcards belong to the series "Jüdische Kriegspostkarte" published by the Jewish-German antique dealer and publisher Louis Lamm (1871-1943). Some of them depict Jewish soldiers and military rabbis during various Jewish prayer services and rituals at synagogues and prisoners-of-war camps (postcards nos. 3, 5-7, 9-13, 15, 19, 22, 24, 26-29).
A number of postcards are real-photo postcards. Handwritten inscription on verso of one postcard: "For eternal memory! While being a prisoner in Germany during the World War, in the years 1914-1915-1916-1917-1918…".
13.5X8.5 to 14.5X9.5 cm. Good overall condition. Minor stains. Blemishes and minor creases to corners of several postcards. Writing on verso. Some stamps. A bookplate on verso of one of the postcards.
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Jewish Soldiers - WWI
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Portrait of Herzl, British Army Caricatures, a Drawing of Soldiers Storming the Walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, and More
An album of drawings and dedications, a gift to a company quartermaster sergeant from soldiers of the Jewish Legion. Cairo, Rafah, the Jordan River, Jerusalem and elsewhere in Egypt and Palestine, 1918-1919. English.
The album holds twenty six drawings by soldiers of the Jewish Legion and eight leaves with handwritten dedications (English). Most of the drawings were made with pencil (three of them with color pencils and three with watercolors) and they are hand-signed and dated by the soldiers to the years 1918-1919 – the period during which the Jewish Legion fought in Egypt and Palestine.
Drawings include: a color drawing of the pyramids on the Nile, several portraits of soldiers, a portrait of Theodor Herzl above a seven-branched Menorah, a drawing of a group of worshippers at the Western Wall, several caricatures (the German Emperor Wilhelm II near a noose, a quartermaster on a crate of soap, a comb after several months in the desert) and more. One of the drawings, titled "The inspiration of the Jewish battalions in the Palestine campaign during 1917-1919", depicts the soldiers of the Legion storming the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, with Theodor Herzl standing on their right, pointing the way. Next to Herzl is a scroll which reads "Zionism aims at establishing for the Jewish people a publicly and legally assured home in Palestine" (the Basel Program).
One of the drawings is dedicated to Private P. Sobovinky (presumably, Philip Sobovinsky, a soldier of the 38th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers, who was killed in battle in October 1918).
Several dedications mention the surname and rank of the addressee: C.Q.M.S (company quartermaster sergeant) Shuter, "The man who clothed us, fed us and paid us" (from one of the dedications).
The leaves of the album are detached one from the other and from the binding. A total of 26 leaves with illustrations and 8 leaves with dedications. Approx. 16X20 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes. Wear and scuffs to binding. An Egyptian postage stamp on one of the dedication leaves.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
An album of drawings and dedications, a gift to a company quartermaster sergeant from soldiers of the Jewish Legion. Cairo, Rafah, the Jordan River, Jerusalem and elsewhere in Egypt and Palestine, 1918-1919. English.
The album holds twenty six drawings by soldiers of the Jewish Legion and eight leaves with handwritten dedications (English). Most of the drawings were made with pencil (three of them with color pencils and three with watercolors) and they are hand-signed and dated by the soldiers to the years 1918-1919 – the period during which the Jewish Legion fought in Egypt and Palestine.
Drawings include: a color drawing of the pyramids on the Nile, several portraits of soldiers, a portrait of Theodor Herzl above a seven-branched Menorah, a drawing of a group of worshippers at the Western Wall, several caricatures (the German Emperor Wilhelm II near a noose, a quartermaster on a crate of soap, a comb after several months in the desert) and more. One of the drawings, titled "The inspiration of the Jewish battalions in the Palestine campaign during 1917-1919", depicts the soldiers of the Legion storming the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, with Theodor Herzl standing on their right, pointing the way. Next to Herzl is a scroll which reads "Zionism aims at establishing for the Jewish people a publicly and legally assured home in Palestine" (the Basel Program).
One of the drawings is dedicated to Private P. Sobovinky (presumably, Philip Sobovinsky, a soldier of the 38th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers, who was killed in battle in October 1918).
Several dedications mention the surname and rank of the addressee: C.Q.M.S (company quartermaster sergeant) Shuter, "The man who clothed us, fed us and paid us" (from one of the dedications).
The leaves of the album are detached one from the other and from the binding. A total of 26 leaves with illustrations and 8 leaves with dedications. Approx. 16X20 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes. Wear and scuffs to binding. An Egyptian postage stamp on one of the dedication leaves.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Category
Jewish Soldiers - WWI
Catalogue
Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 29, 2021
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,000
Including buyer's premium
Beadwork snake and lizard made by a Turkish prisoner of war, for Eliezer Toubkin, a soldier of the Jewish Legion. [Egypt?], 1919.
A beadwork snake in shades of white, yellow, blue and green, inscribed "ELIEZER TOUBKIN, JAFFA" and "40. TH.R.F" (40th Royal Fusiliers); a Star of David on the snake's underside. With a (headless) lizard, its underside inscribed "1919".
In summer 1919, soldiers of the 40th Royal Fusiliers (the First Judaeans, whose soldiers were volunteers of the Jewish Palestinian Yishuv) were placed as guards in prisoner-of-war camps in Alexandria and Cairo. Throughout the war, the Allied Forces provided these camps with materials for popular works of art, in order to relieve the prisoners' boredom and allow them to earn some money for purchasing food, cigarettes and clothing. Among the works of art created by Turkish prisoners of war, beadworks were common – snakes, lizards, beadwork pictures, decorated belts, purses and more. Most of these works were offered for sale as souvenirs in curio shops and by street vendors in Cairo and Alexandria, bearing general inscriptions such as "Turkish Prisoner" and the year. Some works were custom-made, inscribed with the name of the commissioning soldier and often with customized decorations. The present work was made for Eliezer Toubkin while serving with the 40th Royal Fusiliers.
Eliezer Toubkin (1895-1974) was born in Liepāja, Latvia. He immigrated to Palestine in 1911, settled in Jaffa and established a construction materials factory in partnership with his brother. He was one of the first residents of Tel-Aviv and one of its builders. During World War I, he volunteered for the Jewish legion and served with the 40th Royal Fusiliers; after the war, he became a member of the Haganah. He married Yemima, daughter of the writer Alexander Ziskind Rabinowitz, and together they were among the founders of Moshav Avihayil, whose first residents were all veterans of the Jewish Legion.
Length of snake: approx. 150 cm. Good overall condition. Minor blemishes and missing beads. Length of lizard: approx. 7 cm. Good condition. Without head. Both placed in a frame.
Literature: World War I Turkish Prisoner-of-War Beadwork, by Jane A. Kimball. Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers, issue 19, pp. 5-16.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
A beadwork snake in shades of white, yellow, blue and green, inscribed "ELIEZER TOUBKIN, JAFFA" and "40. TH.R.F" (40th Royal Fusiliers); a Star of David on the snake's underside. With a (headless) lizard, its underside inscribed "1919".
In summer 1919, soldiers of the 40th Royal Fusiliers (the First Judaeans, whose soldiers were volunteers of the Jewish Palestinian Yishuv) were placed as guards in prisoner-of-war camps in Alexandria and Cairo. Throughout the war, the Allied Forces provided these camps with materials for popular works of art, in order to relieve the prisoners' boredom and allow them to earn some money for purchasing food, cigarettes and clothing. Among the works of art created by Turkish prisoners of war, beadworks were common – snakes, lizards, beadwork pictures, decorated belts, purses and more. Most of these works were offered for sale as souvenirs in curio shops and by street vendors in Cairo and Alexandria, bearing general inscriptions such as "Turkish Prisoner" and the year. Some works were custom-made, inscribed with the name of the commissioning soldier and often with customized decorations. The present work was made for Eliezer Toubkin while serving with the 40th Royal Fusiliers.
Eliezer Toubkin (1895-1974) was born in Liepāja, Latvia. He immigrated to Palestine in 1911, settled in Jaffa and established a construction materials factory in partnership with his brother. He was one of the first residents of Tel-Aviv and one of its builders. During World War I, he volunteered for the Jewish legion and served with the 40th Royal Fusiliers; after the war, he became a member of the Haganah. He married Yemima, daughter of the writer Alexander Ziskind Rabinowitz, and together they were among the founders of Moshav Avihayil, whose first residents were all veterans of the Jewish Legion.
Length of snake: approx. 150 cm. Good overall condition. Minor blemishes and missing beads. Length of lizard: approx. 7 cm. Good condition. Without head. Both placed in a frame.
Literature: World War I Turkish Prisoner-of-War Beadwork, by Jane A. Kimball. Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers, issue 19, pp. 5-16.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Category
Jewish Soldiers - WWI
Catalogue