Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
Including: Items from the Estate of Ruth Dayan, Old Master Works, Israeli Art and Numismatics
December 21, 2021
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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
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Max Liebermann; 24 farbige Faksimiledrucke nach Gemälden aus der Austellung seiner Werke in der Königlichen Akademie der Künste zu Berlin aus Anlass seines 70. Geburtstages. Portfolio containing 24 color reproductions of works by Liebermann. Charlottenburg (Berlin): Photographische Gesellschaft, [1918]. From a limited edition of 50 numbered copies. Copy signed by Liebermann.
24 color reproductions of works presented at an exhibition held on the occasion of the 70th birthday of Max Liebermann at the Königliche Akademie der Künste zu Berlin (Royal Academy of the Arts, Berlin), in their original portfolio. This is Copy no. 26 from a limited edition of 50 numbered copies. Signed in pencil by Liebermann (underneath Table of Contents).
[1] f. (title page and table of contents) + 24 reproductions (each mounted in upper corners on a separate plate of thick paper). Tissue guards, bearing printed titles of works. Reproductions: approx. 32X24 cm. Plates: approx. 49X38.5 cm. Portfolio: approx. 52X41 cm. Good condition. Foxing, mostly to plates. Minor tears to several plates and tissue guards, not affecting reproductions. Stickers to inner surface of portfolio. Minor tears, abrasions, and wear to portfolio.
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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
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"The Tombs of the House of David and the Scroll of Songs of Songs and Ecclesiastes", lithographic micrography. [Poland?, 1920s or 1930s]. The micrography is comprised of the scroll of Song of Songs and Ecclesiastes in cursive script. Brown ink shading added by hand. Caption at bottom, reading: "The Tombs of the House of David and the Scroll of Songs of Songs and Ecclesiastes". Signed Is. Goodleser in Hebrew and English (presumably, Israel Goodleser, 1901, Poland – 1971, South Africa). The work depicts the tombs of the House of David – one of the holy sites repeatedly depicted in maps of Palestine, "Mizrach" plates, prints and other printed items and popular art depicting holy tombs and sites of Palestine. Though different in each occurrence, these are always depicted in the naïve, symbolic manner characteristic of Jewish folk art, a style that is also evident in the present work.
26X20.5 cm. Fair condition. Worming affecting text. Stains. Paper frame mounted to edges.
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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
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Chad Gadjo. German translation by Uriel Birnbaum, illustrations by Menachem Birnbaum. Berlin: Welt-Verlag, 1920. Aramaic and German.
Bilingual edition, Aramaic-German, of the piyyut Chad Gadjo, with ten illustrations (color lithographs) by the artist Menachem Birnbaum.
Menachem Birnbaum (1893-1944?), a Jewish artist, caricaturist and book-illustrator, born in Vienna. Murdered during the Holocaust. Brother of the expressionist artist, illustrator and poet Uriel Birnbaum (who translated the Piyyut). Their father, the important Zionist philosopher Nathan Birnbaum (1864-1937) was famed for coining the terms Zionismus (Zionism) and Ostjuden in his newspaper, Der Colonist.
[15] ff., 29 cm. Good condition. Stains. Original binding (two card sheets attached with four strings), with stains and blemishes.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
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"Buch Esther, " illustrations for the Book of Esther by Mischa Traub. Hanover (Germany): Kommissions-Verlag der Bücherstube Coester, [1922]. German.
Booklet with seven illustrations (tipped-in prints) to the Book of Esther: Vashti expelled from the palace, Ahasuerus chooses Esther to be queen, Mordechai the Jew refuses to bow before Haman, Mordechai paraded on horseback, and more. Copy no. 62 out of an edition of 100 copies, signed "M. Traub" on title page. With introduction by the artist. Some of the illustrations feature elements characteristic of Europe in the early 1920s, including feathered caps, lorgnettes (hand-held spectacles), and a handbag. The characters in the illustrations are identified by bearing either Stars of David or swastikas (which appear on their clothing, their jewelry, or on other belongings). As the narrative progresses, King Ahasuerus's palace gradually fills with Stars of David while the swastikas gradually diminish in number, until they remain only on Haman's distinctive hat. The Nazi party adopted the swastika as its official symbol in 1920.
[4] pp. + [7] ff. (heavy paper with prints tipped in), approx. 30 cm. Good condition. Minor stains to title page and introductory page. Minor blemishes. Leaves slightly faded at edges. Bound with a string. Original paper cover, with gilt inscription (somewhat blemished and worn, with minor worming).
Only two copies in OCLC.
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Lot 240 Psalms in German Translation – Limited Edition, with Woodcuts by Joseph Budko – Berlin, 1921
Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
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Die Psalmen, Uebertragen von Moses Mendelssohn mit 12 Holzschnitten von Joseph Budko. Berlin: Fritz Gurlitt (Verlag für Jüdische Kunst und Kultur), 1921. German. Copy no. 26 from a limited edition of 120 copies.
Elegant edition of the Book of Psalms, translated into German by Moses Mendelssohn. Five chapters, each opening with an illustration and an illuminated initial, all woodcuts by Joseph Budko. Two additional woodcuts by Budko appear at the beginning and end of the book. Original vellum-covered boards, with gilt design on front.
[1] f., 280 pp., [3] ff., 29.5 cm. Good condition. Foxing and dampstains (some dark).
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
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Seven woodcuts produced for the book entitled "Chassidische Legende" ("The Hassidic Legend") by Samuel Lewin translated (from Yiddish into German) by Arno Nadel. [Berlin, ca. 1925]. Signed in the plate and in pencil.
7X7 to 7X10 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Framed together, frame 64X44 cm. Unexamined outside of frame.
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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
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Joseph Budko (1880-1940), twelve prints. 1. "Hah Lachma Anya", engraving for the Passover Haggadah [Berlin: Löwit, 1921]. Signed in pencil. Signed and dated in the plate (1916). Approx. 10X14 cm. 2. "These are the Ten Plagues", engraving for the Passover Haggadah [Berlin: Löwit, 1921]. Signed in pencil. Signed and dated in the plate (1916/1917). 13.5X17 cm. 3-11. Nine woodcuts for Heinrich Heine's book, The Rabbi of Bacherach, [Berlin: Euphorion, 1921]. Eight prints signed in the plate and in pencil; print for the title page signed in pencil and marked "Probedruck". Size varies. 12. "An evil beast has devoured him [Joseph]", woodcut for the Book of Genesis. [ca. 1920]. Signed in pencil. 5X6 cm.
Good overall condition.
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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
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Joseph Budko (1888-1940), six prints. 1. Sarah the Matriarch, [1919], mezzotint. Signed in pencil. Approx. 9.5X6.5 cm. 2. Rachel's Tomb, woodcut. Signed in pencil. Approx. 7X3 cm. Stains to margins. Framed; unexamined out of frame. 4. The Scroll of Fire, [ca. 1923], woodcut. Signed in pencil. Approx. 16X11.5 cm. Framed; unexamined out of frame. 5. A Jewish Portrait, [1922], engraving. Signed in pencil. Signed and dated in the plate. 12X18.5 cm. 6. Shtetl, engraving. Signed in pencil. Approx. 8X6.5 cm.
Good overall condition.
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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
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Joseph Budko (1888-1940), three large prints. 1. Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, 1920, woodcut. Signed in the plate, signed and dated in pencil. 36X30 cm. 2. Sabbath Eve, [1921], woodcut. Signed in pencil. 36X40 cm. 3. "A man such as I shall not flee", [1930], woodcut. Signed in pencil. 41X25 cm.
Fair-good condition. Stains. Tears, some restored. Creases. Traces of glue. Two of the prints are framed and were not examined out of frame.
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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
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"Jacob pins, Woodcuts to illustrate the story by Heinrich von Kleist Michael Kolhaas… Printed by hand, signed and numbered by the artist in twenty five copies". Jerusalem: Tarshish (prints dated by hand: 1952). Hebrew and English.
12 prints (nine in large format, and three smaller ones), created by the artist Jacob Pins for the Hebrew edition of the novella Michael Kolhaas, published by Tarshish. Each print is signed and dated by Pins, in Hebrew and English (pencil), and matted (the three smaller prints are matted together). Two title pages and tables of content in Hebrew and English. Copy no. 25 of 25 copies. Kleist's novella, Michael Kolhaas, was published by Tarshish in 1953, with reduced reproductions of Pins's woodcuts. The Woodcuts in this portfolio were printed by Pins using the original printing blocks.
[1] folded sheet (title pages and list of prints), [12] woodcuts (nine large – approx. 30X22 cm, and three smaller prints – 9X26 cm), matted (mats: 50 cm.). Placed in a folder. Good condition. Some stains (prints are clean). Tears and minor wear to folder.
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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
December 21, 2021
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Collection of color lithographs by Marc Chagall from various issues of the art magazine "Derriere le Miroir." [Paris, 1950-58].
Eight double-page spreads with color lithographs by Marc Chagall (most of them double-page plates): • Double-page spread from issue no. 27-28 (1950), with the lithograph "La Crucifixion Mystique." • Cover of issue no. 44-45 (1952). • Two double-page spreads from issue no. 66-67-68 (1954), with the lithographs "Quai de Bercy, " "Le Quai aux Fleurs, " and "Les Monstres de Notre-Dame." • Two double-page spreads from issue no. 99-100 (1957), with the color lithographs "L'accordéoniste" and "Le Concert, " and an additional black-and-white lithograph. • Double-page spread from issue no. 107-108-109 (1958), with the lithograph "Paysage Au Coq."
8 double-page spreads, approx. 56X38 cm. Overall good-fair condition. Stains. Creases and several small tears to edges.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
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