Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Collection of Handwritten Poems – David Shimoni, Yakov Fichman, Yitzhak Schoenberg (Shenhar) / Letters from Aryeh Leib Smiatitzky and Shoshana Persitz
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Sold for: $525
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Collection of poems, handwritten by the poets themselves, and a letter on the subject of publication.
1-3. Two early, handwritten poems by the poet and author Yitzhak Schoenberg (signed "Scheinberg"), written in his youth. Proskurov: 5677 [1917]. Enclosed: a letter, also handwritten by Schoenberg, addressed to "the honored editor Dr. Mr. Y. Klausner").
4-8. Five poems, handwritten by David Shimoni (Shimonovitch): "BiFro'ah HaShaked" (With the Blooming of the Almond Tree), "Sod HaKorban" (Secret of the Sacrifice), "Ma'arkhon BeYarketei Tzafon" (Skit in the Nether Regions of the North), "Asher Al HaBayit…" (In Charge of the Household), and "BeTzohorei Shabbat…" (On Shabbat afternoon [A Chapter from the Poem ‘Nahshon']).
9. "Kri'at Yam Suf" (Parting of the Red Sea), poem, handwritten, possibly by David Shimoni.
10. "Anan" (Cloud), poem, handwritten by the poet Yakov Fichman.
11. Letter by Aryeh Leib Smiatitzky, addressed to Joseph Klausner, handwritten on stationery of the publisher "Omanut," Moscow, 1919. On the same page, at the end of Smiatitzky's letter, is an additional letter written by Shoshana Persitz.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.
1-3. Two early, handwritten poems by the poet and author Yitzhak Schoenberg (signed "Scheinberg"), written in his youth. Proskurov: 5677 [1917]. Enclosed: a letter, also handwritten by Schoenberg, addressed to "the honored editor Dr. Mr. Y. Klausner").
4-8. Five poems, handwritten by David Shimoni (Shimonovitch): "BiFro'ah HaShaked" (With the Blooming of the Almond Tree), "Sod HaKorban" (Secret of the Sacrifice), "Ma'arkhon BeYarketei Tzafon" (Skit in the Nether Regions of the North), "Asher Al HaBayit…" (In Charge of the Household), and "BeTzohorei Shabbat…" (On Shabbat afternoon [A Chapter from the Poem ‘Nahshon']).
9. "Kri'at Yam Suf" (Parting of the Red Sea), poem, handwritten, possibly by David Shimoni.
10. "Anan" (Cloud), poem, handwritten by the poet Yakov Fichman.
11. Letter by Aryeh Leib Smiatitzky, addressed to Joseph Klausner, handwritten on stationery of the publisher "Omanut," Moscow, 1919. On the same page, at the end of Smiatitzky's letter, is an additional letter written by Shoshana Persitz.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.
Autographs, Letters and Manuscripts
Autographs, Letters and Manuscripts