Auction 38 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture, Israeli and International Art
"Help!" – Linocuts by Anatol Gurewitsch
Opening: $400
Sold for: $525
Including buyer's premium
Help!! Sauvez! Hilfe!! Tel-Aviv: "Fidea-Humanistic Publishing House", 1939.
A poem and 15 impressive linocuts, in the spirit of the German expressionism, by Anatol Gurewitsch, all about the persecution of Jews in Germany.
Anatol Gurewitsch (1919-2005), native of Russia, studied in Germany, France and Italy and with the Israeli painters Miron Sima and Yitzchak Frenkel. Moved to Israel in 1934, where he painted and designed stage decoration for the theater, as well as costumes. [1] leaf + [15] linocuts. 34 cm. Fair condition. Spotting, some tears and damages to cover. Re-bound in hard cover. One linocut is pasted to a leaf and bound upside down.
A poem and 15 impressive linocuts, in the spirit of the German expressionism, by Anatol Gurewitsch, all about the persecution of Jews in Germany.
Anatol Gurewitsch (1919-2005), native of Russia, studied in Germany, France and Italy and with the Israeli painters Miron Sima and Yitzchak Frenkel. Moved to Israel in 1934, where he painted and designed stage decoration for the theater, as well as costumes. [1] leaf + [15] linocuts. 34 cm. Fair condition. Spotting, some tears and damages to cover. Re-bound in hard cover. One linocut is pasted to a leaf and bound upside down.
Anti-Semitism, the Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pleita, Jewish Brigade
Anti-Semitism, the Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pleita, Jewish Brigade