Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
Including: sketches by Ze'ev Raban and Bezalel items, hildren's books, avant-garde books, rare ladino periodicals, and more
A Ketubah and a Souvenir Card with Photomontage – Detention Camp in Cyprus, 1948
Opening: $200
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Marriage ketubah from a detention camp in Cyprus, and a card with a photomontage combining a picture of the married couple and picturesof the camp. Cyprus, ca. 1948.
1. Ketubah recording the marriage of Moshe Ben Ya'akov and Esther Bat Yitzhak, from February 15, 1948. "On this date in the camp of Jewish detainees near the city of Dekhelia on the island of Cyprus".
Near the city of Dekhelia north of Larnaca were seven internment camps known as "Winter Camps". Due to the poor conditions, the ketubah was typewritten and mimeographed, on thin paper of poor quality. On verso – inked stamp of the "Chief Rabbinate, Cyprus", hand-signed by the secretary.
Approx. 30.5X23 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, fold lines and some holes (small, with no damage to text). Restored tears along fold lines and at the margins.
2. Souvenir card with a photomontage: photo of a young couple (presumably the couple whose names appear on the ketubah), surrounded by four photos of the camp.
6.5X9 cm. Good-fair condition. Creases and blemishes. Stains to verso.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
1. Ketubah recording the marriage of Moshe Ben Ya'akov and Esther Bat Yitzhak, from February 15, 1948. "On this date in the camp of Jewish detainees near the city of Dekhelia on the island of Cyprus".
Near the city of Dekhelia north of Larnaca were seven internment camps known as "Winter Camps". Due to the poor conditions, the ketubah was typewritten and mimeographed, on thin paper of poor quality. On verso – inked stamp of the "Chief Rabbinate, Cyprus", hand-signed by the secretary.
Approx. 30.5X23 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, fold lines and some holes (small, with no damage to text). Restored tears along fold lines and at the margins.
2. Souvenir card with a photomontage: photo of a young couple (presumably the couple whose names appear on the ketubah), surrounded by four photos of the camp.
6.5X9 cm. Good-fair condition. Creases and blemishes. Stains to verso.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
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