Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
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32 original drawings and proofs of woodcuts, created by Jacob Steinhardt. Most of them are sketches for illustrated editions of the Book of Jonah [most of them are of the 1950s].
Among the items:
• Five original drawings by Steinhardt (one in pencil, the others in pencil and ink). Five drawings are sketches for woodcuts printed in the "Book of Jonah" (Philadelphia, 1953) and they depict the whale, Ninveh, and more.
• Woodcut, colored by hand. Signed by Steinhardt and dated (1958).
• Jonah ejected from the whale's belly - proof colored by hand (ca. 1924, Kolb 109).
• Proofs of woodcuts printed in the "Book of Jonah" (Philadlephia, 1953). Some with color.
• Proofs of other woodcuts.
Total of 32 items (among them five original drawings). Size varies, 21X10 cm to 17.5X23 cm. Overall good condition.
Among the items:
• Five original drawings by Steinhardt (one in pencil, the others in pencil and ink). Five drawings are sketches for woodcuts printed in the "Book of Jonah" (Philadelphia, 1953) and they depict the whale, Ninveh, and more.
• Woodcut, colored by hand. Signed by Steinhardt and dated (1958).
• Jonah ejected from the whale's belly - proof colored by hand (ca. 1924, Kolb 109).
• Proofs of woodcuts printed in the "Book of Jonah" (Philadlephia, 1953). Some with color.
• Proofs of other woodcuts.
Total of 32 items (among them five original drawings). Size varies, 21X10 cm to 17.5X23 cm. Overall good condition.
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
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Woodcuts by Jakob Steinhardt, Being the Catalogue of the Collection E.M.-R., Jerusalem. [Jerusalem, ca. late 1940s]. English.
A typewritten catalogue recording a collection of more than 400 woodcuts by Jacob Steinhardt, from the years 1912-1946. Several reproductions of woodcuts by Steinhardt are mounted on the catalogue leaves as well as two original prints, signed by Steinhardt: one depicting beggars in a wedding in Jerusalem (proof print; see Kolb, no. 226), and the other depicts a pogrom in a Jewish town (printed on a separate leaf bound with the catalogue leaves; see Kolb, no. 13).
On the inner side of the front cover appears an ink-stamp: "Universitas Booksellers" - a bookstore in Jerusalem owned by Hermann Meyer, one of the heads of friends of the Hebrew book "Soncino" (Soncino-Gesellschaft der Freunde des jüdischen Buches) in Berlin, owner of the collection recorded in this catalogue.
[20] leaves, 28 cm. Good condition. Stains and creases. Half of the leaves are detached. Cover in fair condition, with tears, creases and adhesive tape marks. Front cover is detached.
A typewritten catalogue recording a collection of more than 400 woodcuts by Jacob Steinhardt, from the years 1912-1946. Several reproductions of woodcuts by Steinhardt are mounted on the catalogue leaves as well as two original prints, signed by Steinhardt: one depicting beggars in a wedding in Jerusalem (proof print; see Kolb, no. 226), and the other depicts a pogrom in a Jewish town (printed on a separate leaf bound with the catalogue leaves; see Kolb, no. 13).
On the inner side of the front cover appears an ink-stamp: "Universitas Booksellers" - a bookstore in Jerusalem owned by Hermann Meyer, one of the heads of friends of the Hebrew book "Soncino" (Soncino-Gesellschaft der Freunde des jüdischen Buches) in Berlin, owner of the collection recorded in this catalogue.
[20] leaves, 28 cm. Good condition. Stains and creases. Half of the leaves are detached. Cover in fair condition, with tears, creases and adhesive tape marks. Front cover is detached.
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
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384. Jakob Steinhardt - Collection of Books and Catalogues of His Works / Dedications and Signed Prints
Collection of catalogues of works by Jakob Steinhardt and books with his works.
1. Rot und Glühend ist das Auge des Juden [Red and Shining is the Eye of the Jew], by Arno Nadel. Berlin: Fritz Gurlitt, 1920. German.
Poems by Arno Nadel, with eight etchings by Jakob Steinhardt mounted on the book leaves. One etching is signed by Steinhardt (in pencil). Facing the title page is another original etching, signed.
2. Jerusalem Slumbering Town, eleven wood-cuts by Jacob Steinhardt, eleven Hebrew poems by Sh. Shalom. Dr. H. Lowenstein Press, Tel Aviv, 1937.
3-8. Six catalogues of exhibitions from the years 1934-1973: • Catalogue of exhibition at the Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem, March 1934. • Catalogue of exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum (two copies). • Catalogue of exhibition at the Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem, February 1962. • Catalogue of exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, 1957 (with dedication from Steinhardt). • Catalogue of exhibition in Palestine (partial).
9. Jacob Steinhardt / Woodcuts. Jerusalem: Jerusalem Art Publishing Society, [ca. 1953]. English.
Catalogue with reproductions of woodcuts by Jakob Steinhardt; some are hand-colored. On the first page is a dedication in Steinhardt's hand, to Hermann Maier (from 1953).
10. The Woodcuts of Jakob Steinhardt, edited by Leon Kolb. San Francisco: Genuart Co., 1959. English.
11. Gedächtnisausstellung Jakob Steinhardt: Kunstamt Wedding Berlin, Goethe Institut Amsterdam, Kulturant der Stadt Gütersloh, Rheinisches Landes-Museum Bonn, Joods Historisch Museum Amsterdam. Catalogue, with photographs of works by Steinhardt. Berlin, 1973. German.
12. The Pessach Haggadah, Woodcuts by Jakob Steinhardt, Lettering by Franzisca Baruch. Tel Aviv: Dvir, 1979. Hebrew and English.
13. Jakob Steinhardt, Etchings and Lithographs, by Ziva Amishai-Maisels. Jerusalem-Tel Aviv: Dvir, 1981. Hebrew and English. With handwritten dedication by Steinhardt's daughter.
14. Jakob Steinhardt. Der Prophet. Ausstellungs- und Bestandskatalog Jüdisches Museum im Berlin Museum. Exhibition catalogue. Berlin, 1995, German.
15. Jacob and Israel, Homeland and Identity in the Work of Jakob Steinhardt. Exhibition catalogue, The Open Museum, Tefen Industrial Park, 1998. Hebrew and English.
16. Jakob's Dream. Steinhardt in Prints, Drawings, and Paintings. Edited by Ronit Sorek. Jerusalem: Israel Museum, 2010. Hebrew and English.
Attached: photographed portrait of Jakob Steinhardt.
Total of 16 books and booklets. Size and condition vary.
Collection of catalogues of works by Jakob Steinhardt and books with his works.
1. Rot und Glühend ist das Auge des Juden [Red and Shining is the Eye of the Jew], by Arno Nadel. Berlin: Fritz Gurlitt, 1920. German.
Poems by Arno Nadel, with eight etchings by Jakob Steinhardt mounted on the book leaves. One etching is signed by Steinhardt (in pencil). Facing the title page is another original etching, signed.
2. Jerusalem Slumbering Town, eleven wood-cuts by Jacob Steinhardt, eleven Hebrew poems by Sh. Shalom. Dr. H. Lowenstein Press, Tel Aviv, 1937.
3-8. Six catalogues of exhibitions from the years 1934-1973: • Catalogue of exhibition at the Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem, March 1934. • Catalogue of exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum (two copies). • Catalogue of exhibition at the Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem, February 1962. • Catalogue of exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, 1957 (with dedication from Steinhardt). • Catalogue of exhibition in Palestine (partial).
9. Jacob Steinhardt / Woodcuts. Jerusalem: Jerusalem Art Publishing Society, [ca. 1953]. English.
Catalogue with reproductions of woodcuts by Jakob Steinhardt; some are hand-colored. On the first page is a dedication in Steinhardt's hand, to Hermann Maier (from 1953).
10. The Woodcuts of Jakob Steinhardt, edited by Leon Kolb. San Francisco: Genuart Co., 1959. English.
11. Gedächtnisausstellung Jakob Steinhardt: Kunstamt Wedding Berlin, Goethe Institut Amsterdam, Kulturant der Stadt Gütersloh, Rheinisches Landes-Museum Bonn, Joods Historisch Museum Amsterdam. Catalogue, with photographs of works by Steinhardt. Berlin, 1973. German.
12. The Pessach Haggadah, Woodcuts by Jakob Steinhardt, Lettering by Franzisca Baruch. Tel Aviv: Dvir, 1979. Hebrew and English.
13. Jakob Steinhardt, Etchings and Lithographs, by Ziva Amishai-Maisels. Jerusalem-Tel Aviv: Dvir, 1981. Hebrew and English. With handwritten dedication by Steinhardt's daughter.
14. Jakob Steinhardt. Der Prophet. Ausstellungs- und Bestandskatalog Jüdisches Museum im Berlin Museum. Exhibition catalogue. Berlin, 1995, German.
15. Jacob and Israel, Homeland and Identity in the Work of Jakob Steinhardt. Exhibition catalogue, The Open Museum, Tefen Industrial Park, 1998. Hebrew and English.
16. Jakob's Dream. Steinhardt in Prints, Drawings, and Paintings. Edited by Ronit Sorek. Jerusalem: Israel Museum, 2010. Hebrew and English.
Attached: photographed portrait of Jakob Steinhardt.
Total of 16 books and booklets. Size and condition vary.
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
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Old City of Jerusalem, 1969. Woodcut by Jacob Pins (1917-2005).
Signed and dated in Hebrew and English, numbered 14/40.
Approx. 16X79 cm. Good condition. Framed: 28X91 cm, unexamined out of frame.
See: "Pins: Woodcuts, 1942-1985", Meira Pery-Lehman, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1985. Item no. 227II.
Signed and dated in Hebrew and English, numbered 14/40.
Approx. 16X79 cm. Good condition. Framed: 28X91 cm, unexamined out of frame.
See: "Pins: Woodcuts, 1942-1985", Meira Pery-Lehman, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1985. Item no. 227II.
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
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Skyline of Jerusalem, 1975. Woodcut in color by Jacob Pins (1917-2005).
Signed and dated in Hebrew and English.
18.5X26.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Small pinholes at lower margins (not affecting woodcut).
See: "Pins: Woodcuts, 1942-1985", Meira Pery-Lehman, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1985. Item no. 254.
Signed and dated in Hebrew and English.
18.5X26.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Small pinholes at lower margins (not affecting woodcut).
See: "Pins: Woodcuts, 1942-1985", Meira Pery-Lehman, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1985. Item no. 254.
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Collection of works by Meir Gur Arieh:
1-5. Portraits. Four engravings and a woodcut. Signed in pencil (woodcuts signed in English).
6-8. Three leaves and promotional leaflets for Matzot made by the "Great Mills of Eretz Israel". Signed in the plate: "Gur Aryeh and Raban 'Bezalel'" / "Gur Aryeh - Raban 'Bezalel'" / "Beit Avoda shel M. Gur Aryeh et Z. Raban 'Bezalel'".
9. Promotional leaflet of the "Great Mills in Eretz Israel" designed by "M. Gur Aryeh et Z.Raban 'Bezalel'". Grafika" press, Jerusalem.
Size and condition vary.
1-5. Portraits. Four engravings and a woodcut. Signed in pencil (woodcuts signed in English).
6-8. Three leaves and promotional leaflets for Matzot made by the "Great Mills of Eretz Israel". Signed in the plate: "Gur Aryeh and Raban 'Bezalel'" / "Gur Aryeh - Raban 'Bezalel'" / "Beit Avoda shel M. Gur Aryeh et Z. Raban 'Bezalel'".
9. Promotional leaflet of the "Great Mills in Eretz Israel" designed by "M. Gur Aryeh et Z.Raban 'Bezalel'". Grafika" press, Jerusalem.
Size and condition vary.
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January 9, 2018
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Rachel's Tomb and Tiberias. Two woodcuts by Peretz Rushkevitz, colored by hand.
Both are signed and titled in pencil.
Approx. 17X25 cm. Good condition. Attached to passé-partout.
Both are signed and titled in pencil.
Approx. 17X25 cm. Good condition. Attached to passé-partout.
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January 9, 2018
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"David King of Israel, a Song in Black and White" by P.K. Hoenich. Warhaftig press, Haifa, (1949).
Portfolio with ten woodcuts by Paul Konrad Hoenich. Printed in 500 copies, from original plates. The portfolio is dedicated to "Our Soldiers" and the inscription on the front cover reads "A soldier peers into the night. He is softly singing a song 'David, King of Israel'. The song carries his thoughts back to David and Goliath, from thence to our struggle. His thoughts turn into pictures, the pictures of this book".
[3] leaves + ten woodcut plates, 36 cm. First leaves and plates are in good condition. Some creases, slight stains and small tears. Paper portfolio in fair condition - torn into two, with folding marks, creases, tears and stains.
Portfolio with ten woodcuts by Paul Konrad Hoenich. Printed in 500 copies, from original plates. The portfolio is dedicated to "Our Soldiers" and the inscription on the front cover reads "A soldier peers into the night. He is softly singing a song 'David, King of Israel'. The song carries his thoughts back to David and Goliath, from thence to our struggle. His thoughts turn into pictures, the pictures of this book".
[3] leaves + ten woodcut plates, 36 cm. First leaves and plates are in good condition. Some creases, slight stains and small tears. Paper portfolio in fair condition - torn into two, with folding marks, creases, tears and stains.
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1. Le Défenseur de Paris [defender of Paris], lithograph by Abel Pann (signed in the plate), [1915]. The lithograph depicts Ferdinand Foch, a French WW I general and later the Marshal of France, Field marshal of Britain and Marshal of Poland, defender of Paris. Foch is depicted as a large porcupine-like figure with fingers resembling canons. The Eifel Tower appears on the right and Montmartre and "Basilique du Sacré-Cœur" on the left.
65X50 cm. Good-fair condition. Dampstains on upper left margin. Creases and folding marks. Tears at margins and folding lines.
2-3. In the Name of the Czar, 24 Original Pictures by Abel Pann. Published by The American Jewish Chronicle, [1918?]. English. Two copies. Lithographs by Abel Pann depicting the pogroms against Ukrainian Jews, titled in English. First English edition of the portfolio "The Tear Jug".
[23] leaves, 45.5 cm. Lithograph no. 2 is lacking in both copies of the portfolio. Fair overall condition. Particularly fragile paper. Tears, some open. Lacking corners. Rough tears to first leaves of one copy. Margins of one lithograph are trimmed bordering text.
65X50 cm. Good-fair condition. Dampstains on upper left margin. Creases and folding marks. Tears at margins and folding lines.
2-3. In the Name of the Czar, 24 Original Pictures by Abel Pann. Published by The American Jewish Chronicle, [1918?]. English. Two copies. Lithographs by Abel Pann depicting the pogroms against Ukrainian Jews, titled in English. First English edition of the portfolio "The Tear Jug".
[23] leaves, 45.5 cm. Lithograph no. 2 is lacking in both copies of the portfolio. Fair overall condition. Particularly fragile paper. Tears, some open. Lacking corners. Rough tears to first leaves of one copy. Margins of one lithograph are trimmed bordering text.
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
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"Shtetl, mayn khorever haym - a gedekhenish". Berlin: Schwellen, [1923].
A book in album format. The emblem of the publishing house, title page and 29 paintings, all by Issachar Ber Ryback (1897-1935), in lithographic printing.
XXXI, [1] leaves. 33X49 cm. Good-fair condition. Foxing. Defects and tears at margins (mostly slight, no damage to text). Strips of adhesive paper at point of attachment between binding and first and last leaves. Binding in fair condition, worn and damaged, with restorations. New spine.
A book in album format. The emblem of the publishing house, title page and 29 paintings, all by Issachar Ber Ryback (1897-1935), in lithographic printing.
XXXI, [1] leaves. 33X49 cm. Good-fair condition. Foxing. Defects and tears at margins (mostly slight, no damage to text). Strips of adhesive paper at point of attachment between binding and first and last leaves. Binding in fair condition, worn and damaged, with restorations. New spine.
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Wounded Soldiers / Soldier in a Railway Station, two lithographs by Max Lieberman (1874-1935). Signed in the plate.
24X31 cm. Good condition.
24X31 cm. Good condition.
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A dozen works by Eugene Spiro (1874-1972).
1. Figures, watercolor and ink on paper. Signed. Approx. 34X45 cm. Passé -partout.
2. Dancer (portrait of Spiro's sister, Baladine Klossowska?). Watercolor on paper. Signed in pencil. 73X51 cm. Peelings. Stains. Rough tears at margins. Some open tears. Pieces of paper pasted to margins.
3-8. Six lithographs - portraits of composers, singers and musicians. Among them: Ferruccio Busoni, Emanuel List, Moriz Rosenthal, Leo Slezak, Nicolai and Joanna Graudan, all signed in pencil. One is numbered, 2/30. 24.5X21.5 cm to 50X40.5 cm. Four lithographs inserted in passé-partout. Two attached to paper.
9-10. Two engravings - portrait of a woman; mother and son. Signed in pencil. One is numbered, 53/64. 15X12 cm, 15.5X19 cm. One engraving inserted in a passé-partout.
11. Portrait of Heinrich Zille. Lithograph. 91X66 cm. Creases. Tears at margins.
12. Figures of women. Lithograph, signed in pencil. 30X25.5 cm. Passé-partout.
1. Figures, watercolor and ink on paper. Signed. Approx. 34X45 cm. Passé -partout.
2. Dancer (portrait of Spiro's sister, Baladine Klossowska?). Watercolor on paper. Signed in pencil. 73X51 cm. Peelings. Stains. Rough tears at margins. Some open tears. Pieces of paper pasted to margins.
3-8. Six lithographs - portraits of composers, singers and musicians. Among them: Ferruccio Busoni, Emanuel List, Moriz Rosenthal, Leo Slezak, Nicolai and Joanna Graudan, all signed in pencil. One is numbered, 2/30. 24.5X21.5 cm to 50X40.5 cm. Four lithographs inserted in passé-partout. Two attached to paper.
9-10. Two engravings - portrait of a woman; mother and son. Signed in pencil. One is numbered, 53/64. 15X12 cm, 15.5X19 cm. One engraving inserted in a passé-partout.
11. Portrait of Heinrich Zille. Lithograph. 91X66 cm. Creases. Tears at margins.
12. Figures of women. Lithograph, signed in pencil. 30X25.5 cm. Passé-partout.
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