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
Photo Album by Tsadok Bassan – "Lemaan-Zion" Eye Clinic
Opening: $300
Unsold
Souvenir photo album; five photographs of the "Lemaan-Zion" eye clinic run by Dr. Abraham Ticho. Marked with the inked stamps of the photographer Tsadok Bassan. Jerusalem, [1910s?].
The photographs show the façade of the clinic, patients in the waiting room, eye surgery, and care for an infant patient. They are marked with the (Hebrew) inked stamp of Tsadok Bassan either in the lower right corner or on the back. Handwritten Table of Contents (in German) at the beginning of the album. Original binding with gilt title (Hebrew) "Lemaan Zion Eye Clinic Jerusalem" on front board.
Five photographs, approx. 21X16 cm each. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Album: 33.5X26 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Tears and blemishes to corners of leaves; several missing corners. Two leaves detached. Most of spine missing. Binding worn and blemished.
The photographs show the façade of the clinic, patients in the waiting room, eye surgery, and care for an infant patient. They are marked with the (Hebrew) inked stamp of Tsadok Bassan either in the lower right corner or on the back. Handwritten Table of Contents (in German) at the beginning of the album. Original binding with gilt title (Hebrew) "Lemaan Zion Eye Clinic Jerusalem" on front board.
Five photographs, approx. 21X16 cm each. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Album: 33.5X26 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Tears and blemishes to corners of leaves; several missing corners. Two leaves detached. Most of spine missing. Binding worn and blemished.
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