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

Postcards and Print Items Designed by E.M. Lilien – Germany, Early 20th Century

Opening: $300
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Lot of postcards, including JNF postcards, and other items designed by E.M. Lilien (1874-1925). Mostly Germany, [early 20th century].
Including: • Official undivided Zionist congress postcard issued for the fifth Zionist congress, Basel, 1901, with Lilien's famous work depicting the daughter of Zion redeeming the Jewish diaspora while pointing at a Jewish farmer working the land on the backdrop of the rising sun. • Three postcards with illustrations for Börries von Münchhausen's "Juda", two of which were printed for the JNF bureau in Vienna. • Six postcards featuring Lilien's illustrations for Morris Rosenfeld's "Lieder des Ghetto". • Postcard reproducing the etching "Fest unter Ölbaumen", depicting a folk festival, possibly Lag BaOmer, in Jerusalem. • Undivided postcard celebrating May 1st. • Happy new year card for 1901, visiting card (?) proof and title illustration for a Polish-Jewish almanac for the year 1902 (presumably not used).
15 items. Size and condition vary.
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