Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
"Help!" – Linocuts by Anatol Gurewitsch, 1939
Opening: $200
Sold for: $250
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Help!! Sauvez! Hilfe!! Anatol Gurewitsch . Tel-Aviv: "Fidea-Humanistic Publishing House", 1939.
A poem and 15 impressive linocuts, in the spirit of German expressionism, by Anatol Gurewitsch, dealing with the persecution of Jews in Germany.
Anatol Gurewitsch (1916-2005), born in Russia, studied in Germany, France and Italy and with the Israeli painters Miron Sima and Yitzchak Frenkel. He immigrated to Palestine in 1934, where he painted and designed stage decorations and costumes for the theater.
[1] leaf + [15] linocuts. 32.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains and creases. Many dampstains. Tears along the spine. Signs of pasting along the spine (from binding?).
A poem and 15 impressive linocuts, in the spirit of German expressionism, by Anatol Gurewitsch, dealing with the persecution of Jews in Germany.
Anatol Gurewitsch (1916-2005), born in Russia, studied in Germany, France and Italy and with the Israeli painters Miron Sima and Yitzchak Frenkel. He immigrated to Palestine in 1934, where he painted and designed stage decorations and costumes for the theater.
[1] leaf + [15] linocuts. 32.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains and creases. Many dampstains. Tears along the spine. Signs of pasting along the spine (from binding?).
Antisemitism, Holocaust and She'erit HaPletah
Antisemitism, Holocaust and She'erit HaPletah