Jews in the Holocaust, three sketches by Moshe Bernstein and Esther Lurie
1. "Portrait of a Young Girl with Two Yellow Stars", sketch by Esther Lurie (1913–1998), after a work by herself created in the Kovno Ghetto. Pencil on paper. Signed.
12X22.5 cm. Good condition.
2. Jew in a Procession, sketch by Moshe Bernstein (1920–2006). Ink on thick paper. Signed.
11.5X18 cm. Good condition.
3. Bound Jew Wearing Phylacteries, sketch by Moshe Bernstein (1920–2006). Ink on paper. Signed.
17X22 cm. Good condition. A few stains. The paper is very thin and mounted on thick paper.
Esther Lurie (1913-1998), a painter and stage designer, Dizengoff Prize laureate. Born in Latvia, she immigrated to Palestine in 1934, worked in art, and became well known. In 1941, she visited her sister in Kovno, Lithuania, and upon the Nazi invasion was interned in the ghetto. Lurie continued to paint in the ghetto, documenting what happened there, buried her works before the ghetto was liquidated. She secretly painted the camps to which she was sent. After the liberation, a collection of her paintings was published in the book "Jewesses in Slavery" published by the Jewish Soldiers’ Club of Rome in 1945. She won the Dizengoff Prize for Painting a second time for her work "Portrait of a Young Woman with Two Yellow Stars," which she painted in the Kovno Ghetto.
Moshe Bernstein (1920-2006), painter, illustrator, and poet. Born in Poland, he attended the Vilna Academy of Art. Interned in the Bialystok Ghetto together with his family, he escaped to Soviet Russian territory, remaining until 1947, when he tried to reach Palestine as part of the clandestine immigration program known as Aliyah Bet. He was captured and sent to Cyprus. He painted many works depicting scenes from the Jewish shtetl in Eastern Europe and also dealt with the Holocaust in his paintings.

Rubin, My life my Art, by Reuven Rubin. Introduction by Haim Gamzu. New-York: Sabra Books, Funk & Wagnalls, [1969]. English.
Autobiography and selected paintings by Reuven Rubin (1893-1974). The book opens with an introduction by the art critic Haim Gamzu.
A dedication handwritten by Rubin appears on the first page of the book, from 1970, to the couple Gabriel and Rivka Talphir: "To Rivka'le and G. Talphir a friend since always! Reuven 1970". By the dedication appears a drawing by Rubin (self portrait?).
227 pp, 29.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, mostly to first and last leaves. Cloth covered binding, no dust jacket.

Solomon's Song of Songs. Calligraphy by David Moss. Engravings by Zely Smekhov. [Berkley]: Bet Alpha, 1999. Hebrew and English.
Bibliophile edition of The Song of Songs in fine calligraphic script, by David Moss. Accompanied by six engravings by Zely Smekhov. Copy no. 18 out of 100 copies. Signed by Zely Smekhov and by David Moss.
Enclosed is a booklet with an English translation of the Song of Songs by Yoni Moss.
]16] leaves, 34.5 cm. Very good condition. Cardboard slip case.