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Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
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1–4. Four photographs. Haifa, [1910s or 1920s]. Three of them are titled in the plate: "New Immigrants’ Camp in Haifa, Palestine", "Dining room, new immigrants’ house, Haifa, Palestine," and "Immigration Office of the Zionist Workers’ Union in Haifa, Palestine".
Approx. 12X17.5 cm. Fair condition. Creases, stains, and blemishes.
5–8. Four photographs by photographer Lu Landauer (signed on the back with her stamp), of a tent camp on the Carmel and an apartment building (for new immigrants), [ca. 1940s].
Two are 8.5X13 cm., and two are 11X17 cm. Fair to good condition. Creases in one of the photographs.
Enclosed is another photograph of an apartment building for new immigrants, unsigned. 8X11.5 cm.
The photographer Lu Landauer, who was born in Germany, immigrated to Israel in 1933 and married Dr. Georg Landauer, director of the Settlement Department of German Immigrants' Association in Israel. She established the photography department in the New Bezalel School for Arts and Crafts in 1941. Landauer devoted much of her time to photographing architectural buildings planned by German immigrants, primarily on kibbutzim, for the department that her husband headed. According to her own account, she lost or destroyed the glass plate negatives of her photographs. She left Israel in 1955 and died in Lugano, Switzerland, in 1996.
Provenance: Rimon Family Collection.
Approx. 12X17.5 cm. Fair condition. Creases, stains, and blemishes.
5–8. Four photographs by photographer Lu Landauer (signed on the back with her stamp), of a tent camp on the Carmel and an apartment building (for new immigrants), [ca. 1940s].
Two are 8.5X13 cm., and two are 11X17 cm. Fair to good condition. Creases in one of the photographs.
Enclosed is another photograph of an apartment building for new immigrants, unsigned. 8X11.5 cm.
The photographer Lu Landauer, who was born in Germany, immigrated to Israel in 1933 and married Dr. Georg Landauer, director of the Settlement Department of German Immigrants' Association in Israel. She established the photography department in the New Bezalel School for Arts and Crafts in 1941. Landauer devoted much of her time to photographing architectural buildings planned by German immigrants, primarily on kibbutzim, for the department that her husband headed. According to her own account, she lost or destroyed the glass plate negatives of her photographs. She left Israel in 1955 and died in Lugano, Switzerland, in 1996.
Provenance: Rimon Family Collection.
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Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
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Four press photographs depicting British soldiers after the Black Sabbath and during searches for ammunition. Kibbutz Yagur and Givat Shmuel, July–November 1946.
1–3. Three photographs of soldiers and officers of the British army standing over weapons that were seized on Kibbutz Yagur and showing them to the media.
The Haganah’s main arms cache was hidden in Kibbutz Yagur in the north of Palestine. During the raid, which took place on June 29, 1946, in what became known as "The Black Sabbath," the British seized a large cache of rifles, sub-machine guns, mortars, grenades, and ammunition.
4. Photograph of British soldiers searching for explosives in the Givat Shaul neighborhood of Jerusalem on November 2, 1946. The search took place after two British army trucks and another truck, which belonged to an Arab, drove over a mine on the outskirts of Jerusalem, killing two soldiers and wounding several soldiers and Arab residents.
Information notes for the press and stamps of news agencies on verso.
Three 20X25 cm photographs and one 10X20 cm photograph. Good overall condition. Minor blemishes. Fold marks in two photographs.
Provenance: Rimon Family Collection.
1–3. Three photographs of soldiers and officers of the British army standing over weapons that were seized on Kibbutz Yagur and showing them to the media.
The Haganah’s main arms cache was hidden in Kibbutz Yagur in the north of Palestine. During the raid, which took place on June 29, 1946, in what became known as "The Black Sabbath," the British seized a large cache of rifles, sub-machine guns, mortars, grenades, and ammunition.
4. Photograph of British soldiers searching for explosives in the Givat Shaul neighborhood of Jerusalem on November 2, 1946. The search took place after two British army trucks and another truck, which belonged to an Arab, drove over a mine on the outskirts of Jerusalem, killing two soldiers and wounding several soldiers and Arab residents.
Information notes for the press and stamps of news agencies on verso.
Three 20X25 cm photographs and one 10X20 cm photograph. Good overall condition. Minor blemishes. Fold marks in two photographs.
Provenance: Rimon Family Collection.
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Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $400
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Album with 16 photographs by Werner Braun documenting the First Decade exhibition which was held in Binyane HaUma in Jerusalem, 1958.
The First Decade exhibition was held in Binyane HaUma in Jerusalem in May-August 1958, as part of the celebrations of the 10th anniversary of the State of Israel. This exhibition was considered one of the most important events of the year and was visited by about 600,000 people. However, it aroused much criticism, both for its organization and for its content (some claimed it was a propaganda exhibition, resembling exhibitions organized by the Soviet authorities).
The album contains sixteen photographs by Werner Braun, most are titled by hand on the album's leaves, among them: • Panoramic photographs of Binyane HaUma and the exhibition grounds (composed of three photographs). • Photograph of the opening ceremony with the participation of David Ben Gurion, Teddy Kollek and other dignitaries. • Photographs of different stands in the exhibition: Aliyah, health services, education and culture and more. • Panoramic photograph of a performance of the London Festival Ballet. • And more.
The album opens with a dedication signed by the exhibition director Yitzchak Roll "to Yitzchak Levi, a souvenir from great days of work in the First Decade exhibition, Jerusalem 5.6.58-21.8.58" [the recipient may have been Yitzchak Levi (1907-1994), commander in the Haganah and IDF and director of the government Publicity Center].
16 photographs, size varies. Average size: 13X17 cm. Album: 23X31 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Some photographs are detached. The logo of the exhibition appears on the album's binding. Stains and worming to binding.
The First Decade exhibition was held in Binyane HaUma in Jerusalem in May-August 1958, as part of the celebrations of the 10th anniversary of the State of Israel. This exhibition was considered one of the most important events of the year and was visited by about 600,000 people. However, it aroused much criticism, both for its organization and for its content (some claimed it was a propaganda exhibition, resembling exhibitions organized by the Soviet authorities).
The album contains sixteen photographs by Werner Braun, most are titled by hand on the album's leaves, among them: • Panoramic photographs of Binyane HaUma and the exhibition grounds (composed of three photographs). • Photograph of the opening ceremony with the participation of David Ben Gurion, Teddy Kollek and other dignitaries. • Photographs of different stands in the exhibition: Aliyah, health services, education and culture and more. • Panoramic photograph of a performance of the London Festival Ballet. • And more.
The album opens with a dedication signed by the exhibition director Yitzchak Roll "to Yitzchak Levi, a souvenir from great days of work in the First Decade exhibition, Jerusalem 5.6.58-21.8.58" [the recipient may have been Yitzchak Levi (1907-1994), commander in the Haganah and IDF and director of the government Publicity Center].
16 photographs, size varies. Average size: 13X17 cm. Album: 23X31 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Some photographs are detached. The logo of the exhibition appears on the album's binding. Stains and worming to binding.
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Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
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Seven black and white photographs from an exhibition on the Holocaust by the photographer Efraim (Efren) Ilani (1910-1999). [Jerusalem?, 1967?].
These photographs presumably document the exhibitions in the Chamber of the Holocaust Museum on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, which was founded before the establishment of Yad Vashem as a memorial site with a religious character. The photographs depict, among other things, a "sacred robe" that was sewn for a German officer from parchments taken from a Torah scroll; prayer shawls; parchments and straps for phylacteries piled upon one another; purses whose linings were made from parchments taken from a Torah scroll beside a tambourine whose drum is made from parchment taken from a Torah scroll; tattered and torn prayer shawls wrapped around jugs filled with fragments of parchment; and more.
The photographs are stamped on the back with the photographer’s stamp and numbered in handwriting. One photograph is dated 1967 in handwriting on the back.
Approx. 25X 20.5 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes.
These photographs presumably document the exhibitions in the Chamber of the Holocaust Museum on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, which was founded before the establishment of Yad Vashem as a memorial site with a religious character. The photographs depict, among other things, a "sacred robe" that was sewn for a German officer from parchments taken from a Torah scroll; prayer shawls; parchments and straps for phylacteries piled upon one another; purses whose linings were made from parchments taken from a Torah scroll beside a tambourine whose drum is made from parchment taken from a Torah scroll; tattered and torn prayer shawls wrapped around jugs filled with fragments of parchment; and more.
The photographs are stamped on the back with the photographer’s stamp and numbered in handwriting. One photograph is dated 1967 in handwriting on the back.
Approx. 25X 20.5 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes.
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Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $200
Sold for: $275
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110 photographs of Minister Dov Yosef, [ca. 1960s, some earlier photographs].
Most photographs are from official visits and receptions abroad in honor of Dov Yosef when he served as a minister in the Israeli Government, among them photographs of his wife Goldie Yosef, as well as some earlier photographs from his youth and some portrait photographs.
Many of the photographs are stamped on the back "Another-- Group Picture by Federal Photos / S. Breitman…"; some are stamped with other stamps. One photograph is stamped by photographer David Rubinger, and one (portrait of Goldie Yosef) is stamped by photographer Alfred Bernheim.
Dov (Bernard) Yosef (1899-1980), Military Governor of Jerusalem during the War of Independece, Minister in Israel Governments. Born in Canada, PhD in philosophy and M.A. in Law. One of the organizers of Jewish Legion's volunteers during World War I, arrived in Palestine in 1918 with the Canadian legion. In 1921, after graduating from Law School, returned to Palestine to settle.
Yosef was active in the Labor Movement and a Mapai member since 1933. Served as the legal advisor of the Jewish Agency and its political department deputy manager. During World War II he was in charge of mobilizing volunteers to the British Army.
During the 1948 war and the siege on Jerusalem, he served as the Military Governor of the city, being in charge of food supply and distribution as well. In 1949 he served as the Minister of Rationing and Supply ("austerity minister"). Served as Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Transportation, Minister of Law, Minister of Trade and Industry and Minister of Health.
Enclosed: a letter (on State of Israel Bonds stationery) and a newspaper clipping concerning a photograph from 1963 as well as a number of information notes.
Average size 25X20 cm. Good overall condition.
Most photographs are from official visits and receptions abroad in honor of Dov Yosef when he served as a minister in the Israeli Government, among them photographs of his wife Goldie Yosef, as well as some earlier photographs from his youth and some portrait photographs.
Many of the photographs are stamped on the back "Another-- Group Picture by Federal Photos / S. Breitman…"; some are stamped with other stamps. One photograph is stamped by photographer David Rubinger, and one (portrait of Goldie Yosef) is stamped by photographer Alfred Bernheim.
Dov (Bernard) Yosef (1899-1980), Military Governor of Jerusalem during the War of Independece, Minister in Israel Governments. Born in Canada, PhD in philosophy and M.A. in Law. One of the organizers of Jewish Legion's volunteers during World War I, arrived in Palestine in 1918 with the Canadian legion. In 1921, after graduating from Law School, returned to Palestine to settle.
Yosef was active in the Labor Movement and a Mapai member since 1933. Served as the legal advisor of the Jewish Agency and its political department deputy manager. During World War II he was in charge of mobilizing volunteers to the British Army.
During the 1948 war and the siege on Jerusalem, he served as the Military Governor of the city, being in charge of food supply and distribution as well. In 1949 he served as the Minister of Rationing and Supply ("austerity minister"). Served as Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Transportation, Minister of Law, Minister of Trade and Industry and Minister of Health.
Enclosed: a letter (on State of Israel Bonds stationery) and a newspaper clipping concerning a photograph from 1963 as well as a number of information notes.
Average size 25X20 cm. Good overall condition.
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Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
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Internationale Architektur, Bauhausbücher 1, by Walter Gropius, designed by L. [László] Moholy-Nagy and Farkas Mólnar. Munich: Albert Langen Verlag, 1925. German. First soft cover edition.
"International Architecture" is the first publication out of fourteen books in the series "Bauhausbücher" initiated and edited by the architect Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus school for design and architecture and one of the pioneers of the International Style. The series was co-edited by the artist László Moholy-Nagy (see next item).
A short introduction by Gropius explains the principles of the International Architecture versus the old architecture: "Study of the photographs of this book will reveal that strict utilization of time, space, material, and money in industry and management decisively determine the factors of the physiognomy of the modern building-organism: exactly cut form, singleness in multiplicity, organization of all parts of the building for the functioning of the building complex, the street, and traffic, concentration on typical plan forms, their development and repetition. A new will is discernible, to design the buildings of our environment from inner laws, without lies or gaming…". The book features more than one hundred photographs and drawings of residential, trade, industrial and public buildings – all in the International Style – in Germany, Holland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, France, United States, and more. The architects featured include Walter Gropius, Adolph Meyer, Erich Mendelsohn, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Henry van de Velde.
106, [1] pp, 23 cm. Good-fair condition. Some stains and creases to leaves. Pen inscription at the beginning of the book. Original cover is torn in two and lacks parts of the spine and one flap. Tears and open tears to cover.
"International Architecture" is the first publication out of fourteen books in the series "Bauhausbücher" initiated and edited by the architect Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus school for design and architecture and one of the pioneers of the International Style. The series was co-edited by the artist László Moholy-Nagy (see next item).
A short introduction by Gropius explains the principles of the International Architecture versus the old architecture: "Study of the photographs of this book will reveal that strict utilization of time, space, material, and money in industry and management decisively determine the factors of the physiognomy of the modern building-organism: exactly cut form, singleness in multiplicity, organization of all parts of the building for the functioning of the building complex, the street, and traffic, concentration on typical plan forms, their development and repetition. A new will is discernible, to design the buildings of our environment from inner laws, without lies or gaming…". The book features more than one hundred photographs and drawings of residential, trade, industrial and public buildings – all in the International Style – in Germany, Holland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, France, United States, and more. The architects featured include Walter Gropius, Adolph Meyer, Erich Mendelsohn, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Henry van de Velde.
106, [1] pp, 23 cm. Good-fair condition. Some stains and creases to leaves. Pen inscription at the beginning of the book. Original cover is torn in two and lacks parts of the spine and one flap. Tears and open tears to cover.
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Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
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l. moholy-nagy [Issue 1–2 of Telehor: The International Review New Vision, edited by František Kalivoda]. Brno, 1936. Czech, German, English, and French.
A quadrilingual issue of the Telehor art journal edited by the architect and cinema theoretician František Kalivoda, dedicated wholly to the work of László Moholy-Nagy. This is the journal's only issue.
The issue contains an introduction by the art historian and critic Sigfried Giedion, and brief essays written by Moholy-Nagy about various issues relating to his work (in Czech, German, English, and French). The issue centers around dozens of photographs and reproductions, some of them in color, of Moholy-Nagy's diverse oeuvre in various fields, including graphic arts, sculpture, chiaroscuro, photography, and photomontage, accompanied by text in Czech.
The issue is spiral-bound and has a paper cover. The front side of the cover is black, with the title "l. moholy-nagy" printed upon it. Other copies of the issue were published with a different cover, in color.
László Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946), a Jewish constructivist interdisciplinary artist born in Hungary, worked in various fields including painting, sculpture, photography, cinema, and graphic design. He studied with the avant-garde artist Róbert Berény, and upon his arrival in Berlin in 1920, he was invited to teach at the Bauhaus school, where he worked until 1928. When the Nazis came to power, he left Berlin and eventually arrived in Chicago, where he founded the New Bauhaus school in 1937, and became its head. The school closed shortly thereafter due to lack of funds, and was reopened as the Chicago School of Design in 1939.
[1] leaf (front cover), [1] 3–133, pp., [1] page (back cover) + [1] page (order forms for a subscription to the journal), 30 cm. Different pagination is noted in some libraries (138 pp). Good–fair condition. The front and back covers, and one of the pages, are detached from the spiral binding. Tears and open tears on the cover. Stains. Slight damage, tears, and open tears at the edges of the pages, not affecting the text or the photographs.
Not in NLI.
A quadrilingual issue of the Telehor art journal edited by the architect and cinema theoretician František Kalivoda, dedicated wholly to the work of László Moholy-Nagy. This is the journal's only issue.
The issue contains an introduction by the art historian and critic Sigfried Giedion, and brief essays written by Moholy-Nagy about various issues relating to his work (in Czech, German, English, and French). The issue centers around dozens of photographs and reproductions, some of them in color, of Moholy-Nagy's diverse oeuvre in various fields, including graphic arts, sculpture, chiaroscuro, photography, and photomontage, accompanied by text in Czech.
The issue is spiral-bound and has a paper cover. The front side of the cover is black, with the title "l. moholy-nagy" printed upon it. Other copies of the issue were published with a different cover, in color.
László Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946), a Jewish constructivist interdisciplinary artist born in Hungary, worked in various fields including painting, sculpture, photography, cinema, and graphic design. He studied with the avant-garde artist Róbert Berény, and upon his arrival in Berlin in 1920, he was invited to teach at the Bauhaus school, where he worked until 1928. When the Nazis came to power, he left Berlin and eventually arrived in Chicago, where he founded the New Bauhaus school in 1937, and became its head. The school closed shortly thereafter due to lack of funds, and was reopened as the Chicago School of Design in 1939.
[1] leaf (front cover), [1] 3–133, pp., [1] page (back cover) + [1] page (order forms for a subscription to the journal), 30 cm. Different pagination is noted in some libraries (138 pp). Good–fair condition. The front and back covers, and one of the pages, are detached from the spiral binding. Tears and open tears on the cover. Stains. Slight damage, tears, and open tears at the edges of the pages, not affecting the text or the photographs.
Not in NLI.
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Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $350
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Scènes Familiales Juives / Judisches familienleben [Scenes from Jewish family life], by Alphonse Lévy, with an introduction by Bernard Lazare. Paris: Félix Juven, [1902]. French.
21 plates depicting various scenes, some of them humorous, of Jewish family life in Alsace, with captions in French, Hebrew, and [flawed] Yiddish. The titles on two of the plates are printed upside-down.
Alphonse Lévy (1943–1918), a native of Alsace, began his career as a satirical painter and later began documenting Jewish life in Alsace and Algeria.
[5] leaves (including a print opposite the cover page), [21] plates, [3] leaves, 33.5 cm. Good condition. Small tears at the edges of the leaves. Several tears repaired with paper on the front cover and the page immediately following. Creases in the front cover. Stains, creases, and open tears on the back cover (the back cover is mounted on paper). New hard-cover binding. Ex-library copy (a library sticker on the inside front cover and a paper pocket on the inside back cover, traces of glue and library stickers on the binding).
21 plates depicting various scenes, some of them humorous, of Jewish family life in Alsace, with captions in French, Hebrew, and [flawed] Yiddish. The titles on two of the plates are printed upside-down.
Alphonse Lévy (1943–1918), a native of Alsace, began his career as a satirical painter and later began documenting Jewish life in Alsace and Algeria.
[5] leaves (including a print opposite the cover page), [21] plates, [3] leaves, 33.5 cm. Good condition. Small tears at the edges of the leaves. Several tears repaired with paper on the front cover and the page immediately following. Creases in the front cover. Stains, creases, and open tears on the back cover (the back cover is mounted on paper). New hard-cover binding. Ex-library copy (a library sticker on the inside front cover and a paper pocket on the inside back cover, traces of glue and library stickers on the binding).
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Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
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Ben-Uri Album, natsional yidish dekorativer kunst-ferayin, nokh yidishe motivn fun fargangene tsaytn. Illustrations by L. Berson [Lazare Berson]. [London, 1916]. Yiddish, some English and Hebrew. [London?], 1916. Yiddish.
"Ben-Uri Album", a portfolio containing six plates with reproductions of works by Lazare Berson and an introduction leaf with text in Yiddish. Berson's works combine Jewish motifs (Shema Israel prayer, priestly benediction, Menorahs, Stars of David, and more). One plate depicts a monument for Theodor Herzl. Printed on the cover of the album (thick paper sheet, folded in half) are words of introduction about Berson by Israel Zangwill (English) and the Ben-Uri regulations (Yiddish).
This portfolio was printed for fundraising purposes for the Ben-Uri gallery (The Jewish National Decorative Art Association Ben Ouri) founded by Lazare Berson in London in 1915.
Lazare (Eliezer) Berson (1882-1954) born in Kupiškis (near Kovno), studied art in St. Petersburg and in Paris. He arrived in London in 1914, where he was engaged in art that combines Jewish-folk motifs and founded the Ben-Uri gallery in order to exhibit and nurture Jewish art. He left England for France in 1916, living and working in Nice until his passing away in 1954.
[1] leaf + [6] plates, size varies. Average size: 26X32 cm. Paper portfolio (sheet folded in half). Good condition. Some stains. Creases and tears at margins of portfolio and at the spine.
Not in NLI.
"Ben-Uri Album", a portfolio containing six plates with reproductions of works by Lazare Berson and an introduction leaf with text in Yiddish. Berson's works combine Jewish motifs (Shema Israel prayer, priestly benediction, Menorahs, Stars of David, and more). One plate depicts a monument for Theodor Herzl. Printed on the cover of the album (thick paper sheet, folded in half) are words of introduction about Berson by Israel Zangwill (English) and the Ben-Uri regulations (Yiddish).
This portfolio was printed for fundraising purposes for the Ben-Uri gallery (The Jewish National Decorative Art Association Ben Ouri) founded by Lazare Berson in London in 1915.
Lazare (Eliezer) Berson (1882-1954) born in Kupiškis (near Kovno), studied art in St. Petersburg and in Paris. He arrived in London in 1914, where he was engaged in art that combines Jewish-folk motifs and founded the Ben-Uri gallery in order to exhibit and nurture Jewish art. He left England for France in 1916, living and working in Nice until his passing away in 1954.
[1] leaf + [6] plates, size varies. Average size: 26X32 cm. Paper portfolio (sheet folded in half). Good condition. Some stains. Creases and tears at margins of portfolio and at the spine.
Not in NLI.
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Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $150
Sold for: $300
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Two color prints by Arthur Szyk:
1. "Official Gazette, the Declaration of Independence of Israel", color print – the text of the Scroll of Independence decorated by Szyk. Signed and dated in print: New Canaan, Connecticut, 1948. Hand-signed by Szyk.
Impressive print combining illustrations of Zionist and Jewish symbols and portraits of biblical figures alongside images of a farmer sowing seed and a Jewish soldier - a combination of images of role models from the nation’s past alongside images that represent the new state, expressing the fulfillment of the vision of the redemption of the Jewish people in its own land.
53.5X 42.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Creases. Small number of stains. Tears at the edges (two of them with minor damage to the print).
2. Independence Loan certificate – certificate of appreciation illustrated by Arthur Szyk. Signed and dated in print: New Canaan, Connecticut, 1951.
This certificate was given to those who purchased Independence Loan bonds, the first loan of Israel Bonds.
Leaf: approx. 37X48.5 cm. Good condition. Small number of stains and creases.
1. "Official Gazette, the Declaration of Independence of Israel", color print – the text of the Scroll of Independence decorated by Szyk. Signed and dated in print: New Canaan, Connecticut, 1948. Hand-signed by Szyk.
Impressive print combining illustrations of Zionist and Jewish symbols and portraits of biblical figures alongside images of a farmer sowing seed and a Jewish soldier - a combination of images of role models from the nation’s past alongside images that represent the new state, expressing the fulfillment of the vision of the redemption of the Jewish people in its own land.
53.5X 42.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Creases. Small number of stains. Tears at the edges (two of them with minor damage to the print).
2. Independence Loan certificate – certificate of appreciation illustrated by Arthur Szyk. Signed and dated in print: New Canaan, Connecticut, 1951.
This certificate was given to those who purchased Independence Loan bonds, the first loan of Israel Bonds.
Leaf: approx. 37X48.5 cm. Good condition. Small number of stains and creases.
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Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
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Two postcards with paintings by Arthur Szyk. Paris: Edition de la Miniature Moderne.
A painting of David holding the severed head of Goliath is printed on the first postcard; a painting of Bar Kochba riding his horse, surrounded by his troops is printed on the second postcard.
Both postcards are inscribed in Arthur Szyk’s handwriting, in French, signed by him and dated 1928.
Approx. 9.5X14.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains and creases.
Provenance: Rimon Family Collection.
A painting of David holding the severed head of Goliath is printed on the first postcard; a painting of Bar Kochba riding his horse, surrounded by his troops is printed on the second postcard.
Both postcards are inscribed in Arthur Szyk’s handwriting, in French, signed by him and dated 1928.
Approx. 9.5X14.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains and creases.
Provenance: Rimon Family Collection.
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Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $100
Sold for: $450
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Nine etchings and lithographs, mostly portraits of personalities, by Hermann Struck (1876-1944).
1-5. Five portrait etchings, including a portrait of Lesser Ury (signed by Struck and Ury) and Herbert Eulenberg. Signed in pencil. Some are titled or dated. One engraving is numbered 56/150.
6-8. Three lithographs: portraits of Rabbi Shmuel Mohliver, Rabbi Shimshon Raphael Hirsch and Rabbi Jacob Reines.
Signed in pencil. Two are numbered (out of 30).
9. Old man with a walking stick, lithograph, signed "H.S." (in Hebrew).
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Rimon Family Collection.
1-5. Five portrait etchings, including a portrait of Lesser Ury (signed by Struck and Ury) and Herbert Eulenberg. Signed in pencil. Some are titled or dated. One engraving is numbered 56/150.
6-8. Three lithographs: portraits of Rabbi Shmuel Mohliver, Rabbi Shimshon Raphael Hirsch and Rabbi Jacob Reines.
Signed in pencil. Two are numbered (out of 30).
9. Old man with a walking stick, lithograph, signed "H.S." (in Hebrew).
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Rimon Family Collection.
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