Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
Album with a Carved Wood Binding – Cyprus Detention Camps, 1947/1948
Opening: $400
Unsold
Photograph album with a carved wood binding, made by a detainee in the Cyprus detention camps, 5708 (1947/1948).
Carved front board, depicting a flag with a Star of David, a barbed wire fence and a burning torch [torch of resistance, bravery and hope], inscribed "Cyprus 5708" (Hebrew). The leaves of the album – brown and heavy – are blank. Blue leather spine.
9X17 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Carved front board, depicting a flag with a Star of David, a barbed wire fence and a burning torch [torch of resistance, bravery and hope], inscribed "Cyprus 5708" (Hebrew). The leaves of the album – brown and heavy – are blank. Blue leather spine.
9X17 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
The British Mandate of Palestine, Jewish Enlistment, Illegal Immigration,
Cyprus Detention Camps and the Establishment of the State of Israel
The British Mandate of Palestine, Jewish Enlistment, Illegal Immigration,
Cyprus Detention Camps and the Establishment of the State of Israel