Auction 91 Part 1 Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
Album with a Carved Wood Cover – Cyprus Detention Camps, 1947/1948
Opening: $200
Unsold
Photograph album with a carved wood cover, 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 remain 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 remain blank. Blue leather spine.
9X17 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine, Illegal Immigration, British Detention Camps, the State of Israel
Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine, Illegal Immigration, British Detention Camps, the State of Israel