Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art

"Artists' Gift to the 12th Zionist Congress" – Eleven Prints – Numbered Edition – Berlin, 1921 / Three Signed Prints

Opening: $300
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Artists' gift to the 12th Zionist Congress / Künstlergabe zum xii. Zionisten-Kongress. Berlin: A. Rogall, [1921]. Hebrew and German. Copy no. 266 of 300.
Portfolio with 11 engravings, woodcuts and lithographs by Joseph Budko, Joseph Oppenheimer, Jacob Steinhardt, Hermann Struck, Lesser Ury, Friedrich Feigel, A.E. Herstein, Julius Kroll, Leo Michelson, Ernst Oppler and Eugene Spiro. Cover illustration by Hermann Struck.
Enclosed are three additional copies of three of the prints: "A Jew with a Torah Scroll" by Jacob Steinhardt, "Grieving Sisters" by Eugene Spiro and "God Full of Mercy" by Julius Kroll. These three prints are signed in pencil by the artists.
[1] title page + [11] prints + [3] signed prints. Size of leaves: 27.5X38.5 cm (the print signed by Julius Kroll is smaller). Good overall condition. Stains, mostly minor (most of the prints are clean). Creases and small tears to margins of title page. The print signed by Julius Kroll is in fair condition (many stains and tears. Edges trimmed; mounted on thin paper for reinforcement). Stains and minor blemishes to portfolio.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Israeli and International Art
Israeli and International Art