Lot 318
Else Lasker-Schüler (1869-1945)
Bagpipe Players in Jerusalem. Pencil and crayons on brown paper.
Signed and titled (in German).
Mounted on a leaf, with an additional inscription in Lasker-Schüler's handwriting - "dem feinsten menschen in jerusalem" [The finest people in Jerusalem] (German).
12X19.5 cm leaf, mounted on thick paper (22X28 cm). Fair condition. Creases and tears to painting. Painting is partly detached from the leaf on which it is mounted. Stains (most of them not on the painting. One stain on the lower right corner of the painting, affecting part of the signature).
Provenance:
1. Collection of Dr. Rahel Straus, Germany-Jerusalem.
2. Collection of Gabriela Rosenthal (daughter of Rahel Straus).
