Lot 329
Esther Lurie - Portrait of a Girl with Two Yellow Badges - Original Sketch
Esther Lurie, original sketch for a prospectus in anticipation of the publication of an album of paintings from the Kovno Ghetto. [Ca. 1958].
Pencil drawing on paper. Signed (in English).
On the left side of the leaf is Lurie's famous painting - Portrait of a Girl with Two Yellow Badges. Beneath it Lurie signed her name twice, in English, and added the title "'The Yellow Badge' / Album". Inscribed on the right side of the leaf is the album's title - "Drawings and Aquarelles from the Kovno-Slobodka Ghetto, 1941-1944, by Esther Lurie", and at the top right corner - "prospectus" (Hebrew).
The painting "Portrait of a Girl with Two Yellow Badges" appeared in Lurie's book "Living Testimony" ("Dvir" press, Tel Aviv, 1958 [Hebrew]). The present item may be a sketch for a prospectus Lurie created in anticipation of the book's publication.
Approx. 27.5X20 cm. Good condition. Stains and some creases.
