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Lot 161

Uri Nissan Gnessin - Poem in His Handwriting and a Photograph

1. Photograph portrait of the writer and translator Uri Nissan Gnessin. Mounted on cardboard (cabinet portrait), marked on reverse with the photographer's stamp, in Russian: "Ziskind" (зискиндъ).
Photo: ca. 9.5X13.5 cm. Card: 11X17 cm. Good condition. Foxing on photo and on card reverse.
2. Leaf handwritten by Gnessin's- translation of a poem by Heinrich Heine (beginning with the words "You have diamonds and pearls"). Signed by Gnessin.
Leaf, ca. 12X21.5 cm. Good condition. Foxing and staple holes. Folding marks. Small tears to margins.