Lot 254
Photograph of Yosef Haim Brenner, with a Handwritten Dedication – London, 1906
A photographic portrait of Yosef Haim Brenner, with a dedication in his hand. London, [ca. 1906].
A portrait photograph of Yosef Haim Brenner (1881-1921), mounted on an original card of the Polsky Bros. photography studio in London. On the verso is a dedication in Brenner's handwriting and with his signature, to M. Ben-Eliezer (presumably the author, translator and journalist Moshe Ben-Eliezer): "I am here before you at an hour when there is no sorrow in my heart… / with much affection / Y. H. Brenner". The dedication is dated: "London, 27/VIII/06".
On the front of the card, alongside the photograph, is a note in Brenner's handwriting: "See reverse side".
Yosef Haim Brenner lived in London's Whitechapel district in the years 1904-1907. During this period he wrote the book "Around the Point" which was published in the periodical "HaShiloach", as well as editing and publishing (together with Yehoshua Radler Feldman) the literary periodical "HaMe'orer".
Card: approx. 10.5X6.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes. Small open tears to two corners of the card.
Provenance: Rimon Family
Collection.
