Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $500
Unsold
Eretz Israel 1920, 10 etchings by Nachum Gutman. Signed in pencil. Published by "I.G.A", Israel, 1979. Hebrew and English.
Ten etchings by Nachum Gutman, signed in pencil (in Hebrew or in English), marked E.A. Inserted in original portfolio. Unnumbered copy out of an edition of 120 copies.
"Guttman painted the various neighborhoods of Jerusalem when he was but a boy of 11… Using these sketches as a guide, he made a limited number of stoneprints in Vienna in 1920… Fifty-eight years after that these prints were done anew by the etching workshop of 'Bezalel', under the supervision of Nachum Guttman… in these etchings - the paintings of the very beginning - here we have its sounds, its colors, the very odors of the Land of Israel, which we will never again see…" (from the introduction by Shlomo Shva).
[10] etchings + [3] leaves. (Etching size varies). Portfolio: 35.5X38 cm. Good condition. Light worming to title page and inner part of front binding. Light stains to binding and tissue guards.
Provenance: Shlomo Shva collection.
Ten etchings by Nachum Gutman, signed in pencil (in Hebrew or in English), marked E.A. Inserted in original portfolio. Unnumbered copy out of an edition of 120 copies.
"Guttman painted the various neighborhoods of Jerusalem when he was but a boy of 11… Using these sketches as a guide, he made a limited number of stoneprints in Vienna in 1920… Fifty-eight years after that these prints were done anew by the etching workshop of 'Bezalel', under the supervision of Nachum Guttman… in these etchings - the paintings of the very beginning - here we have its sounds, its colors, the very odors of the Land of Israel, which we will never again see…" (from the introduction by Shlomo Shva).
[10] etchings + [3] leaves. (Etching size varies). Portfolio: 35.5X38 cm. Good condition. Light worming to title page and inner part of front binding. Light stains to binding and tissue guards.
Provenance: Shlomo Shva collection.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,750
Including buyer's premium
Volume of issues of Ver Sacrum, the journal of the Viennese Secession. Vienna, January-December 1898. German.
Twelve booklets (entire set of first year issues) - issues 1-12 + additional issue, unnumbered.
The journal Ver Sacrum was published in the years 1898-1903 as the official journal of the Viennese Secession - an art movement founded in 1897, whose members were artists (painters, sculptors and architects) who had resigned from the Association of Austrian Artists. The movement's first president was Gustav Klimt.The journal's issues reviewed activity in all the artistic fields, and included works by the movement's artists alongside essays by prominent poets and writers, such as Reiner Maria Rilke, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Maurice Maeterlinck, Knut Hamsun, Arno Holz and many others.
The present issues include illustrations by Gustav Klimt (volume no. 3 is dedicated entirely to Klimt), Alphonse Mucha, Alfred Roller, Fernand Khnopff and others.
12 issues (number of pages varies from issue to issue), volume 30X29 cm. Top edges gilt. Good-fair condition. Stains. Tears to margins of some leaves. Some leaves detached or loose. Front cover of the second issue is detached and torn (with open tears). Lower margins chopped (sometimes with damage to page numbers or cover illustrations). Damage to binding.
Twelve booklets (entire set of first year issues) - issues 1-12 + additional issue, unnumbered.
The journal Ver Sacrum was published in the years 1898-1903 as the official journal of the Viennese Secession - an art movement founded in 1897, whose members were artists (painters, sculptors and architects) who had resigned from the Association of Austrian Artists. The movement's first president was Gustav Klimt.The journal's issues reviewed activity in all the artistic fields, and included works by the movement's artists alongside essays by prominent poets and writers, such as Reiner Maria Rilke, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Maurice Maeterlinck, Knut Hamsun, Arno Holz and many others.
The present issues include illustrations by Gustav Klimt (volume no. 3 is dedicated entirely to Klimt), Alphonse Mucha, Alfred Roller, Fernand Khnopff and others.
12 issues (number of pages varies from issue to issue), volume 30X29 cm. Top edges gilt. Good-fair condition. Stains. Tears to margins of some leaves. Some leaves detached or loose. Front cover of the second issue is detached and torn (with open tears). Lower margins chopped (sometimes with damage to page numbers or cover illustrations). Damage to binding.
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![Scènes Familiales Juives, Yudishem Familienleben [Scenes of Jewish Family Life], by Alphonse Levy, with introduction b](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale52-public/335.jpg "Scenes of Jewish Life - Alphonse Levy - Paris, 1902")
Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Scènes Familiales Juives, Yudishem Familienleben [Scenes of Jewish Family Life], by Alphonse Levy, with introduction by Bernard Lazare. Paris: Felix Juven, 1902.
21 picture-plates presenting different episodes from Jewish family life in Alsace, with captions in French, Hebrew and Yiddish (flawed). In two plates the captions are printed upside-down.
[33] leaves, 34 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and tears (mostly to cover).
21 picture-plates presenting different episodes from Jewish family life in Alsace, with captions in French, Hebrew and Yiddish (flawed). In two plates the captions are printed upside-down.
[33] leaves, 34 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and tears (mostly to cover).
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![31 printed illustrations of the Hebrew alphabet. [Riga? 1930s?]
Fine illustrations decorating the Hebrew alphabet. Mounted o](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale52-public/336_1.jpg "Sheets with the Hebrew Alphabet - Jisrael Leibo - Riga")
![31 printed illustrations of the Hebrew alphabet. [Riga? 1930s?]
Fine illustrations decorating the Hebrew alphabet. Mounted o](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale52-public/336_2.jpg "Sheets with the Hebrew Alphabet - Jisrael Leibo - Riga")
Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $450
Sold for: $688
Including buyer's premium
31 printed illustrations of the Hebrew alphabet. [Riga? 1930s?]
Fine illustrations decorating the Hebrew alphabet. Mounted on thick sheets of paper and inserted in portfolio. All except one are signed in print in Hebrew and English - "J. Leibo". The first illustration is signed by hand ("J. Leibo"). Lower down on the same leaf is a handwritten dedication (Russian) by the artist, signed: "Jisrael Leibo" (Riga, 1936). On the bottom right corner of the leaf is a handwritten inscription, in Yiddish: "Der Friling" [spring].
Apparently the illustrations were prepared by artist Jisrael [Israel] Leibo from Tallin (Estonia), 1912. Leibo studied art in Berlin with Max Liebermann and settled in Britain in 1939. See item 242.
Illustrations: 12X12 cm, mounted on leaves: 30X23 cm, inserted in damaged cardboard folder. Good condition. Stains (mostly to first leaf).
Fine illustrations decorating the Hebrew alphabet. Mounted on thick sheets of paper and inserted in portfolio. All except one are signed in print in Hebrew and English - "J. Leibo". The first illustration is signed by hand ("J. Leibo"). Lower down on the same leaf is a handwritten dedication (Russian) by the artist, signed: "Jisrael Leibo" (Riga, 1936). On the bottom right corner of the leaf is a handwritten inscription, in Yiddish: "Der Friling" [spring].
Apparently the illustrations were prepared by artist Jisrael [Israel] Leibo from Tallin (Estonia), 1912. Leibo studied art in Berlin with Max Liebermann and settled in Britain in 1939. See item 242.
Illustrations: 12X12 cm, mounted on leaves: 30X23 cm, inserted in damaged cardboard folder. Good condition. Stains (mostly to first leaf).
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![Three large prints after paintings by Ludwig Blum. [Netherlands, 20th century].
1. Color print on hard cardboard sheet. &quo](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale52-public/337.jpg "Three Large Prints After Ludwig Blum - Netherlands")
Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $300
Unsold
Three large prints after paintings by Ludwig Blum. [Netherlands, 20th century].
1. Color print on hard cardboard sheet. "Jerusalem - View from the Mount of Olives" (Jeruzalem - Gezien Van Den Olijfberg). 70X99.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, peeling, hanging holes and pasting marks.
2. Color print on hard cardboard sheet. "Jerusalem - The Temple Square" (Jeruzalem - Het Tempelplein). 74.5X104 cm. Fair condition. Stains, peeling and hanging marks. Wide dampstain to bottom of print.
3. Color print on thick brown paper. "Street in Jerusalem" (Straat in Jeruzalem). Stretched between two wooden poles. Hanging wire on top pole. 76.5X95.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, creases. Includes cloth bag.
These plates, from the series "Palestine in Words and Pictures", were printed in the Netherlands for hanging in schools. The painter Ludwig Blum, born in Lisen, Czechoslovakia in 1891, immigrated to Palestine in 1923 and settled in Jerusalem. He held many exhibitions in Palestine, Europe and the U.S., and was one of the leaders of the initiative to found the Artists' House in Jerusalem, in a building situated near the King David Hotel that had been in use as a British officers' club. In 1968 Blum received the "Yakir Yerushalayim" (Worthy Citizen of Jerusalem) award for his artistic contribution to the city. Blum died in Jerusalem in 1974.
Provenance: Willy Lindwer collection.
1. Color print on hard cardboard sheet. "Jerusalem - View from the Mount of Olives" (Jeruzalem - Gezien Van Den Olijfberg). 70X99.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, peeling, hanging holes and pasting marks.
2. Color print on hard cardboard sheet. "Jerusalem - The Temple Square" (Jeruzalem - Het Tempelplein). 74.5X104 cm. Fair condition. Stains, peeling and hanging marks. Wide dampstain to bottom of print.
3. Color print on thick brown paper. "Street in Jerusalem" (Straat in Jeruzalem). Stretched between two wooden poles. Hanging wire on top pole. 76.5X95.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, creases. Includes cloth bag.
These plates, from the series "Palestine in Words and Pictures", were printed in the Netherlands for hanging in schools. The painter Ludwig Blum, born in Lisen, Czechoslovakia in 1891, immigrated to Palestine in 1923 and settled in Jerusalem. He held many exhibitions in Palestine, Europe and the U.S., and was one of the leaders of the initiative to found the Artists' House in Jerusalem, in a building situated near the King David Hotel that had been in use as a British officers' club. In 1968 Blum received the "Yakir Yerushalayim" (Worthy Citizen of Jerusalem) award for his artistic contribution to the city. Blum died in Jerusalem in 1974.
Provenance: Willy Lindwer collection.
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![С. Юдовин. Гравюры на дереве. Текст И. Иоффе и Э. Голлербаха [S. Yudovin, Woodcuts. Text: I. Ioffe and E. Gollerbakh]. Lening](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale52-public/338.jpg "Woodcuts by Shlomo Yudovin - St. Petersburg, 1928")
Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,000
Including buyer's premium
С. Юдовин. Гравюры на дереве. Текст И. Иоффе и Э. Голлербаха [S. Yudovin, Woodcuts. Text: I. Ioffe and E. Gollerbakh]. Leningrad (St. Petersburg), 1928. First edition. Russian.
Booklet dedicated to the woodcuts of Jewish artist Shlomo (Solomon) Yudovin (1892-1954).
The works appearing in this booklet present in a naturalistic manner motifs of folk Jewish art and different scenes from the Jewish shtetl, witnessed by Yudovin on a Jewish ethnographic mission to the Pale of Settlement in 1912-1914, headed by S. Ansky.
47, [1] pp, 25 cm. Good condition. Stains and small tears to cover.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Simon Cohen.
Booklet dedicated to the woodcuts of Jewish artist Shlomo (Solomon) Yudovin (1892-1954).
The works appearing in this booklet present in a naturalistic manner motifs of folk Jewish art and different scenes from the Jewish shtetl, witnessed by Yudovin on a Jewish ethnographic mission to the Pale of Settlement in 1912-1914, headed by S. Ansky.
47, [1] pp, 25 cm. Good condition. Stains and small tears to cover.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Simon Cohen.
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![Iskusstvo Marka Shagala [The Art of Marc Chagall] by Yakov Tugendkhold (Тугендхольд) and Abram Efros (Эфрос). Moscow: Ge](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale52-public/339.jpg "\"The Art of Marc Chagall\" - Moscow, 1918")
Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,125
Including buyer's premium
Iskusstvo Marka Shagala [The Art of Marc Chagall] by Yakov Tugendkhold (Тугендхольд) and Abram Efros (Эфрос). Moscow: Gelikon י(Геликон), 1918. First Edition. Russian.
The first monograph on Marc Chagall. The book contains reproductions of his works, on separate pages and incorporated in the text. Copy number 251 out of an edition of 850 copies. Publisher's device designed by El Lisstizky.
51, [5] pp + [12] plates, 26 cm. Hard cover. Original front cover (damaged) mounted on the front. Back cover missing. Text-block in good condition. Stains.
The first monograph on Marc Chagall. The book contains reproductions of his works, on separate pages and incorporated in the text. Copy number 251 out of an edition of 850 copies. Publisher's device designed by El Lisstizky.
51, [5] pp + [12] plates, 26 cm. Hard cover. Original front cover (damaged) mounted on the front. Back cover missing. Text-block in good condition. Stains.
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![Chagall Lithographe [The Lithographs of Chagall]. Two first volumes from a series of six volumes, published by André S](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale52-public/340.jpg "Lithographs of Marc Chagall - Two Volumes - Original Lithographs")
Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $500
Sold for: $813
Including buyer's premium
Chagall Lithographe [The Lithographs of Chagall]. Two first volumes from a series of six volumes, published by André Sauret. France, 1960-1963. French.
Dedicated to Chagall, with reproductions of his works and original lithographs.
1. First volume, 1960. Includes 11 original lithographs (most in color) inside the book, and an additional original lithograph on the volume's dust jacket. 220, [1] pp, 32 cm. Good condition. Small tears to dust jacket.
2. Second volume, 1963. Contains 11 original lithographs inside the book (some in color), and an additional original lithograph on the volume's dust jacket. 209, [1] pp, 32 cm. Good condition. Slight damage to margins of dust jacket.
Dedicated to Chagall, with reproductions of his works and original lithographs.
1. First volume, 1960. Includes 11 original lithographs (most in color) inside the book, and an additional original lithograph on the volume's dust jacket. 220, [1] pp, 32 cm. Good condition. Small tears to dust jacket.
2. Second volume, 1963. Contains 11 original lithographs inside the book (some in color), and an additional original lithograph on the volume's dust jacket. 209, [1] pp, 32 cm. Good condition. Slight damage to margins of dust jacket.
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![Chagall Lithographie [The Lithographs of Chagall]. Three volumes out of a series of six volumes, published by André Sa](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale52-public/341.jpg "Lithographs of Marc Chagall - Three Volumes - Original Lithographs")
Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $500
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Chagall Lithographie [The Lithographs of Chagall]. Three volumes out of a series of six volumes, published by André Sauret. France, 1960-1984. French.
Dedicated to Chagall's oeuvre, with reproductions of his works and original lithographs.
1. First volume, 1960. With 11 original lithographs. Dust jacket missing (lithograph).
2. Second volume, 1963. With 11 original lithographs inside the book, and an additional original lithograph on the volume's dust jacket.
3. Fifth volume, 1984. No original lithographs inside the book.
Three volumes, 32 cm. Condition varies. Stains to first volume. Dust jacket of first volume missing. Tears to margins of the other two volumes' jackets.
Dedicated to Chagall's oeuvre, with reproductions of his works and original lithographs.
1. First volume, 1960. With 11 original lithographs. Dust jacket missing (lithograph).
2. Second volume, 1963. With 11 original lithographs inside the book, and an additional original lithograph on the volume's dust jacket.
3. Fifth volume, 1984. No original lithographs inside the book.
Three volumes, 32 cm. Condition varies. Stains to first volume. Dust jacket of first volume missing. Tears to margins of the other two volumes' jackets.
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Lot 342 Miró and Marc Chagall - Derriere Le Miroir - Compilation of Issues with Original Lithographs
Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $800
Unsold
Eight issues and two pamphlets of Derriere Le Miroir, including original lithographs by Joan Miró and Marc Chagall. Paris, 1967-1981. French
1. Issue no. 164/165, dedicated to Joan Miró. Two original color lithographs (three original lithographs missing).
2. Issue no. 193/194, dedicated to Joan Miró. Two original lithographs (one of them is on the cover; one original lithograph missing).
3-4. Issue no. 225, dedicated to Marc Chagall. Original lithograph on double-spread. Two copies.
5-6. Issue no. 235, dedicated to Marc Chagall. Two original lithographs (one of them is on the cover). Two copies, in one the cover lithograph is missing.
7-8. Issue no. 246, dedicated to Marc Chagall. Includes an original color lithograph on a double-spread. Two copies.
9-10. Advertising pamphlet of the magazine. Two copies.
Approx. 28.5X38 cm. Condition varies. Good overall condition. Stains and small tears, mostly to covers. Text-block of booklets in very good condition.
1. Issue no. 164/165, dedicated to Joan Miró. Two original color lithographs (three original lithographs missing).
2. Issue no. 193/194, dedicated to Joan Miró. Two original lithographs (one of them is on the cover; one original lithograph missing).
3-4. Issue no. 225, dedicated to Marc Chagall. Original lithograph on double-spread. Two copies.
5-6. Issue no. 235, dedicated to Marc Chagall. Two original lithographs (one of them is on the cover). Two copies, in one the cover lithograph is missing.
7-8. Issue no. 246, dedicated to Marc Chagall. Includes an original color lithograph on a double-spread. Two copies.
9-10. Advertising pamphlet of the magazine. Two copies.
Approx. 28.5X38 cm. Condition varies. Good overall condition. Stains and small tears, mostly to covers. Text-block of booklets in very good condition.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $1,000
Unsold
Nine issues of the literary and art magazine "Verve, Revue Artistique et Littéraire". Paris, 1937-1955. French.
Issues no. 1, 3, 19-20, 21-22, 24, 25-26, 27-28, 29-30, 31-32. Issues include numerous reproductions of paintings, as well as original lithographs by Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró and others.
9 issues. Size and condition vary.
Issues no. 1, 3, 19-20, 21-22, 24, 25-26, 27-28, 29-30, 31-32. Issues include numerous reproductions of paintings, as well as original lithographs by Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró and others.
9 issues. Size and condition vary.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $1,500
Sold for: $4,000
Including buyer's premium
Passover Haggadah, Yaacov Agam. 58 original serigraphs, "pulled by hand on Rivs 270 Gr. (Arjomarie-Prioux) by Atelier Arcay in Paris", 1985.
Introductory leaf signed by Agam and numbered H.C. 3/9. First and last prints also signed by Agam. "All color separations were produced by the artist, all screens used for each image were destroyed".
Exquisite velvet binding in matching original box, 52X42.5 cm. Very good condition. Slight defects to box.
Introductory leaf signed by Agam and numbered H.C. 3/9. First and last prints also signed by Agam. "All color separations were produced by the artist, all screens used for each image were destroyed".
Exquisite velvet binding in matching original box, 52X42.5 cm. Very good condition. Slight defects to box.
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