Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
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Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $600
Sold for: $1,063
Including buyer's premium
"Shtetl, mayn khorever haym - a gedekhenish". Berlin: Schwellen, 1923.
Album-format book. The emblem of the publishing house, title page and 29 paintings, all by Issachar Ber Ryback (1897-1935), lithographed.
XXXI, [1] leaves. 33X49.5 cm. Good condition. Slight stains and defects (mainly to margins and corners). Tears along the joints between the binding and the first and last leaves. Binding in good-fair condition, with stains and defects. Rubbings and peelings to corners and along the margins.
Album-format book. The emblem of the publishing house, title page and 29 paintings, all by Issachar Ber Ryback (1897-1935), lithographed.
XXXI, [1] leaves. 33X49.5 cm. Good condition. Slight stains and defects (mainly to margins and corners). Tears along the joints between the binding and the first and last leaves. Binding in good-fair condition, with stains and defects. Rubbings and peelings to corners and along the margins.
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Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
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"Issachar Ber Ryback, zyin leben un shpan", editor: Eliyahu Cherikover. Paris: komitet tsunferaybiken det andenken fun Issachar Ber Ryback, 1937. Yiddish.
A book dedicated to the life and work of the artist Issachar Ber Ryback (1897-1935). Includes a large portrait of Ryback, 32 reproductions of his works (some in color) and essays by Arnold Zweig, Mane Katz, Marc Chagall and others.
Copy no. 63 out from a deluxe edition of 100 copies. Vellum binding with gold embossing.
[1] leaf, [1] plate, 93, [1] pp, [1] leaf, [32] plates, [3] pp. 32.5 cm. Good condition. Slight stains. Creases. Slight defects at margins of some leaves. Slight defects to binding. Ownership ink stamps.
A book dedicated to the life and work of the artist Issachar Ber Ryback (1897-1935). Includes a large portrait of Ryback, 32 reproductions of his works (some in color) and essays by Arnold Zweig, Mane Katz, Marc Chagall and others.
Copy no. 63 out from a deluxe edition of 100 copies. Vellum binding with gold embossing.
[1] leaf, [1] plate, 93, [1] pp, [1] leaf, [32] plates, [3] pp. 32.5 cm. Good condition. Slight stains. Creases. Slight defects at margins of some leaves. Slight defects to binding. Ownership ink stamps.
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![Österreichische Plakatkunst [Austrian Poster Art], by Ottokar Mascha. Vienna: J. Lowy, [ca. 1915]. German. Comprehensive boo](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale60-public/348_1.jpg "\"Austrian Poster Art\" - Vienna, ca. 1915")
![Österreichische Plakatkunst [Austrian Poster Art], by Ottokar Mascha. Vienna: J. Lowy, [ca. 1915]. German. Comprehensive boo](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale60-public/348_2.jpg "\"Austrian Poster Art\" - Vienna, ca. 1915")
Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $800
Sold for: $2,375
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Österreichische Plakatkunst [Austrian Poster Art], by Ottokar Mascha. Vienna: J. Lowy, [ca. 1915]. German.
Comprehensive book on posters printed in Austria, including 176 black and white illustrations incorporated in the text and 21 color plates, presenting posters designed by Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt, Koloman Moser, Julius Klinger and many other artists. Printed in 230 copies.
[8] leaves, 124 pp + 21 plates, 38.5 cm. Good condition. Worming to beginning of the book (up to page 30). Light stains to several leaves. Ink stamp on title page. Binding with leather spine. Tears to spine.
Comprehensive book on posters printed in Austria, including 176 black and white illustrations incorporated in the text and 21 color plates, presenting posters designed by Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt, Koloman Moser, Julius Klinger and many other artists. Printed in 230 copies.
[8] leaves, 124 pp + 21 plates, 38.5 cm. Good condition. Worming to beginning of the book (up to page 30). Light stains to several leaves. Ink stamp on title page. Binding with leather spine. Tears to spine.
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![Das Buch Ruth [Book of Ruth], sketch for a book with fourteen woodcuts by Ludwig Schwerin (1897-1983). [Berlin?], 1934. Germa](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale60-public/349_1.jpg "\"Book of Ruth\" - Fourteen Woodcuts by Ludwig Schwerin - Sketch for a B")
![Das Buch Ruth [Book of Ruth], sketch for a book with fourteen woodcuts by Ludwig Schwerin (1897-1983). [Berlin?], 1934. Germa](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale60-public/349_2.jpg "\"Book of Ruth\" - Fourteen Woodcuts by Ludwig Schwerin - Sketch for a B")
Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
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Das Buch Ruth [Book of Ruth], sketch for a book with fourteen woodcuts by Ludwig Schwerin (1897-1983). [Berlin?], 1934. German.
Sketch for the "Book of Ruth" illustrated by Ludwig Schwerin. Fourteen thick sheets of paper; attached to each one is a woodcut by Schwerin, depicting a scene from the Book of Ruth. Below the woodcuts appear titles written by hand, in German (apparently in Schwerin's handwriting). Written below the first woodcut (title page of the book): "14 holz-Schnitte um Ludwig Schwerin, 1934" [14 woodcuts by Ludwig Schwerin, 1934].
The woodcuts were printed on tracing paper. All are signed in the plate, in monogram, and two are dated.
Apparently this book was never published.
[14] leaves. First leaf: 21 cm, all the other leaves: 25 cm. Good-fair overall condition. Stains on leaves and woodcuts (many stains on most of the woodcuts). Two woodcuts are partly detached from the leaves. Tear at upper corner of one of the woodcuts. Widthwise cuts made with a knife to most of the leaves, separating them to two parts. Several leaves are whole, and the two parts of some of the cut leaves are partly detached. Pieces of paper and adhesive tape are pasted to the cuts of two leaves. Inserted in a new cloth-covered folder, with a leather label on the front, inscribed "Das Buch Ruth".
Sketch for the "Book of Ruth" illustrated by Ludwig Schwerin. Fourteen thick sheets of paper; attached to each one is a woodcut by Schwerin, depicting a scene from the Book of Ruth. Below the woodcuts appear titles written by hand, in German (apparently in Schwerin's handwriting). Written below the first woodcut (title page of the book): "14 holz-Schnitte um Ludwig Schwerin, 1934" [14 woodcuts by Ludwig Schwerin, 1934].
The woodcuts were printed on tracing paper. All are signed in the plate, in monogram, and two are dated.
Apparently this book was never published.
[14] leaves. First leaf: 21 cm, all the other leaves: 25 cm. Good-fair overall condition. Stains on leaves and woodcuts (many stains on most of the woodcuts). Two woodcuts are partly detached from the leaves. Tear at upper corner of one of the woodcuts. Widthwise cuts made with a knife to most of the leaves, separating them to two parts. Several leaves are whole, and the two parts of some of the cut leaves are partly detached. Pieces of paper and adhesive tape are pasted to the cuts of two leaves. Inserted in a new cloth-covered folder, with a leather label on the front, inscribed "Das Buch Ruth".
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![Kriegsgefangene, 100 Steinzeichnungen von Hermann Struck [War prisoners, one hundred lithographs by Hermann Struck]. Berlin:](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale60-public/350_1.jpg "\"Prisoners of War\" - Portfolio with One Hundred Lithographs Signed by")
![Kriegsgefangene, 100 Steinzeichnungen von Hermann Struck [War prisoners, one hundred lithographs by Hermann Struck]. Berlin:](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale60-public/350_2.jpg "\"Prisoners of War\" - Portfolio with One Hundred Lithographs Signed by")
Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $1,200
Sold for: $1,500
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Kriegsgefangene, 100 Steinzeichnungen von Hermann Struck [War prisoners, one hundred lithographs by Hermann Struck]. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer (Ernst Vohsen), 1916. German.
Portfolio with one hundred lithographs by Hermann Struck - portraits of World War I war prisoners - and a booklet by the German anthropologist Felix von Luschan. Copy no. 30 out of a deluxe edition printed in fifty copies. The front cover of the booklet and the 100 lithographs are signed by Struck. Vellum Portfolio with gilt embossings.
In 1915 Struck joined the German army as a volunteer. First he served as an interpreter and censor, and later was transferred to the Russian front where he was in charge of Jewish affairs. During the years 1915-1916 Struck created portraits of prisoners in German camps, with the authorization and support of the German General Staff. In his work he documented different "types" of prisoners. For this project he turned to anthropologist Felix von Luschan who created a classification method for people by skin color and researched the "Physical Anthropology of Jews". The results of this joint project were compiled in this portfolio.
Booklet: [6], 27, [1] pp, 46.5 cm + [100] lithographs, 32X46.5 cm (in a thick paper cover, titled: "Steinzeichnungen"). Good overall condition. Slight stains and crease to some lithographs. Stains and tears to paper cover of the lithographs. The booklet: stains to cover and to first and last leaves, creases to bottom corners of the leaves and small tears to margins of last leaf. Slight stains and defects to portfolio. Closing bands of the portfolio are missing.
Portfolio with one hundred lithographs by Hermann Struck - portraits of World War I war prisoners - and a booklet by the German anthropologist Felix von Luschan. Copy no. 30 out of a deluxe edition printed in fifty copies. The front cover of the booklet and the 100 lithographs are signed by Struck. Vellum Portfolio with gilt embossings.
In 1915 Struck joined the German army as a volunteer. First he served as an interpreter and censor, and later was transferred to the Russian front where he was in charge of Jewish affairs. During the years 1915-1916 Struck created portraits of prisoners in German camps, with the authorization and support of the German General Staff. In his work he documented different "types" of prisoners. For this project he turned to anthropologist Felix von Luschan who created a classification method for people by skin color and researched the "Physical Anthropology of Jews". The results of this joint project were compiled in this portfolio.
Booklet: [6], 27, [1] pp, 46.5 cm + [100] lithographs, 32X46.5 cm (in a thick paper cover, titled: "Steinzeichnungen"). Good overall condition. Slight stains and crease to some lithographs. Stains and tears to paper cover of the lithographs. The booklet: stains to cover and to first and last leaves, creases to bottom corners of the leaves and small tears to margins of last leaf. Slight stains and defects to portfolio. Closing bands of the portfolio are missing.
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Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $300
Sold for: $2,250
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Portrait of the composer Gustav Mahler, engraving by Emil Orlik (1870-1932). 1902.
Signed and dated in pencil.
Leaf: 30.5X42 cm (engraving: approx. 20X29.5 cm). Good-fair condition. Stains at margins of leaf and on the engraving. Slight creases. Some rubbings and slights defects. Tiny hole to engraving.
Signed and dated in pencil.
Leaf: 30.5X42 cm (engraving: approx. 20X29.5 cm). Good-fair condition. Stains at margins of leaf and on the engraving. Slight creases. Some rubbings and slights defects. Tiny hole to engraving.
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Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $1,500
Unsold
Portrait of a boy.
Color lithograph. Signed.
Leaf: 17.5X23.5 cm. Attached to passé
Color lithograph. Signed.
Leaf: 17.5X23.5 cm. Attached to passé
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Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $800
Unsold
lix Vallotton (1865-1925)
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![Builders of Babylon. [USA, ca. 1940]. Aquatint. Signed. Aquatint: 28X36 cm, leaf: 33.5X42 cm. Good condition. Pieces of paper](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale60-public/354.jpg "Samuel L. Margolies (1897-1974)")
Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $2,750
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Builders of Babylon. [USA, ca. 1940].
Aquatint. Signed.
Aquatint: 28X36 cm, leaf: 33.5X42 cm. Good condition. Pieces of paper pasted to upper margins of the leaf. Dark margins.
Aquatint. Signed.
Aquatint: 28X36 cm, leaf: 33.5X42 cm. Good condition. Pieces of paper pasted to upper margins of the leaf. Dark margins.
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Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $400
Unsold
Femme Juive, Courtiere qui porte ses Marchandises aux Jeunes Dames Turques qui ne peuvent Sortir. Engraving by Philippe Simonneau, from the book "Recueil de cent estampes representant differentes Nations du Levant" [collection of one hundred prints presenting different people in the Levant]. [Paris, 1714].
This engraving, plate no. 65 in the book, was created after a work by the Flemish-French painter Jean Baptiste Vanmour (1671-1737) and depicts a Jewish woman bringing her merchandise to women in the Sultan’s harem (women were not permitted to leave the harem, but Jewish women were allowed to enter and served as intermediaries between the Sultan's women and the outside world). Signed in the plate: "P. Simonneau fil. Sculp ".
25X35.5 cm. Good condition. Slightly darkened margins, stained. One corner is damaged, with an open tear.
This engraving, plate no. 65 in the book, was created after a work by the Flemish-French painter Jean Baptiste Vanmour (1671-1737) and depicts a Jewish woman bringing her merchandise to women in the Sultan’s harem (women were not permitted to leave the harem, but Jewish women were allowed to enter and served as intermediaries between the Sultan's women and the outside world). Signed in the plate: "P. Simonneau fil. Sculp ".
25X35.5 cm. Good condition. Slightly darkened margins, stained. One corner is damaged, with an open tear.
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Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $700
Unsold
Habillemens des femmes de Smyrne des Greques et des Iuifves de cette ville [The Garments of the Women of Izmir, Greek and Jewish…]. Double plate (engraving) from the book "Atlas Historique, ou nouvelle introduction a l'histoire, a la chronologie & a la geographie ancienne & moderne", [Amsterdam, 1731]. French.
Shown on the top half of the leaf are the portraits of four women, including a Jewish woman from Izmir. Printed around the portraits is an explanatory text (in French) regarding the traditional garments of women in Greece and Izmir, and the garments of Jewish women in Izmir. On the bottom half of the leaf are three additional illustrations.
Engraving: approx. 38X44 cm (leaf: 44X51.5 cm). Good condition. Vertical folding mark and creases. Stains, mostly to margins and bottom part of the engraving. Small tears to margins. Tear along the bottom part of the vertical folding mark, reinforced with paper pasted to leaf verso (with slight damage to engraving).
Shown on the top half of the leaf are the portraits of four women, including a Jewish woman from Izmir. Printed around the portraits is an explanatory text (in French) regarding the traditional garments of women in Greece and Izmir, and the garments of Jewish women in Izmir. On the bottom half of the leaf are three additional illustrations.
Engraving: approx. 38X44 cm (leaf: 44X51.5 cm). Good condition. Vertical folding mark and creases. Stains, mostly to margins and bottom part of the engraving. Small tears to margins. Tear along the bottom part of the vertical folding mark, reinforced with paper pasted to leaf verso (with slight damage to engraving).
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Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
March 20, 2018
Opening: $700
Sold for: $875
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A Jewish Woman of Gibraltar, in a Fiesta Dress, a lithograph by John Frederick Lewis. From the book "Sketches of Spain and Spanish Characters". [London], 1835.
Signed and titled in the plate "J. F. Lewish 1835".
46.5X36.5 cm. Good condition. Stains at margins of plate, not affecting the print. Pinholes at corners (from hanging).
Signed and titled in the plate "J. F. Lewish 1835".
46.5X36.5 cm. Good condition. Stains at margins of plate, not affecting the print. Pinholes at corners (from hanging).
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