Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
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1. Photograph of the hospital façade, by Garabed Krikorian (mounted to an original photographer's mount, captioned "G. Krikorian / Photographe Jerusalem"). Captioned by hand, in French, on the mount.
Garabed Krikorian (1847-1918), born in Izmir, was a Jerusalemite photographer of Armenian origin. He opened his commercial photography studio in Jerusalem in the 1880s.
Photographs 2-3 may have also been taken by Krikorian.
Photograph: 20X25 cm. Mount: 30X35.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor creases. Tape to verso.
2. Photograph of the hospital staff – doctors and nurses – standing at the entrance gate to the hospital.
Photograph: 17X12 cm. Mount: 31X24 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes.
3. Photograph of the tombstone over the hospital director, Dr. Yitzchak Schwartz's grave (background over-exposed, possibly in preparation for a photomontage).
Photograph: 30X24 cm. Mount: 31.5X25.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Long cracks to photograph and mount and several small tears. Blemishes to verso of mount.
The Meir Rothchild Hospital was established in 1854 in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem as the first Jewish hospital in the city. It was initially run by Dr. Bernhard Newman and consisted of three rooms with 18 beds, a pharmacy, kitchen and library. In 1875, Dr. Yitzchak Schwartz, who immigrated to Palestine about a year earlier, was appointed as the new director of the hospital. With the increase in the city's population and at the initiative of Dr. Schwartz, it was decided to move the hospital outside the walls of the Old City. The new building, on HaNevi'im St., was planned by the Jerusalemite architect Alexei Franghia and was dedicated in 1888 in the presence of local rabbis and dignitaries.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Photographic panorama of Jerusalem, folded and hard-bound (with gilt lettering) – souvenir from the inauguration ceremony of the Abbey of the Dormition on Mount Zion in Jerusalem which took place on April 10, 1910. Printed beneath the panorama is a key of the 177 sites marked on the panorama with numbers. Text on the following page, recounting Christian traditions related to the site on which the Dormition Abbey was established and the describing the acquisition of the land and the building of the Abbey (noting that the land was bought by Emperor Wilhelm II in late October 1898, during his visit to Palestine).
Color picture plate mounted to cover, depicting the Abbey of the Dormition; with gilt-impressed title and two verses from Psalms.
Panorama: 21.5X229.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Minor wear to binding.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
1. "Types in Jerusalem, 12 real photos of characters in Jerusalem". Published by "Divan", Book and Art Shop, copyright by "Barak". Jerusalem, [ca. late 1930s].
12 photographs of Jerusalemite figures by photographer Arthur Bauer. The photographs are mounted to heavy paper mounts, each with a "Photo Barak" paper label, and placed in a matching paper binder. Hebrew and English table of contents, listing photograph subjects: Persian Jew, Yemenite Jew, Sephardic children, Jew from Buchara at the wailing wall, Persian Jewess, Jewish girl from Kurdistan, Beduin girl, Arab woman, Arab minstrel, fellah, Greek priest, Yemenite Jew.
Photographs: 8X7.5 to 10X7.5 cm. Mounts: 21X28 cm. Good condition. Creases and some tears to table of contents. Binder in fair-good condition. Tears and creases, mainly to edges.
2. [12 Photographs from Palestine], Jerusalem: "Photo Barak", [ca. late 1930s].
12 photographs of sites and views in Palestine by photographer Arthur Bauer. The photographs are mounted to heavy paper mounts and placed in a matching paper binder. The mounts are marked (some by paper label and some by stamp) "Photo Barak". Hebrew and English table of contents, on photographic paper, listing photograph subjects: Haifa, view from mt. Carmel; Emek Yesreel; Nathania, the beach; Tel Aviv, view from Jaffa; Tel Aviv, the great synagogue; Beer Tuvia; the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv-road; Jerusalem, the amphitheater; Jerusalem, view from Mt. Scopus; Jerusalem, the Jewish Agency; the Dead Sea; the Arnon River.
Photographs: 9X11.5 on average. Plates: 29X21 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Binder in good-fair condition. Tears and creases, mainly to edges. Inner hinge reinforced with strip of fabric. Additional photograph, with open tears, mounted on front cover.
Arthur Bauer (1903-1968?) was born in Salzburg. A pianist, conductor and watchmaker by profession. Immigrated to Palestine in 1933. After a period, he took up photography and established a photo studio named "Photo Barak", publishing a number of photo series depicting the views and inhabitants of Palestine. His photographs were characterized by straightforwardness and strong contrast. Bauer a pioneer of color photo development in Palestine.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
![Photograph of Jews praying at the Western Wall, by photographer Nachum Tim Gidal. Jerusalem, [1945?]. Captioned on verso: "](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale80a-public/100.jpg "Nachum Tim Gidal – Photograph of Jews at the Western Wall")
Captioned on verso: "Dr. N. Gidal… The Wailing Wall" (on a printed note). Another notation on verso: "Printing block 1528, Soldier's Calendar 1945" (Hebrew).
23X29 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and blemishes to margins and verso. Additional notations on verso.
19 photographs are stamped on verso with the stamp of photographer Moshe Vorobeichic (Raviv). Most of them bear handwritten notes (on verso) indicating that they were intended for printing in "Davar LaGolah" or "Dvar HaPo'elet". Some of the unstamped photographs are captioned in a similar manner and they too were presumably taken by Vorobeichic.
The collection includes three photomontages.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
![Sea-shore in the Galilee, photomontage by photographer Moshé Raviv-Vorobeichic. [Late 1930s?]. The photomontage is composed](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale80a-public/102.jpg "Sea-Shore in the Galilee – Photomontage by Moshé Raviv-Vorobeichic")
The photomontage is composed of two photographs, one of the sea-shore and one of the sky. Stamped on verso with the photographer's stamp, with a handwritten caption: "From Dan to Beer-Sheba / Galilee".
Approx. 24.5X24.5 cm. Good condition. Blemishes and minor stains (mostly to verso). Small tears to edges; one 2 cm long tear. Additional notations on verso (pencil).
![Six photographs by Israeli photographers. Various places in Palestine/Israel, [ca. 1930s to 1950s]. Six photographs: • A you](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale80a-public/103_1.jpg "Five Photographs of Views and Figures in Palestine – Walter Zadek, Mos")
![Six photographs by Israeli photographers. Various places in Palestine/Israel, [ca. 1930s to 1950s]. Six photographs: • A you](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale80a-public/103_2.jpg "Five Photographs of Views and Figures in Palestine – Walter Zadek, Mos")
![Six photographs by Israeli photographers. Various places in Palestine/Israel, [ca. 1930s to 1950s]. Six photographs: • A you](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale80a-public/103_3.jpg "Five Photographs of Views and Figures in Palestine – Walter Zadek, Mos")
Six photographs: • A young woman picking olives. Stamped on verso with the stamp of photographer Walter Zadek. • Children in Kibbutz Ramat David. Stamped on verso with the stamp of photographer Avraham Malavsky ("A. Malavsky, Jerusalem"). • Two sailors on a sailboat (on the bank of the Kishon river?). Stamped on verso with the stamp of photographer Moshe Schwarz ("Dr. M. Schwarz"). • A mother and a baby. Stamped on verso with the stamp of photographer Moshe Schwarz. • ZIM ship "Israel". Stamped on verso with two stamps of "Photo Sadeh" (Chanan Sadeh). • Photograph of a fruit bowl. Stamped on verso with the stamp of photographer Hella Fernbach.
Approx. 24X30 cm. Condition varies. Overall good to good-fair condition. Creases. Blemishes (mostly to edges). Stains and notations on verso. Traces of mounting and tape to verso of one photograph.
The photographs are mounted on card, captioned on verso (on printed labels, in German) and placed in an original, linen-covered case. The photographs depict: the Temple Mount, the Hebrew University, Mount Scopus, Tel-Aviv, Haifa and its port, Rishon LeZion, Kfar Yechezkel, Moshav Beit-Yossef, Kefar Nahum [Capernaum] and the Jordan River.
Included are two printed leaves, one with the greeting: "I am glad to send to his honor, even if belatedly, a collection of aerial photographs of Palestine as a small gift for his kind greetings for my 60th birthday" (Hebrew and German), the other leaf listing photographs (German). Inscribed and signed on the greeting leaf by Schocken to the attorney and Zionist leader Siegfried Moses.
For additional information about the album see: "Historic Aerial Shots of Land of Israel Revealed" by Gil Weissblei (in the Israel National Library blog).
22.5X28.5 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Stains and scuffs to verso and printed leaves. The case is worn, with minor blemishes (mainly to corners) and stains.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
![Collection of photographs taken by Zoltán Kluger. Various places in Palestine, [1930s to 1950s]. Most of the photographs in](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale80a-public/105_1.jpg "Zoltán Kluger – Large Collection of Photographs – Aerial Photographs o")
![Collection of photographs taken by Zoltán Kluger. Various places in Palestine, [1930s to 1950s]. Most of the photographs in](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale80a-public/105_2.jpg "Zoltán Kluger – Large Collection of Photographs – Aerial Photographs o")
![Collection of photographs taken by Zoltán Kluger. Various places in Palestine, [1930s to 1950s]. Most of the photographs in](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale80a-public/105_3.jpg "Zoltán Kluger – Large Collection of Photographs – Aerial Photographs o")
Most of the photographs in the collection are aerial photographs, taken in the late 1930s to the early years of the State of Israel, documenting various settlements and cities (many of them still in their early stages of development, with just a few houses and unpaved roads). The photographed sites include: Nahalal, Ein HaHoresh, Kefar Vitkin, Kibbutz Amir, the Tiberias transit camp, the Yokneam transit camp, the seashore of Tel-Aviv, the Dizengoff Square in Tel-Aviv, and more.
The collection also includes portrait photographs (a girl picking oranges in an orchard, a Jew in traditional attire blowing the Shofar, and more), photographs of buildings and views and three photomontages.
Most of the photographs are stamped on verso with the photographer's stamps ("Orient Press Photo Co.") and some are captioned by hand. Several photographs are mounted on paper and captioned on printed notes.
Approx. 110 photographs. Size and condition vary (some of the photographs are especially large, approx. 40X30 cm.). Good overall condition.
![Welder in Kibbutz Givat Brenner, photograph by Helmar Lerski (1871-1956), [1940s]. Signed on the image. 23X29 cm. Good cond](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale80a-public/106.jpg "Welder in Givat Brenner – Photograph by Helmar Lerski")
Welder in Kibbutz Givat Brenner, photograph by Helmar Lerski (1871-1956), [1940s].
Signed on the image.
23X29 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Stains and traces of mounting to verso. Captioned in pencil on verso: "Industrielle Arbeit".
See: Helmar Lerski, Working Hands, Photographs from the 1940s, exhibition catalogue, Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Curator: Nissan N. Perez. Photographed on p. 120 ("Givat Brenner 8").
Helmar Lerski (1871-1956), cinematographer, photographer and theater actor; one of the most important photographers of pre-state Israel. Lerski grew up in Zurich. His parents were Jewish immigrants of Polish origin. In 1893 he immigrated to the United States, where he joined a theater group with which he toured the cities of the Unites States and Europe – Chicago, New York, Berlin, Zurich and elsewhere – for some twenty years.
In 1910, after leaving the theater, Lerski opened a photography studio in Milwaukee. He started developing a new technique of photography with mirrors; his unique, dramatic play of light and shadow, became the hallmark of his work. In 1915 he returned to Europe, settling in Berlin, where he became involved in filmmaking (he was the cameraman on various films, including Fritz Lang's Metropolis, released in 1927). In the early 1930s, he immigrated to Palestine. His apartment in Tel-Aviv soon became a regular meeting place for the city's photographers, and in 1940 he was elected honorary president of the Palestine Professional Photographers Association (PPPA). In Palestine Lerski created several important series of expressionist photographs, using his unique technique: portraits of Jewish soldiers and of pioneers at work, studies of workers' hands, and more. He also directed the films "Avodah" ("Work", 1935), "Mangina Ivrit" ("Hebrew Melody", 1935), "Yaldei HaShemesh" ("Children of the Sun", 1939) and "Adamah" ("The Land", 1947).
![Working Man (The Yarkon River), photograph by Helmar Lerski (1871-1956), [1940s]. Signed on the image. 23X30 cm. Good condi](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale80a-public/107.jpg "Working Man (The Yarkon River) – Photograph by Helmar Lerski")
Working Man (The Yarkon River), photograph by Helmar Lerski (1871-1956), [1940s].
Signed on the image.
23X30 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Stains and traces of mounting to verso.
See: Helmar Lerski, Working Hands, Photographs from the 1940s, exhibition catalogue, Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Curator: Nissan N. Perez. Photographed on p. 104 ("Yarkon").
Helmar Lerski (1871-1956), cinematographer, photographer and theater actor; one of the most important photographers of pre-state Israel. Lerski grew up in Zurich. His parents were Jewish immigrants of Polish origin. In 1893 he immigrated to the United States, where he joined a theater group with which he toured the cities of the Unites States and Europe – Chicago, New York, Berlin, Zurich and elsewhere – for some twenty years.
In 1910, after leaving the theater, Lerski opened a photography studio in Milwaukee. He started developing a new technique of photography with mirrors; his unique, dramatic play of light and shadow, became the hallmark of his work. In 1915 he returned to Europe, settling in Berlin, where he became involved in filmmaking (he was the cameraman on various films, including Fritz Lang's Metropolis, released in 1927). In the early 1930s, he immigrated to Palestine. His apartment in Tel-Aviv soon became a regular meeting place for the city's photographers, and in 1940 he was elected honorary president of the Palestine Professional Photographers Association (PPPA). In Palestine Lerski created several important series of expressionist photographs, using his unique technique: portraits of Jewish soldiers and of pioneers at work, studies of workers' hands, and more. He also directed the films "Avodah" ("Work", 1935), "Mangina Ivrit" ("Hebrew Melody", 1935), "Yaldei HaShemesh" ("Children of the Sun", 1939) and "Adamah" ("The Land", 1947).
![Working Man (Yarkon), photograph by Helmar Lerski (1871-1956), [1940s]. 16X14 cm. Mounted on thick paper. Good condition. St](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale80a-public/108.jpg "Working Man – Photograph by Helmar Lerski")
Working Man (Yarkon), photograph by Helmar Lerski (1871-1956), [1940s].
16X14 cm. Mounted on thick paper. Good condition. Stains to mount. Captioned on verso: "Helmar Lerski XI" (in pencil); "Copyright paid" (in pen).
See: Helmar Lerski, Working Hands, Photographs from the 1940s, exhibition catalogue, Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Curator: Nissan N. Perez. Photographed on p. 105 ("Yarkon 8b").
Helmar Lerski (1871-1956), cinematographer, photographer and theater actor; one of the most important photographers of pre-state Israel. Lerski grew up in Zurich. His parents were Jewish immigrants of Polish origin. In 1893 he immigrated to the United States, where he joined a theater group with which he toured the cities of the Unites States and Europe – Chicago, New York, Berlin, Zurich and elsewhere – for some twenty years.
In 1910, after leaving the theater, Lerski opened a photography studio in Milwaukee. He started developing a new technique of photography with mirrors; his unique, dramatic play of light and shadow, became the hallmark of his work. In 1915 he returned to Europe, settling in Berlin, where he became involved in filmmaking (he was the cameraman on various films, including Fritz Lang's Metropolis, released in 1927). In the early 1930s, he immigrated to Palestine. His apartment in Tel-Aviv soon became a regular meeting place for the city's photographers, and in 1940 he was elected honorary president of the Palestine Professional Photographers Association (PPPA). In Palestine Lerski created several important series of expressionist photographs, using his unique technique: portraits of Jewish soldiers and of pioneers at work, studies of workers' hands, and more. He also directed the films "Avodah" ("Work", 1935), "Mangina Ivrit" ("Hebrew Melody", 1935), "Yaldei HaShemesh" ("Children of the Sun", 1939) and "Adamah" ("The Land", 1947).