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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art

Including: Items from the Estate of Ruth Dayan, Old Master Works, Israeli Art and Numismatics

December 21, 2021

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Lot 343 Handmade Album – Photographs of "Ma'abarot" and Immigrant Camps by Zoltan Kluger – Proposed Layout for a Promotional Booklet to be issued by the State of Israel, Early 1950s

Handmade album, apparently assembled in order to offer a potential layout for a promotional booklet, to be issued by the Stat

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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art December 21, 2021

Opening: $400

Sold for: $500

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Handmade album, apparently assembled in order to offer a potential layout for a promotional booklet, to be issued by the State of Israel in the early years of the state – Photographs of new immigrants in "ma'abarot" (transit camps) and absorption camps, most or all by Zoltan Kluger; with handwritten captions. [Israel, early 1950s]. English and some Hebrew. On the front page is a photograph showing a woman holding a baby at the entrance to a tent. At the top is the figure "242671," representing the number of homeless immigrants in Israel. The following pages have photographs featuring immigrants in wooden huts, tents, and makeshift corrugated metal shacks. At the end are aerial photographs of new neighborhoods being established throughout the country. Some pages are captioned with handwritten explanatory texts and Zionist slogans, and other pages have lined sections for text to be filled in. Some of the photos are superimposed over others, and can be lifted (apparently in an attempt to suggest alternative photo arrangements). Photographs with visible backs are marked on the back with the inked stamp of the renowned Israeli photographer Zoltan Kluger. Album: [8] ff., 33 cm. 39 photographs: approx. 33X24 – 7.5X6.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains and blemishes to leaves. Minor abrasions and blemishes to photographs (mostly at edges).

Lot 344 Three Calendars – 1930s-1940s – Photographs of Palestine by Zoltan Kluger, Alfons Himmelreich, Kurt Triest, Rudi Weissenstein, and Others

Three calendars, edited by Yosef Galezer, for the years 1938-9, 1939-40, 1941-2. With photographs of Palestine.
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Three Calendars – 1930s-1940s – Photographs of Palestine by Zoltan Kluger, Alfons Himmelreich, Kurt Triest, Rudi Weissenstein, and Others

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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art December 21, 2021

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Three calendars, edited by Yosef Galezer, for the years 1938-9, 1939-40, 1941-2. With photographs of Palestine. Three calendars, by different publishers, with photographs and photomontages made by some of the most prominent Palestine photographers in the first half of the 20th century, including: Zoltan Kluger, Alfons Himmelreich, Kurt Triest, Rudi Weissenstein, Itzhak Kalter, Yaakov Rosner, Alexander Ganan, Tim Gidal, Liselotte Grschebina, Helmar Lerski, and others. The photographs depict landscapes and various places in Palestine, pioneers, workers, farmers, soldiers, artisans, and more; with captions and quotations from traditional Jewish sources. 1. "The Artistic Calendar 'Palestine'" (Hebrew), for the Hebrew year 5699 [1938-1939]. Tel Aviv: The Palestine Publishing Co. Ltd., [1938]. [62] pp. 2. "The Photographic Calendar 'Palestine'" (Hebrew), issued by Keren HaYesod, for the Hebrew year 5700 [1939-1940]. Tel Aviv: The Palestine Publishing Co. Ltd., [1939]. With message of thanks by the Keren HaYesod directorate to its supporters. [62] pp. 3. "Eretz Israel", Picture Calendar, 5702 [1941-1942]. Tel Aviv: Lion the Printer, 1941. [31] pp. Three Calendars, approx. 22-23 cm. Overall good condition. Stains and minor creases. Minor tears to wrappers, some reinforced with tape. Pen notations to one calendar. Yosef Galezer (1890-1945) immigrated to Palestine before WWI, became active in the Jewish National Fund, and served as Arthur Ruppin's secretary. Screenwriter and producer, he was among the pioneers of cinema in Eretz Israel. Working alongside Ya'acov Ben-Dov, "Father of the Hebrew Film", Galezer offered him significant help in creating his first films; in 1926 he began producing propaganda films and other visual materials for Keren HaYesod. Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.

Lot 345 Eight Photographs – Mandatory Palestine and Early Years of the State of Israel – Four Photographs Stamped with the Stamp of Photographer Rudolf Jonas

Eight photographs depicting life in Palestine during the British Mandate and the early years of the State of Israel [Tel Aviv

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Eight Photographs – Mandatory Palestine and Early Years of the State of Israel – Four Photographs Stamped with the Stamp of Photographer Rudolf Jonas

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Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art December 21, 2021

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Eight photographs depicting life in Palestine during the British Mandate and the early years of the State of Israel [Tel Aviv and various other places]. Photographs show: a traffic policeman in Magen David square in Tel Aviv; two boys next to a newsstand during the British Mandate era (two copies); façade of a Bauhaus style office building; tennis court in a newly built neighborhood, with unpaved roads and buildings under construction; and more. Four of the photographs are stamped on verso with the photographers' stamp – "Rudolf Jonas, Jerusalem". Rudolf Jonas (1898-1972) studied law in Berlin and Marburg, where he became acquainted with the Zionist Movement, and under its influence visited Palestine in the middle of the 1920s, documenting it with his camera. In 1933, he immigrated to Palestine, settling in Jerusalem, where he worked as an amateur photographer on behalf of the Keren HaYesod. After the War of Independence, he moved to Haifa, there, he continued working as a photographer. Approx. 13X18 cm. Some photographs printed on thick paper. Good condition. Minor creases to margins. Minor stains (mostly on verso). Handwritten notations on verso of one photograph.