Auction 93 Part 1 - Manuscripts, Prints and Engravings, Objects and Facsimiles, from the Gross Family Collection, and Private Collections
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![Еврейская графика [Jewish Graphics], a volume of lithographs by Nathan Altman. Berlin: Petropolis, 1923. Russian.Ten lithogra](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/289_2.jpg "\"Jewish Graphics\" – Nathan Altman – Lithographs")
![Еврейская графика [Jewish Graphics], a volume of lithographs by Nathan Altman. Berlin: Petropolis, 1923. Russian.Ten lithogra](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/289_3.jpg "\"Jewish Graphics\" – Nathan Altman – Lithographs")
Еврейская графика [Jewish Graphics], a volume of lithographs by Nathan Altman. Berlin: Petropolis, 1923. Russian.
Ten lithographs by Natan Altman, printed on gilt background, with an introduction by Max Osborn. Unnumbered copy, of a limited edition.
21, [1] pages (pages 11–14 bound upside down) + 10 plates (lithographs). 48 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Minor marginal tears to several leaves and plates. Some leaves and plates detached or partly detached. Wear, tears, inscriptions and minor stains to binding. Spine torn, and partly missing.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, ALE.16.
![Land Israel, twenty-five etchings by Hermann Struck, with his signature. Frankfurt am Main: J. Kauffmann, [1905?]. Copy 46/10](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/290_1.jpg "Hermann Struck – Land Israel, Portfolio of Signed Etchings – From a Nu")
![Land Israel, twenty-five etchings by Hermann Struck, with his signature. Frankfurt am Main: J. Kauffmann, [1905?]. Copy 46/10](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/290_2.jpg "Hermann Struck – Land Israel, Portfolio of Signed Etchings – From a Nu")
![Land Israel, twenty-five etchings by Hermann Struck, with his signature. Frankfurt am Main: J. Kauffmann, [1905?]. Copy 46/10](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/290_3.jpg "Hermann Struck – Land Israel, Portfolio of Signed Etchings – From a Nu")
![Land Israel, twenty-five etchings by Hermann Struck, with his signature. Frankfurt am Main: J. Kauffmann, [1905?]. Copy 46/10](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/290_4.jpg "Hermann Struck – Land Israel, Portfolio of Signed Etchings – From a Nu")
![Land Israel, twenty-five etchings by Hermann Struck, with his signature. Frankfurt am Main: J. Kauffmann, [1905?]. Copy 46/10](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/290_5.jpg "Hermann Struck – Land Israel, Portfolio of Signed Etchings – From a Nu")
Land Israel, twenty-five etchings by Hermann Struck, with his signature. Frankfurt am Main: J. Kauffmann, [1905?]. Copy 46/100.
The etchings are based on Struck's sketches from his first visit to Eretz Israel in 1903, and are considered a milestone in the history of Jewish depictions of the Land of Israel. In his correspondence with Struck, Martin Buber lauded these works as a pioneering portrayal of Eretz Israel from a distinctly Jewish perspective.
The twenty-five etchings were presumably produced shortly after Struck's return from his trip (some plates are dated 1903-1905), and depict: the Tower of David in Jerusalem, the Tomb of R. Meir Baal HaNes in Tiberias, the Tomb of Absalom, Rechovot, and another version of one of Struck's famous works – a Jew praying at the Western Wall.
All the etchings are matted and signed in the margins; with a printed list of the works. Copy numbered by hand on the verso of the printed leaf.
[25] etchings, size varies (matted. Passe-partouts: approx. 43 cm). Good condition. Some stains and minor defects. Handwritten inscriptions on verso of some etchings. Minor defects and tears to printed leaf, repaired. Non-original folder with leather spine; part of original wrapper pasted on front board (illustration and title).
See:
• Briefwechsel – Martin Buber. Bialik Institute, 1982-1990. Vol. I, p.89. (Hebrew).
• Hermann Struck – 1876-1944, Exhibition Catalogue, Open Museum, Tefen Industrial Park, 2007. P. 95. (Hebrew).
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, ALE.18.
Portfolio, with 19 illustrations made by Joseph Budko for the anniversary edition of the writings of Hayim Nahman Bialik. [Berlin? 1923?].
Nine woodcuts, all signed in margins by Joseph Budko, matted. The names of the poems are written in Budko's handwriting (on margins or Passepartout); the last woodcut is dated "1923".
Bialik's Jubilee Edition was designed by Budko. It was published in four volumes in 1923 and is considered to be one of the finest achievements of modern Hebrew publishing. The present portfolio was presumably created in the same period, it was bound with vellum similar to the binding of the four-volume edition, with a different impression on the front cover – the Hebrew letter "Beit", within a decorative frame, illustrated with animals and flowers.
[19] woodcuts. Size varies. Good condition. Portfolio: approx. 31 cm. Good condition. Some stains and Paint smears.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, ALE. 43.
Illustrations for the Passover Haggadah, 26 etchings by Joseph Budko, contained in the original portfolio. Berlin-Vienna: R. Löwit, [1921?].
Portfolio edition of Budko's Haggadah illustrations; 26 etchings, signed by the artists, and matted, with a colophon leaf (numbered and signed by Budko). The etchings are contained in the original portfolio; the portfolio's cover features the inscription "Haggadah Shel Pesach" (Hebrew), in hand-cut parchment letters.
The present copy is numbered 12/15 in the colophon (the number 15 was erased, and the number 32 was added in pen; Budko's signature appears near the corrected number).
26 plates. Size varies. Good condition. Portfolio: 32.5 cm. Stains and minor blemishes.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, ALE.38.
Ben–Uri Album, natsional yidish dekorativer kunst–ferayin, nokh yidishe motivn fun fargangene tsaytn. By Lazar Berson. [London, 1916].
Portfolio with six prints. Jewish motifs (Shema prayer, priestly blessing, menorahs, Stars of David, and more). One of the works depicts a memorial monument for Herzl. Introduction by Israel Zangwill (in English) and the regulations of the Ben–Uri Jewish artists' society (in Yiddish) on album wrapper.
[6] prints. Approx. 26X32 cm. Good condition. Minor tears and wear.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv. ALE.83.
!["The Earth is the Lord's", 16 woodcuts produced by Ilya Schor. [Ca. early 1950s].Sixteen woodcuts, signed in pencil](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/294_1.jpg "Ilya Schor – \"The Earth is the Lord's\" – Sixteen Woodcuts Signed by th")
!["The Earth is the Lord's", 16 woodcuts produced by Ilya Schor. [Ca. early 1950s].Sixteen woodcuts, signed in pencil](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/294_2.jpg "Ilya Schor – \"The Earth is the Lord's\" – Sixteen Woodcuts Signed by th")
!["The Earth is the Lord's", 16 woodcuts produced by Ilya Schor. [Ca. early 1950s].Sixteen woodcuts, signed in pencil](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/294_3.jpg "Ilya Schor – \"The Earth is the Lord's\" – Sixteen Woodcuts Signed by th")
!["The Earth is the Lord's", 16 woodcuts produced by Ilya Schor. [Ca. early 1950s].Sixteen woodcuts, signed in pencil](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/294_4.jpg "Ilya Schor – \"The Earth is the Lord's\" – Sixteen Woodcuts Signed by th")
!["The Earth is the Lord's", 16 woodcuts produced by Ilya Schor. [Ca. early 1950s].Sixteen woodcuts, signed in pencil](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/294_5.jpg "Ilya Schor – \"The Earth is the Lord's\" – Sixteen Woodcuts Signed by th")
"The Earth is the Lord's", 16 woodcuts produced by Ilya Schor. [Ca. early 1950s].
Sixteen woodcuts, signed in pencil "I Schor" and numbered 97/100, produced by Ilya Schor for the book by Abraham Joshua Heschel – The Earth is the Lord's: the inner world of the Jew in East Europe. Matted and placed in a fine portfolio with embossed spine.
[16] woodcuts. Size varies: Approx. 25.5X12.5 – 16X14 cm. Passe–Partout: 28X21.5 cm. Good condition.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, ALE.40.
![Тевье–молочник ["Tevye the Dairyman"], part II. Portfolio of 25 lithograph illustrations produced by Anatoli Kaplan](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/295_1.jpg "Anatoli Kaplan – Tevye the Dairyman, Part II – Lithographs Signed by t")
![Тевье–молочник ["Tevye the Dairyman"], part II. Portfolio of 25 lithograph illustrations produced by Anatoli Kaplan](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/295_2.jpg "Anatoli Kaplan – Tevye the Dairyman, Part II – Lithographs Signed by t")
![Тевье–молочник ["Tevye the Dairyman"], part II. Portfolio of 25 lithograph illustrations produced by Anatoli Kaplan](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/295_3.jpg "Anatoli Kaplan – Tevye the Dairyman, Part II – Lithographs Signed by t")
![Тевье–молочник ["Tevye the Dairyman"], part II. Portfolio of 25 lithograph illustrations produced by Anatoli Kaplan](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/295_4.jpg "Anatoli Kaplan – Tevye the Dairyman, Part II – Lithographs Signed by t")
![Тевье–молочник ["Tevye the Dairyman"], part II. Portfolio of 25 lithograph illustrations produced by Anatoli Kaplan](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/295_5.jpg "Anatoli Kaplan – Tevye the Dairyman, Part II – Lithographs Signed by t")
Тевье–молочник ["Tevye the Dairyman"], part II. Portfolio of 25 lithograph illustrations produced by Anatoli Kaplan, after Sholem Aleichem's book. Leningrad (St. Petersburg), Издательство Художник РСФСР, 1961. Russian.
Twenty–five lithographs depicting scenes from the tales of Sholem Aleichem's Tevye the Dairyman. The lithographs are signed by the artist, captioned in pencil (Russian), and numbered; lithograph title page, table of contents and colophon, signed by the artist.
Copy no. 16 of a limited edition of 125 copies (hand–numbered in the colophon); placed in fine, original cloth portfolio. Emblem of the RSFSR Artists' Union on blank leaf at the beginning of the portfolio, with the copy number in handwriting.
[28] lithographs (25 illustrations, title page, table of contents and colophon). 62X47 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor creases (marginal). Minor open tear to corner of colophon. Minor stains to portfolio.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, ALE.21.
Eight books and albums with illustrations and works by Jewish artists. Europe and the United States, 20th century.
1. Juedische Graphiker aus der Zeit von 1625–1825 [Jewish print artists from 1625–1825], by Salli Kirschstein. With dozens of prints. Berlin: Der Zirkel, [1918]. ALE.100.
2. Mayse–Bikhl by David Bergelson, lithographs and woodcuts by Lasar Segall. Copy no. 20/100, with parchment binding; signed by David Bergelson and Lasar Segall in colophon. Berlin: Wostok, 1923. ALE.59.
3. The Tree of Life: Sketches from Jewish Life of Yesterday and Today in Drawing, Prose and Verse, by Alexander M. Dushkin and Enrico Glicenstein. Chicago: L.M. Stein, 1933. ALE.153.
4. Passover Haggadah, edited by Lazarus Goldschmidt, with illustrations by Bruno Frost. London: Conrad's Fine Art Publishing Company, 1946. Copy no. 151/550. ALE.81.
5. Dray Hasidishe Dertseylungen, by Y.L. Peretz, with illustrations by Moshe Feigenblum. Buenos Aires: Yidbuch, 1949.
6. Aspects de l'art Juif, by Daniel Béresniak. With reproductions and pictures of Jewish artworks and buildings. Paris: Presses du Temps Present, 1960. Copy no. 692/1000. RL.4747.
7. Designs for a Machzor, portfolio of prints by Hugo Steiner–Prag. New York: Society of Jewish Bibliophiles, 1963. ALE.7.
8. The Book of Ruth, with free translation into English by Linda Zisquit; portfolio with colored woodcuts by Maty Grünberg (signed). Copy 70/125. London: Osband Press, 1996. ALE.33.
The books and albums were not thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv.
“In the Cyprus Exile, ” an album comprising twenty–six linocuts created by a group of artists–in–training, from among the Jewish exiles in Cyprus, under the instruction of Naftali Bezem. Cyprus, [ca. 1948]. Prints signed by the artists.
An album containing twenty–six linocuts (linoleum cuts) illustrating the daily routine of illegal would–be immigrants incarcerated in British detention camps in Cyprus. The album was put together under the guidance of Naftali Bezem and comprises the works of students in the painting and print workshop of the Rutenberg Seminar in Cyprus (an extension of the Pinhas Rutenberg Teachers’ Training Institute in Haifa). Only 120 copies of the album were printed.
The linocuts are signed in pencil by the workshop’s student artists. One of these students was Peretz Weinreich, whose artworks in Cyprus were published in several Israeli periodicals, and who, after the establishment of the state, served as a cartoonist for the newspapers “D’var HaShavu’a” and “Al HaMishmar, ” and was awarded the “Iparon HaZahav” Prize for his work in 2008. Other students included Nachum Bendel, Shmuel Leitner, Meir Wachtel, Baruch Randsburg, Baruch Friedman, David Tashamovsky, Avraham Sher, Chana Stern, Elisheva Heiman, Yitzchak Samushi, and others.
On the front flyleaf is a dedication (in Hebrew) – signed by Baruch Rubinstein, principal of the Beit Rutenberg Teachers’ Seminar in Haifa, who was the driving force behind the Cyprus Seminar (and eventually served as its principal) – “To Dr. Y. L. [Judah Leon] Magnes, out of our sense of esteem and appreciation, from the Teachers’ Seminar in Cyprus. 13th of Tevet, 5708 [December 26, 1947], B. Rubinstein.” Additionally, the following appears in the bottom margin: “This book was compiled, printed, and bound by the Department of Art Education of the Teachers’ Seminar in the Camp of Israel in Exile in Cyprus.”
The first linocut in the album bears a quote (in Hebrew) from the last will and testament of Pinhas Rutenberg: “… We shall be brothers in life, in action, and in creation.” A brief introduction appears on the following page: “Cyprus is just one station on the Via Dolorosa to the Land of Israel. The Jewish meaning of this [place] name is prickly barbed wire fences, forced idleness, and degeneration. Yet notwithstanding this state of affairs, [it is] teeming with life. We are informed of this in the present book by our colleagues from the Camp of Israel in Exile in Cyprus.” Both these pages are linocuts, as is the final page, which gives the list of prints. An additional print of a linocut appears on the original book binding.
The Pinhas Rutenberg Teachers’ Seminar was funded by the Joint Distribution Committee and functioned in Cyprus’s detention camps from mid–1947 till 1949. In the camps, the Seminar established schools that provided youngsters with an education in many different fields. Teachers were sent to Cyprus for this purpose. The staff members included such artists as Naftali Bezem and Zeev Ben–Zvi, who served as instructors leading workshops specially devoted to art.
The album was rebound with an elegant hardcover binding superimposed over the original illustrated front–cover binding. The album’s linocuts are separated by tissue guards.
[29] leaves. Approx. 49.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Small holes to original binding (mended). Minor wear to new binding.
Enclosed: Final issue (“Jubilee Issue – Elimination Issue”) of the Cyprus detention camp magazine “Shurot.” Cyprus, 4th of Shevat, 5709, February 3, 1949 (single printed sheet, mimeographed).
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv.