Auction 93 Part 1 - Manuscripts, Prints and Engravings, Objects and Facsimiles, from the Gross Family Collection, and Private Collections
“Geonei Yisrael” / “Gallerie Berühmter Männer in Israel, Tableau I. Rabbiner des XVIII.–XIX Jahrhunderts.” Lithograph by C. Fischer. Published by M. Poppelauer, Berlin; printed by J. Hesse, Berlin, ca. 1866.
Large, high–quality lithograph featuring portraits of 22 renowned rabbis from Central Europe from the 18th and 19th centuries, including Rabbi Isaac Aboab, the “Chacham Tzvi” (Tzvi Hirsch Ashkenazi), Rabbi Jonathan Eybeschutz, Rabbi Mordechai Benet, Rabbi Abraham Tiktin, the “Chatam Sofer” (Rabbi Moses Sofer), and others. A legend giving the names of all the rabbis, along with the cities over which they presided, appears in German in the lower margin.
This lithograph represents Print No. 1 in a series created as a cooperative effort between publishers and booksellers in Berlin and New York, as indicated by the print information which appears in the margins (see following item). The lithograph is dedicated (in print) to Sir Moses Montefiore.
The publisher M. Poppelauer, owner of a bookselling company in Berlin, was responsible for publishing a wide variety of portraits of numerous rabbinical figures, in a host of different formats, throughout the second half of the 19th century.
Sheet 78.5X63 cm. Fair–good condition. Stains and creases. Tears, some lengthy, most mended professionally and artfully, with little or no damage to portraits.
See:
• Great Jewish Treasures, by Moshe Bamberger. New York, 2015, p.274–275.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, No. 112.011.072.
“Gedolei Yisrael” / “Gallerie Berühmter Männer in Israel, Tableau II. Rabbiner des XVIII.–XIX Jahrhunderts.” Lithograph by C. Fischer. Published by M. Poppelauer, Berlin, in collaboration with A. M. Bleichrode, New York; printed by J. Hesse, Berlin, ca. 1869.
Large, high–quality lithograph featuring portraits of 22 renowned rabbis from Central Europe from the 18th and 19th centuries, including the “Ketav Sofer” (Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer), Rabbi Eliyahu Guttmacher, Rabbi Yisrael Lifschitz, Rabbi Solomon Eger, Rabbi Dov Berush Meisels, the “Maharatz” (Zvi Hirsch) Chajes, and others. A legend giving the names of all the rabbis, along with the cities over which they presided, appears in Hebrew in the lower margin.
This lithograph represents Print No. 2 in a series created as a cooperative effort between publishers and booksellers in Berlin and New York, as indicated by the print information which appears in the margins (see previous item). The lithograph is dedicated (in print) to the erudite academic and scholar Dr. Albert Cohn of Paris, who served as director of the Baron James Mayer de Rothschild’s charitable foundation.
Sheet 78X62.5 cm. Fair–good condition. Stains and creases. Tears, most mended professionally and artfully.
• Great Jewish Treasures, by Moshe Bamberger. New York, 2015, p. 274-275.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, No. 112.011.051.
“Geonei U–G’dolei Yisrael” / “Berühmte Männer Israels (g'one Jisrael) u. z. des X–XIX Jahrhunderts.” Print bearing portraits of 88 of the greatest rabbis and Jewish spiritual leaders from the 10th through 19th centuries.
Compiled by “the collector and arranger, the holy Yisrael Wiesen … and scribe, here, the holy community of Kettwig, may the Lord protect it.” Kettwig, Essen, Germany, Year of “and give honor to the Torah” [in Hebrew, the numerological equivalent of Hebrew year 5641 = 1881 CE].
A photomontage composed of cut–and–pasted portraits of 88 great rabbis, each accompanied by a brief explanatory text inserted into a circle, all arranged in seven rows. It features the greatest and most prominent rabbinical scholars from as far back as the tenth century – including such figures as Rabbi Isaac Alfasi (the “Rif”), Maimonides, Don Isaac Abarbanel, and others – but including, as well, dozens of notable rabbis from the more recent past, from the 18th and 19th centuries.
Print: 35X24 cm; mounted onto sheet, 32.5X39.5 cm. Print in good condition, except for tear next to portrait of Rabbi Jonathan Eybeschutz. Sheet in fair condition (brittle paper, with browning), with several tears and stains.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, No. 112.011.069.
![Gedolei Yisrael, poster featuring portraits of Torah leaders. Warsaw: Lit. Moses Danzigerkrohn, [ca. late 19th century]. Port](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/40.jpg "Gedolei Yisrael – Lithograph Poster with Portraits of Public Figures a")
Gedolei Yisrael, poster featuring portraits of Torah leaders. Warsaw: Lit. Moses Danzigerkrohn, [ca. late 19th century].
Portraits of forty–three rabbis, public figures, maskilim, physicians and scholars; mostly from Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, England and France. Including: Moses Montefiore, R. Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer the Ktav Sofer, R. Samson Raphael Hirsch, R. Yaakov Ettlinger the Aruch LaNer, R. Yaakov Tzvi Mecklenburg Rabbi of Königsberg, R. Nachum of Horodna, R. Eliyahu Guttmacher of Greiditz, R. Nathan Adler Rabbi of London, R. Dov Ber Meisels Rabbi of Warsaw, Wolf Heidenheim, R. Yitzchak Bernays of Hamburg, R. Akiva Lehren of Amsterdam, R. Elchanan Rosenstein of Berlin, Jonas Jeitteles of Prague, and many more (Hebrew name beneath each portrait).
Printer's details in Hebrew and Russian at the foot of the leaf, with censorship authorization (lacking date).
23.5X22.5 cm. Fair–good condition. Folding marks and creases. Stains and wear. Tears, professionally restored. Four corners lacking and repaired (with damage to text in one corner). Inscriptions on verso (faded).
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, 112.011.073.
Portrait of a Jew, by Alois Heinrich Priechenfried (1867–1953).
Oil on board. Signed.
8.5X11 cm. frame: 17X20 cm. Good condition.
Provenance: Private collection.
Two large portraits. Oil on canvas. Signed: "B. Mordchin", dated 1915 and 1916.
Presumably, these portraits portray Rabbi Nathan Ehrenfeld (1843–1912), chief Rabbi of Prague for over 20 years, and his wife, Ida (1852–1926) [the portrait of Rabbi Ehrenfeld is dated 1916 – some four years after his passing, and was presumably made after a photograph]
There exist in the Jewish Museum in Prague several portraits bearing identical signatures to those in the present lot – "B. Mordchin" – dated 1914–1919. Possibly, the artist is Boris Mordchin, a native of Russia (1865), who was also active in New York, who signed his works "B. Mordkhin" (a signature almost identical to the signatures in the present lot, except for the slightly different spelling).
Two portraits. Oil on stretched canvas (without frame). 96.5X86. Fine Condition. Blemishes, abrasions and tears.
Provenance: Archive of Rabbi Dr. Heinrich Brody, son–in–law of Rabbi Ehrenfeld, and successor as chief Rabbi of Prague.
See:
• The Jewish Museum in Prague, item no. 082332, and additional portraits by the same artist.
• William J. Jenack Auctioneers, New York, January 2018, item no. 292.
Provenance: Private collection.
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