Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Collection of Photographs and Prints - Photographer P. S. Meyer
Opening: $1,200
Sold for: $1,625
Including buyer's premium
Sixteen photographs and prints of photographs by the photographer P. S. Meyer (Physician and photographer, born in Germany, relocated to Palestine in 1936). Haifa, Jerusalem, Acre, Tiberias and other places. Ca. 1930s.
1-4. Four photographs mounted on cardboard, one titled by hand on the cardboard (German). The photographs portray the Turkish aqueduct in Acre, fishermen repairing nets, Jewish cemetery in Worms and a close-up of a tombstone in the cemetery. Approx. 16X23-23X28 cm.
5-16. A dozen Bromoil prints by Meyer, ten signed and 6 titled by hand (German and Hebrew). Portrayed among others are: Haredi farmer in Kfar Hasidim, policeman patrolling during a curfew in Haifa, workers squeezing orange juice in a factory, Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, portrait of Shlomo Kaplinsky, director of the Technion, and more. Approx. 17X22.5 cm-28X23 cm.
Enclosed: Photograph of Meyer, probably, during an exhibition of his works in Manheim, in 1934. Titled by hand (German) and signed "Wort"[?] on both sides of the cardboard sheet. An invitation to an exhibition of Jewish photographers in Manheim is pasted on the back of the cardboard sheet (invitation is typewritten and stenciled [German]). Approx. 17X12 cm.
Condition varies. Good overall condition.
1-4. Four photographs mounted on cardboard, one titled by hand on the cardboard (German). The photographs portray the Turkish aqueduct in Acre, fishermen repairing nets, Jewish cemetery in Worms and a close-up of a tombstone in the cemetery. Approx. 16X23-23X28 cm.
5-16. A dozen Bromoil prints by Meyer, ten signed and 6 titled by hand (German and Hebrew). Portrayed among others are: Haredi farmer in Kfar Hasidim, policeman patrolling during a curfew in Haifa, workers squeezing orange juice in a factory, Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, portrait of Shlomo Kaplinsky, director of the Technion, and more. Approx. 17X22.5 cm-28X23 cm.
Enclosed: Photograph of Meyer, probably, during an exhibition of his works in Manheim, in 1934. Titled by hand (German) and signed "Wort"[?] on both sides of the cardboard sheet. An invitation to an exhibition of Jewish photographers in Manheim is pasted on the back of the cardboard sheet (invitation is typewritten and stenciled [German]). Approx. 17X12 cm.
Condition varies. Good overall condition.
Maps, Travels in Palestine, Photography
Maps, Travels in Palestine, Photography