Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
Including: sketches by Ze'ev Raban and Bezalel items, hildren's books, avant-garde books, rare ladino periodicals, and more
Collection of Photographs by Photographer Zechariah Kottler – Album for the Solel Boneh Company and Photographs of Palestine, 1920s – Three Photographs Signed by Kottler
Opening: $400
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An album of the Solel Boneh Company, with 68 photographs by Zechariah Kottler, and another 21 photographs by Kottler. Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, Beersheva, Tiberias and elsewhere, [ca. 1920s].
1. "Solel Boneh", album with 68 photographs documenting the construction of historical buildings, road construction and manual labor in the 1920s in Palestine. The photographs show, among other things: the construction of the National Library on Mount Scopus; the construction of the Arza sanatorium near Jerusalem; paving of Herzl Street in Tel Aviv; paving of Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv; construction of the Bialik House in Tel Aviv; paving of the Nes Ziona-Rehovot highway; workers at the Dror cooperative carpentry workshop in Tel Aviv; the power plant in Haifa; the power plant in Tiberias; construction of the "big hut" in Degania Alef; the military cemetery in Beersheva; as well as quarries, engineering machines, workers and more. On the first pages are photographs of three hand-drawn diagrams.
2. 21 photographs of sites and figures in Palestine, including: the Old City in Jerusalem; the Tomb of Absalom; interior of Rachel's Tomb; Caesarea; portraits of Jews of various ethnic extractions; and more. Nineteen of the photographs are mounted on card mount. Three are hand-signed by Kottler (in pencil) on the mount.
All photographs are signed in the plate (in Hebrew): "Z. Kottler Press, Jerusalem".
Total of 89 photographs, approx. 11X16 cm (some are smaller). Condition varies. Good-fair overall condition. Blemishes and minor stains to some. Tiny holes to a number of photographs. Album: approx. 24.5X33 cm. Stains and minor blemishes to leaves. The binding has been professionally restored (new spine). Abrasions, stains and blemishes to the binding's original parts. Small holes and minor blemishes to mounts.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
1. "Solel Boneh", album with 68 photographs documenting the construction of historical buildings, road construction and manual labor in the 1920s in Palestine. The photographs show, among other things: the construction of the National Library on Mount Scopus; the construction of the Arza sanatorium near Jerusalem; paving of Herzl Street in Tel Aviv; paving of Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv; construction of the Bialik House in Tel Aviv; paving of the Nes Ziona-Rehovot highway; workers at the Dror cooperative carpentry workshop in Tel Aviv; the power plant in Haifa; the power plant in Tiberias; construction of the "big hut" in Degania Alef; the military cemetery in Beersheva; as well as quarries, engineering machines, workers and more. On the first pages are photographs of three hand-drawn diagrams.
2. 21 photographs of sites and figures in Palestine, including: the Old City in Jerusalem; the Tomb of Absalom; interior of Rachel's Tomb; Caesarea; portraits of Jews of various ethnic extractions; and more. Nineteen of the photographs are mounted on card mount. Three are hand-signed by Kottler (in pencil) on the mount.
All photographs are signed in the plate (in Hebrew): "Z. Kottler Press, Jerusalem".
Total of 89 photographs, approx. 11X16 cm (some are smaller). Condition varies. Good-fair overall condition. Blemishes and minor stains to some. Tiny holes to a number of photographs. Album: approx. 24.5X33 cm. Stains and minor blemishes to leaves. The binding has been professionally restored (new spine). Abrasions, stains and blemishes to the binding's original parts. Small holes and minor blemishes to mounts.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
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