Auction 64- Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Alfred Bernheim – Collection of Photographs – The Hebrew University, Hadassah Hospital and Heichal Shlomo Building
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,375
Including buyer's premium
94 photographs of the Hebrew University buildings, Hadassah hospital on Mount Scopus and Heichal Shlomo building. Jerusalem, [ca. late 1930s to late 1950s].
• 58 photographs of Hadassah hospital and the Hebrew University buildings on Mount Scopus. Among them: photographs of the hospital façade, treatment rooms, corridors and yards, the Medical School building, the building of the Jewish Studies Institute (present day Faculty of Law), amphitheater on Mount Scopus and more. The collection also includes four photographs of Erich Mendelsohn, architect of the Hadassah hospital, with Zalman Schocken, Henrietta Szold and other figures, during a visit to Mount Scopus. Twenty-seven of the photographs are ink-stamped on the back with Alfred Bernheim's stamp (some of the photographs were possibly taken by other photographers).
• 36 photographs of Heichal Shlomo in Jerusalem, including photographs of the façade of the building, the lobby, the synagogue, the ark, interior rooms and spaces, architectural elements and decorations within the building. Ink-stamped on the back with Alfred Bernheim's stamp.
Alfred Bernheim (1885-1974), born in Germany, immigrated to Palestine in 1934. Bernheim specialized in commercial photography for advertising, artistic and architectural photography and was the official photographer for the architect Erich Mendelsohn.
Approx. 12X17 cm to 24X17.5 cm. Condition varies. Good overall condition. Stains and blemishes (mostly slight, at margins). Trimming lines are marked on some photographs. Pasting marks on the back of some photographs. Some photographs are mounted on thick leaves. Six photographs have filing holes at margins (three with repairs). Open tear to margin of one photograph.
Enclosed are two booklets published by the Hebrew University, with photographs by Alfred Bernheim: • The Hebrew University in Jerusalem, 1941. "Achva" press, Jerusalem, [1941]. • Plan, The Hebrew University in Jerusalem / 1925-1950. Goldberg press, Jerusalem, [1950].
Literature: Faces, Facades and More, The Photographs of Alfred Bernheim. Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 1992.
Provenance: Rimon Family Collection.
• 58 photographs of Hadassah hospital and the Hebrew University buildings on Mount Scopus. Among them: photographs of the hospital façade, treatment rooms, corridors and yards, the Medical School building, the building of the Jewish Studies Institute (present day Faculty of Law), amphitheater on Mount Scopus and more. The collection also includes four photographs of Erich Mendelsohn, architect of the Hadassah hospital, with Zalman Schocken, Henrietta Szold and other figures, during a visit to Mount Scopus. Twenty-seven of the photographs are ink-stamped on the back with Alfred Bernheim's stamp (some of the photographs were possibly taken by other photographers).
• 36 photographs of Heichal Shlomo in Jerusalem, including photographs of the façade of the building, the lobby, the synagogue, the ark, interior rooms and spaces, architectural elements and decorations within the building. Ink-stamped on the back with Alfred Bernheim's stamp.
Alfred Bernheim (1885-1974), born in Germany, immigrated to Palestine in 1934. Bernheim specialized in commercial photography for advertising, artistic and architectural photography and was the official photographer for the architect Erich Mendelsohn.
Approx. 12X17 cm to 24X17.5 cm. Condition varies. Good overall condition. Stains and blemishes (mostly slight, at margins). Trimming lines are marked on some photographs. Pasting marks on the back of some photographs. Some photographs are mounted on thick leaves. Six photographs have filing holes at margins (three with repairs). Open tear to margin of one photograph.
Enclosed are two booklets published by the Hebrew University, with photographs by Alfred Bernheim: • The Hebrew University in Jerusalem, 1941. "Achva" press, Jerusalem, [1941]. • Plan, The Hebrew University in Jerusalem / 1925-1950. Goldberg press, Jerusalem, [1950].
Literature: Faces, Facades and More, The Photographs of Alfred Bernheim. Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 1992.
Provenance: Rimon Family Collection.
Maps, Travelogues, Photography
Maps, Travelogues, Photography