Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Collection of Photographs from the Israeli War of Independence – Photographers David Rubinger, Boris Carmi, Hans Chaim Pinn, Benno Rothenberg and Others
Opening: $800
Sold for: $2,375
Including buyer's premium
31 photographs of Jerusalem and the State of Israel during the War of Independence. Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa and other places, [ca. 1947-1948].
Among the photographs: An Egyptian plane felled on the Tel Aviv seashore; a unit of horsemen of the Givati Division near Gadera; briefing Israeli pilots before an attack; a girl offering a flower to a tank driver in Jaffa; injured patients in hospitals; residents leaving shelled Jerusalem neighborhoods; honor guard next to the coffins of the pilots George Berling and Yehuda Leib (Leonard) Cohen; Photo of a Palmach soldier surrounded by children, inscribed on verso: "1948 was like this" [possibly, the photo was prepared for printing in a newspaper or designed to appear on the front cover of a book]; etc.
The photos are stamped on their verso with the ink-stamps of the photographers: "Hans Chaim Pinn"; "B. [Boris] Carmi"; "D. Rubinger"; "Eisenstark J. Y." [Yehuda]; "Ben Rothenberg"; "Robert Mühlstok"; "Efi-Pix" [Efraim Ilani?]; and other stamps.
Most of the photos bear handwritten descriptions on their verso, some have instructions for publication and credit.
Enclosed: Two photographs taken during the protest opposing MacDonald's White Paper which took place in Tel Aviv in 1939, by the photographer Hans Chaim Pinn.
Size and condition vary. Overall good-fair condition. Scratches, creases and defects. Stains on verso. Pinholes to edges of four photos. A long tear to the edges of one photo.
Provenance: "Maariv" newspaper archive.
Among the photographs: An Egyptian plane felled on the Tel Aviv seashore; a unit of horsemen of the Givati Division near Gadera; briefing Israeli pilots before an attack; a girl offering a flower to a tank driver in Jaffa; injured patients in hospitals; residents leaving shelled Jerusalem neighborhoods; honor guard next to the coffins of the pilots George Berling and Yehuda Leib (Leonard) Cohen; Photo of a Palmach soldier surrounded by children, inscribed on verso: "1948 was like this" [possibly, the photo was prepared for printing in a newspaper or designed to appear on the front cover of a book]; etc.
The photos are stamped on their verso with the ink-stamps of the photographers: "Hans Chaim Pinn"; "B. [Boris] Carmi"; "D. Rubinger"; "Eisenstark J. Y." [Yehuda]; "Ben Rothenberg"; "Robert Mühlstok"; "Efi-Pix" [Efraim Ilani?]; and other stamps.
Most of the photos bear handwritten descriptions on their verso, some have instructions for publication and credit.
Enclosed: Two photographs taken during the protest opposing MacDonald's White Paper which took place in Tel Aviv in 1939, by the photographer Hans Chaim Pinn.
Size and condition vary. Overall good-fair condition. Scratches, creases and defects. Stains on verso. Pinholes to edges of four photos. A long tear to the edges of one photo.
Provenance: "Maariv" newspaper archive.
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