Auction 50 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Death Mask and Ink-Stamp of Rabbi Ya'akov Maze / Sculptor Sergey Merkurov
Opening: $12,000
Unsold
1. Death mask of Rabbi Ya'akov Maze, created by the Russian sculptor Sergey Merkurov. Plaster relief. [Russia, 1924].
Length: 40 cm, width: 28 cm, max. height: 15 cm. Good condition. Iron wire for hanging.
2. Ink-stamp of Rabbi Ya'akov Maze, inscribed " Iakov Isaevich Maze" (Russian).
Cast brass, 2.5X3 cm. Wooden handle. Height: 6 cm.
Rabbi Ya'akov Maze (1859-1924), rabbi, author and Zionist activist, born in Mogilev. From an early age he was involved in Zionist activities. As a student he was a member of "Chibat Zion" and in 1884 was one of the founders of "Bene Tsiyon" society together with Menachem Ussishkin and Yehiel Tschlenow. In October 1893 he was appointed as chief rabbi of Moscow. In the same year, with his encouragement, a group of "lovers of the Hebrew language" was founded in Moscow. During the Beilis trial he was summoned to testify as an expert witness, and his brave testimony played an important role in the defense of Beilis. He died in October of the same year in Moscow and was buried in Dorogomilovskaya cemetery.
Sergey Merkurov (1881-1952), a Russian sculptor, "People's Artist of the USSR", director of the "Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts" in Moscow between the years 1944-1949. Merkurov created some of the most important monuments in Russia in honor of Stalin and Lenin. Was famous for the death-masks which he created for Lev Tolstoy, Maxim Gorky, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Lenin and other public figures.
Length: 40 cm, width: 28 cm, max. height: 15 cm. Good condition. Iron wire for hanging.
2. Ink-stamp of Rabbi Ya'akov Maze, inscribed " Iakov Isaevich Maze" (Russian).
Cast brass, 2.5X3 cm. Wooden handle. Height: 6 cm.
Rabbi Ya'akov Maze (1859-1924), rabbi, author and Zionist activist, born in Mogilev. From an early age he was involved in Zionist activities. As a student he was a member of "Chibat Zion" and in 1884 was one of the founders of "Bene Tsiyon" society together with Menachem Ussishkin and Yehiel Tschlenow. In October 1893 he was appointed as chief rabbi of Moscow. In the same year, with his encouragement, a group of "lovers of the Hebrew language" was founded in Moscow. During the Beilis trial he was summoned to testify as an expert witness, and his brave testimony played an important role in the defense of Beilis. He died in October of the same year in Moscow and was buried in Dorogomilovskaya cemetery.
Sergey Merkurov (1881-1952), a Russian sculptor, "People's Artist of the USSR", director of the "Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts" in Moscow between the years 1944-1949. Merkurov created some of the most important monuments in Russia in honor of Stalin and Lenin. Was famous for the death-masks which he created for Lev Tolstoy, Maxim Gorky, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Lenin and other public figures.
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