Auction 50 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
"Help!" – Linocuts by Anatol Gurewitsch, 1939
Opening: $300
Sold for: $450
Including buyer's premium
Help!! Sauvez! Hilfe!!, Anatol Gurewitsch. Tel-Aviv: "Paideia-Humanistic Publishing House", 1939.
A poem and 15 impressive linocuts, in the spirit of German Expressionism, by Anatol Gurewitsch, all depicting the persecution of Jews in Germany.
Anatol Gurewitsch (1919-2005), born in Russia, studied in Germany, France and Italy and with the Israeli painters Miron Sima and Yitzchak Frenkel. Immigrated to Palestine in 1934, where he painted and designed stage decorations and costumes for the theater.
[1] leaf + [15] linocuts. 34 cm. Good-fair condition. A number of stains and creases to main text. Stains, tears and damage to cover. Rebound in hard binding.
A poem and 15 impressive linocuts, in the spirit of German Expressionism, by Anatol Gurewitsch, all depicting the persecution of Jews in Germany.
Anatol Gurewitsch (1919-2005), born in Russia, studied in Germany, France and Italy and with the Israeli painters Miron Sima and Yitzchak Frenkel. Immigrated to Palestine in 1934, where he painted and designed stage decorations and costumes for the theater.
[1] leaf + [15] linocuts. 34 cm. Good-fair condition. A number of stains and creases to main text. Stains, tears and damage to cover. Rebound in hard binding.
Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pletah in Europe and Cyprus
Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pletah in Europe and Cyprus