Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
Opening: $100
Sold for: $400
Including buyer's premium
Quarter in Jerusalem (a poor neighborhood), 1940. Woodcut by Jacob Steinhardt (1887-1968), handcolored.
Signed and dated in pencil. Numbered 3/50.
Woodcut: 22X16 cm. Good condition. Slight stains. Adhesive tape to back of leaf.
Provenance: Collection of Hermann Meyer and his daughter Hannah Sapir.
Signed and dated in pencil. Numbered 3/50.
Woodcut: 22X16 cm. Good condition. Slight stains. Adhesive tape to back of leaf.
Provenance: Collection of Hermann Meyer and his daughter Hannah Sapir.
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Israeli and International Art - Prints and Paintings
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
Opening: $100
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Cliffs and Boats, [1954]. Woodcut by Jacob Steinhardt (1887-1968), colored by hand.
Signed in pencil, inscribed "II. Probedruck" (proof printing).
Woodcut: 46.5X37 cm. Good condition. Creases. Top margins of leaf are trimmed at woodcut line. Two pieces of paper pasted to the back of the leaf, at bottom margins.
Kolb 357.
Provenance: Collection of Hermann Meyer and his daughter Hannah Sapir.
Signed in pencil, inscribed "II. Probedruck" (proof printing).
Woodcut: 46.5X37 cm. Good condition. Creases. Top margins of leaf are trimmed at woodcut line. Two pieces of paper pasted to the back of the leaf, at bottom margins.
Kolb 357.
Provenance: Collection of Hermann Meyer and his daughter Hannah Sapir.
Category
Israeli and International Art - Prints and Paintings
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
Opening: $100
Sold for: $300
Including buyer's premium
Jerusalem, [1954]. Woodcut by Jacob Steinhardt (1887-1968), hand-colored. Signed.
Woodcut: 20X21.5 cm. Good condition. Slight stains. Attached to passé par-tout with adhesive tape.
Kolb 354.
Provenance: Collection of Hermann Meyer and his daughter Hannah Sapir.
Woodcut: 20X21.5 cm. Good condition. Slight stains. Attached to passé par-tout with adhesive tape.
Kolb 354.
Provenance: Collection of Hermann Meyer and his daughter Hannah Sapir.
Category
Israeli and International Art - Prints and Paintings
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
Opening: $100
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Noah Blesses the Animals, [1954]. Wooduct by Jacob Steinhardt (1887-1968).
Signed in pencil.
Woodcut: 37X46.5 cm. Good condition. Creases. Small tears at margins of leaf.
Kolb 352.
Provenance: Collection of Hermann Meyer and his daughter Hannah Sapir.
Signed in pencil.
Woodcut: 37X46.5 cm. Good condition. Creases. Small tears at margins of leaf.
Kolb 352.
Provenance: Collection of Hermann Meyer and his daughter Hannah Sapir.
Category
Israeli and International Art - Prints and Paintings
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
Opening: $150
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Four woodcuts by Jacob Steinhardt (1887-1968).
1. Figure, 1958. Woodcut. Signed and dated in pencil.
2. Arab Women, 1958. Woodcut. Signed and dated in pencil.
3-4. A tree on the background of mountains. Two different woodcuts. One is printed on orange-colored paper. Not signed. One woodcut is marked "Probe".
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Collection of Hermann Meyer and his daughter Hannah Sapir.
1. Figure, 1958. Woodcut. Signed and dated in pencil.
2. Arab Women, 1958. Woodcut. Signed and dated in pencil.
3-4. A tree on the background of mountains. Two different woodcuts. One is printed on orange-colored paper. Not signed. One woodcut is marked "Probe".
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Collection of Hermann Meyer and his daughter Hannah Sapir.
Category
Israeli and International Art - Prints and Paintings
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
Opening: $150
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1. The Book of Jonah, woodcuts by Jacob Stienhardt, calligraphy by Franzisca Baruch. Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1953.
The Book of Jonah in Hebrew and English, accompanied by sixteen woodcuts by Jacob Steinhardt. Calligraphy by Franzisca Baruch
The book is signed by Steinhardt on both title pages (the Hebrew and the English).
[40] pp, 33 cm. Good condition. Stains. Damages at margins of binding.
2. "Jonah, woodcuts and artistic calligraphy by Mordechay Laufer". Published by "Universitas", Jerusalem, [1950s?]. Original sketch for a book which was never published.
Presented are: * Sketches for two title pages in calligraphic script (Hebrew and English), accompanied by an illustration. Ink on paper. * Sketch for a page with the verse "And the Lord said to the fish, and it casted out Jonah to the dry land" (Hebrew) in calligraphic script, alongside a woodcut-like illustration. Ink on paper. * Complete draft of a book, with typewritten verses on pieces of paper mounted on leaves, accompanied by thirteen woodcuts.
3 sketch leaves: 32 cm. Complete draft of a book: [12] leaves, 35 cm. Good overall condition. Stains. Creases. Tears.
Provenance: Collection of Hermann Meyer and his daughter Hannah Sapir.
The Book of Jonah in Hebrew and English, accompanied by sixteen woodcuts by Jacob Steinhardt. Calligraphy by Franzisca Baruch
The book is signed by Steinhardt on both title pages (the Hebrew and the English).
[40] pp, 33 cm. Good condition. Stains. Damages at margins of binding.
2. "Jonah, woodcuts and artistic calligraphy by Mordechay Laufer". Published by "Universitas", Jerusalem, [1950s?]. Original sketch for a book which was never published.
Presented are: * Sketches for two title pages in calligraphic script (Hebrew and English), accompanied by an illustration. Ink on paper. * Sketch for a page with the verse "And the Lord said to the fish, and it casted out Jonah to the dry land" (Hebrew) in calligraphic script, alongside a woodcut-like illustration. Ink on paper. * Complete draft of a book, with typewritten verses on pieces of paper mounted on leaves, accompanied by thirteen woodcuts.
3 sketch leaves: 32 cm. Complete draft of a book: [12] leaves, 35 cm. Good overall condition. Stains. Creases. Tears.
Provenance: Collection of Hermann Meyer and his daughter Hannah Sapir.
Category
Israeli and International Art - Prints and Paintings
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
Opening: $150
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Abel Pann, "Genesis, from the Creation until the Deluge". Twenty-five original lithographs. Palestine Art Publishing, Jerusalem, [ca. 1924]. Hebrew and English. Part 1 of "The Bible" series.
25 lithographs by Abel Pann, depicting scenes from the book of genesis, from the time of Creation until the Deluge.
[3] leaves + [25] Lithographs, 43 cm. Fair condition. Stains. New binding. The original fabric binding (cut edges) is mounted on two leaves and bound at the beginning and end of the volume.
25 lithographs by Abel Pann, depicting scenes from the book of genesis, from the time of Creation until the Deluge.
[3] leaves + [25] Lithographs, 43 cm. Fair condition. Stains. New binding. The original fabric binding (cut edges) is mounted on two leaves and bound at the beginning and end of the volume.
Category
Israeli and International Art - Prints and Paintings
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
Opening: $300
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"Shtetl, mayn khorever haym – a gedekhenish". Berlin: Schwellen, [1923].
A book in album format with 28 (out of 29) reproductions of paintings by Issachar Ber Ryback (1897-1935). The emblem of the publishing house, the title page and all 28 paintings were printed in lithographic printing.
III, V-XXXI, [1] leaf (lacking: leaf no. IV and a leaf with the table of contents originally attached to the last leaf), 34X49.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Ink stains at bottom margins of leaves. Small tears at margins. Open tear to last leaf (blank). Defects to binding and spine. Tears to joints between binding and body of book.
A book in album format with 28 (out of 29) reproductions of paintings by Issachar Ber Ryback (1897-1935). The emblem of the publishing house, the title page and all 28 paintings were printed in lithographic printing.
III, V-XXXI, [1] leaf (lacking: leaf no. IV and a leaf with the table of contents originally attached to the last leaf), 34X49.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Ink stains at bottom margins of leaves. Small tears at margins. Open tear to last leaf (blank). Defects to binding and spine. Tears to joints between binding and body of book.
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Israeli and International Art - Prints and Paintings
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
Opening: $100
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Two prints – portraits of Rabbi Simeon bar Yochai and Rabbi Chaim Hacohen from Fez. Marcel Léon press, Algiers, ca. 1930s.
1. "Picture of the Great and Famous Rabbi Chaim Hacohen who died on Cheshvan 1st 1925". Approx. 41.5X31.5 cm. Good condition. Creases and tears at margins (mostly slight). Stains on the back.
2. "Le célèbre Docteur de La Loi. le Savant Talmudiste Rabbi Simeon Ben Youhay". Approx. 42X32 cm. Good-fair condition. Creases and tears at margins (mostly small, one is restored with adhesive tape on the back). Stains on the back.
1. "Picture of the Great and Famous Rabbi Chaim Hacohen who died on Cheshvan 1st 1925". Approx. 41.5X31.5 cm. Good condition. Creases and tears at margins (mostly slight). Stains on the back.
2. "Le célèbre Docteur de La Loi. le Savant Talmudiste Rabbi Simeon Ben Youhay". Approx. 42X32 cm. Good-fair condition. Creases and tears at margins (mostly small, one is restored with adhesive tape on the back). Stains on the back.
Category
Israeli and International Art - Prints and Paintings
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
Opening: $200
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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 sets and costumes for the theater.
[1] leaf + [15] linocuts. 34 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and creases to body of book. Small tears and open tear to margins of last leaf. Dark stains, tears, open tears and defects to binding. 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 sets and costumes for the theater.
[1] leaf + [15] linocuts. 34 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and creases to body of book. Small tears and open tear to margins of last leaf. Dark stains, tears, open tears and defects to binding. Rebound in hard binding.
Category
Israeli and International Art - Prints and Paintings
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
Opening: $100
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Girl, 1958. Woodcut.
Signed and dated.
Leaf 35.5X50 cm. Stains and creases. Small tears at top margins of leaf.
Provenance: collection of Ruth Debel.
Signed and dated.
Leaf 35.5X50 cm. Stains and creases. Small tears at top margins of leaf.
Provenance: collection of Ruth Debel.
Category
Israeli and International Art - Prints and Paintings
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
Opening: $200
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Two woodcuts by Félix Vallotton (1865-1925).
1. Homer. Signed in the plate in initials. Signed in pencil.
Woodcut: 16.5X12 cm, leaf: 32.5X26.5 cm. Good condition. Light creases to leaf margins. Foxing. Paper strip glued to leaf's upper margins, on verso.
2. Bibliophile. Signed in the plate. Not signed by hand.
Woodcut: 22.5X17.5 cm, leaf: 39.5X31 cm. Good condition. Foxing (mostly to leaf margins, around the woodcut). Paper strip and two paper pieces glued to upper margins of the leaf, on verso.
1. Homer. Signed in the plate in initials. Signed in pencil.
Woodcut: 16.5X12 cm, leaf: 32.5X26.5 cm. Good condition. Light creases to leaf margins. Foxing. Paper strip glued to leaf's upper margins, on verso.
2. Bibliophile. Signed in the plate. Not signed by hand.
Woodcut: 22.5X17.5 cm, leaf: 39.5X31 cm. Good condition. Foxing (mostly to leaf margins, around the woodcut). Paper strip and two paper pieces glued to upper margins of the leaf, on verso.
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Israeli and International Art - Prints and Paintings
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