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Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Five Dolls by Edith Samuel – Israel, 1950s
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Five dolls by the artist Edith Samuel. [Israel, 1950s].
Clay and plaster; fabric; wool; natural fibers; wooden pedestals.
Dolls of boys and girls wearing carefully-made clothes, some embroidered; one doll carries a drum and another, a bag. Four of the dolls are placed on wooden pedestals.
Edith Samuel (1907-1964), a doll-maker and illustrator, born in Essen. In 1925-1930, she studied sculpture and graphic arts at the Folkwangschule in Essen and at the Düsseldorf Academy of Art. In 1933-1938 she lived and worked in Berlin, where she operated a marionette theater. She worked as a sculptor, doll-maker and illustrator and also created custom-made fabric portrait dolls as souvenirs for families loved ones left Germany due to the deteriorating situation of the Jews. In 1939, she immigrated to Palestine, settling in Rishon LeZion with her sister, ceramic artist Chava (Eva) Samuel, and her brother, composer Yochanan Samuel. In Palestine, she started creating dolls representing various cultures and segments of Israeli society. as well as small stages with scenes representing the young State of Israel. Samuel made a meager living. At first, her dolls were sold by the WIZO organization and she even taught in the WIZO vocational training workshop; however, with time WIZO stores began rejecting her dolls claimimg the prices were too high, selling instead dolls created by her students. In the years that followed, Samuel mostly created large papier-mâché figures from, displaying her works in various international exhibitions. Samuel's dolls are most graceful, characterized by the finesse of their details, their human expressions and the preciseness of each and every stich of their clothing.
height: approx. 18 to 22 cm. Bases: 8X8 cm. Good-fair condition. Minor fractures; minor blemishes to color. Blemishes to clothes and hair; missing soles.
Enclosed: • "Boys, Girls, Dolls" (Hebrew) by Edith Samuel and Leah Goldberg. Tel-Aviv: Am Oved, 1968. • Edith Samuel 1907-1964, Dolls, Toys, Graphics, Sculpture, Memorial Exhibition. International Cultural Center for Youth in Jerusalem, 1966. • Reise nach Jerusalem, Puppen von Edith Samuel (1907-1964), published by Alte Synagoge Essen und Autoren, 1987. • Collection of photographs of Sameul's dolls. • Additional paper items.
Literature: Land and its dolls : Israeli souvenirs and national identity (Hebrew), Tel-Aviv: Eretz Israel Museum, 2011.
Clay and plaster; fabric; wool; natural fibers; wooden pedestals.
Dolls of boys and girls wearing carefully-made clothes, some embroidered; one doll carries a drum and another, a bag. Four of the dolls are placed on wooden pedestals.
Edith Samuel (1907-1964), a doll-maker and illustrator, born in Essen. In 1925-1930, she studied sculpture and graphic arts at the Folkwangschule in Essen and at the Düsseldorf Academy of Art. In 1933-1938 she lived and worked in Berlin, where she operated a marionette theater. She worked as a sculptor, doll-maker and illustrator and also created custom-made fabric portrait dolls as souvenirs for families loved ones left Germany due to the deteriorating situation of the Jews. In 1939, she immigrated to Palestine, settling in Rishon LeZion with her sister, ceramic artist Chava (Eva) Samuel, and her brother, composer Yochanan Samuel. In Palestine, she started creating dolls representing various cultures and segments of Israeli society. as well as small stages with scenes representing the young State of Israel. Samuel made a meager living. At first, her dolls were sold by the WIZO organization and she even taught in the WIZO vocational training workshop; however, with time WIZO stores began rejecting her dolls claimimg the prices were too high, selling instead dolls created by her students. In the years that followed, Samuel mostly created large papier-mâché figures from, displaying her works in various international exhibitions. Samuel's dolls are most graceful, characterized by the finesse of their details, their human expressions and the preciseness of each and every stich of their clothing.
height: approx. 18 to 22 cm. Bases: 8X8 cm. Good-fair condition. Minor fractures; minor blemishes to color. Blemishes to clothes and hair; missing soles.
Enclosed: • "Boys, Girls, Dolls" (Hebrew) by Edith Samuel and Leah Goldberg. Tel-Aviv: Am Oved, 1968. • Edith Samuel 1907-1964, Dolls, Toys, Graphics, Sculpture, Memorial Exhibition. International Cultural Center for Youth in Jerusalem, 1966. • Reise nach Jerusalem, Puppen von Edith Samuel (1907-1964), published by Alte Synagoge Essen und Autoren, 1987. • Collection of photographs of Sameul's dolls. • Additional paper items.
Literature: Land and its dolls : Israeli souvenirs and national identity (Hebrew), Tel-Aviv: Eretz Israel Museum, 2011.
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