Auction 7 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Humorous pencil sketches
Opening: $250
Sold for: $313
Including buyer's premium
Six humorous pencil sketches. Unsigned and undated (20th century).
One shows a Jew wrapped in a talit with his eyes closed and he is floating among the clouds, with a drawing of a Magen David; another shows a man with boxing gloves, with a brimmed hat and cigar, burning a $10,000 note; and a third shows a man smoking a cigar with the caption “half Yiddish” in Hebrew. One of the sketches has a caption in French, another in Latin.
16.5x25 cm in a frame of 26.5x35.5 cm. Good condition. One of the frame backs is missing.
One shows a Jew wrapped in a talit with his eyes closed and he is floating among the clouds, with a drawing of a Magen David; another shows a man with boxing gloves, with a brimmed hat and cigar, burning a $10,000 note; and a third shows a man smoking a cigar with the caption “half Yiddish” in Hebrew. One of the sketches has a caption in French, another in Latin.
16.5x25 cm in a frame of 26.5x35.5 cm. Good condition. One of the frame backs is missing.
Jewish and Israeli Art
Jewish and Israeli Art