Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
Including: sketches by Ze'ev Raban and Bezalel items, hildren's books, avant-garde books, rare ladino periodicals, and more
Kurt Triest – Photographs and Draft for a Photobook – 1930s-1940s
Opening: $200
Sold for: $250
Including buyer's premium
Draft for a photobook and a collection of photographs, most or all by photographer Kurt Triest. Tel Aviv and other locations in Palestine, [ca. late 1930s to late 1940s.]
• Approx. 20 photographs: shelter for the disabled in Marmorek st. in Tel Aviv, after it was bombed by a Nazi aeroplane (1941); a Jewish youth flying the Israeli flag on top of a utility pole (apparently in Alenby st. in Tel Aviv, following the vote on the Partition Plan, November 29, 1947); a ceremonial formation of "Notrim" (Jewish auxiliaries), taking command of Rosh Pinah's British police station (28 April, 1948); mechanics repairing an Israeli Air Force plane; dance performance on the beach; etc.
Size and condition vary.
• Draft for a photobook. Front cover features a large photograph of a sandy hill with several houses, and the inscription "ISRAEL." The album contains three photomontages (music and dance performances, a visit to the zoo, and the construction of a hut), and photographs in a wide variety of subjects – Tel Aviv Port, Dizengoff square, immigrants camp, industry, and more.
Approx. 25 photographs. Good-fair overall condition. Album: 30X21 cm. Good-fair condition. Many photographs detached. Leaves detached one from the other and from binding. Blemishes and wear. Missing spine.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
• Approx. 20 photographs: shelter for the disabled in Marmorek st. in Tel Aviv, after it was bombed by a Nazi aeroplane (1941); a Jewish youth flying the Israeli flag on top of a utility pole (apparently in Alenby st. in Tel Aviv, following the vote on the Partition Plan, November 29, 1947); a ceremonial formation of "Notrim" (Jewish auxiliaries), taking command of Rosh Pinah's British police station (28 April, 1948); mechanics repairing an Israeli Air Force plane; dance performance on the beach; etc.
Size and condition vary.
• Draft for a photobook. Front cover features a large photograph of a sandy hill with several houses, and the inscription "ISRAEL." The album contains three photomontages (music and dance performances, a visit to the zoo, and the construction of a hut), and photographs in a wide variety of subjects – Tel Aviv Port, Dizengoff square, immigrants camp, industry, and more.
Approx. 25 photographs. Good-fair overall condition. Album: 30X21 cm. Good-fair condition. Many photographs detached. Leaves detached one from the other and from binding. Blemishes and wear. Missing spine.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
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