Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Leo Kahn - Photographs in a Large Format, from "Palestine in Pictures"
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,500
Including buyer's premium
Eleven plates with photographs by Leo Kahn, from the series Palästina im Bild [Palestine in Pictures], taken by Kahn in 1912 on a mission to Palestine on behalf of the newspaper Judische Zeitung and in collaboration with the JNF. Vienna: Judische Zeitung / Kunstanstalt Max Jaffé.
High-quality prints in a large format. Photographs include: Yemenite silversmiths, a guard at the moshava Kinneret, photographs from the moshavot Petach Tikva and Rehovot and more.
11 plates, 48X58 cm. Condition varies. Stains, creases and slight defects to some plates.
Provenance: Shlomo Shva collection.
High-quality prints in a large format. Photographs include: Yemenite silversmiths, a guard at the moshava Kinneret, photographs from the moshavot Petach Tikva and Rehovot and more.
11 plates, 48X58 cm. Condition varies. Stains, creases and slight defects to some plates.
Provenance: Shlomo Shva collection.
Travels in Palestine, Maps, Photography, Postcards and Graphics
Travels in Palestine, Maps, Photography, Postcards and Graphics