Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Collection of Photographs – Beno Rothenberg – Archaeological Sites, Wildlife of Palestine, Photos of Safed, and More
Opening: $200
Sold for: $275
Including buyer's premium
A diverse collection of photographs by photographer Beno Rothenberg. Various sites in Palestine/Israel, ca. 1940s and 1950s.
Included in the collection: Photographs of local archaeological sites (the Byzantine bath house of Avdat; Minister of Education Ben-Zion Dinur visiting the excavations along with archaeologist Benjamin Mazar and historian Haim Zev Hirschberg; other items); numerous photographs of fauna (including one of a giraffe which was used as the cover photo of Rothenberg's first book, "Animal Photographer"); photographs of the city of Safed; two photographs of the Tel Aviv Rowing Club; and more.
Most of the photographs are marked with the photographer's inked stamp; two are signed by hand on verso.
Approx. 80 photographs. Size and condition vary. Overall good condition. Nine photographs with handwritten captions on verso.
Included in the collection: Photographs of local archaeological sites (the Byzantine bath house of Avdat; Minister of Education Ben-Zion Dinur visiting the excavations along with archaeologist Benjamin Mazar and historian Haim Zev Hirschberg; other items); numerous photographs of fauna (including one of a giraffe which was used as the cover photo of Rothenberg's first book, "Animal Photographer"); photographs of the city of Safed; two photographs of the Tel Aviv Rowing Club; and more.
Most of the photographs are marked with the photographer's inked stamp; two are signed by hand on verso.
Approx. 80 photographs. Size and condition vary. Overall good condition. Nine photographs with handwritten captions on verso.
The Dreyfus Affair, Antisemitism, Holocaust and Sheerit HaPletah
The Dreyfus Affair, Antisemitism, Holocaust and Sheerit HaPletah