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
"The Holy Land 1910-1921" – 70 Photogravures by Shlomo Narinsky
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The Holy Land 1910-1921, Photogravures by S. Narinsky. Portfolio comprising 70 photogravures. English.
The portfolio comprises 70 photogravures of photographs by Shlomo Narinsky, out of a series of 118 photos published in 1921 under the same name by the Jamal Brothers. Introduction by Tim Gidal. Copy no. 67 out of 220. [Israel; ca, 1980].
Photos include: portrait of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda; portrait of Sarah Aaronsohn; Jewish and Arab figures; Jerusalem and the holy places; cities, important sites and views in Palestine.
Shlomo Narinsky (1885-1960), native of Russia, studied photography in Berlin and immigrated to Palestine in 1905. Settling in Jerusalem, he worked as a photographer and opened his own studio. In WWI he left to Egypt, returning afterwards to Palestine, which he later left again for France. In 1940 he and his wife were arrested and held in concentration camps until 1940, when they were exchanged for a German POW and returned to Palestine. Narinsky passed away in 1960.
Photogravures: approx. 14X9 cm; on 28X22 cm mounts, with tissue guards. Matching box.
The portfolio comprises 70 photogravures of photographs by Shlomo Narinsky, out of a series of 118 photos published in 1921 under the same name by the Jamal Brothers. Introduction by Tim Gidal. Copy no. 67 out of 220. [Israel; ca, 1980].
Photos include: portrait of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda; portrait of Sarah Aaronsohn; Jewish and Arab figures; Jerusalem and the holy places; cities, important sites and views in Palestine.
Shlomo Narinsky (1885-1960), native of Russia, studied photography in Berlin and immigrated to Palestine in 1905. Settling in Jerusalem, he worked as a photographer and opened his own studio. In WWI he left to Egypt, returning afterwards to Palestine, which he later left again for France. In 1940 he and his wife were arrested and held in concentration camps until 1940, when they were exchanged for a German POW and returned to Palestine. Narinsky passed away in 1960.
Photogravures: approx. 14X9 cm; on 28X22 cm mounts, with tissue guards. Matching box.
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