Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
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Jerusalem Faces, portfolio of six original lithographs by Oscar Kokoschka (1886-1980) – Portraits of Jerusalem's political and religious figures. London: Published for the Benefit of the Jerusalem Foundation by Marlborough Graphics Ltd and G. Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd., 1973. English. Copy no. 29 of 150 copies.
In April 1973, the expressionist artist Oscar Kokoschka visited Jerusalem. During his visit, he drew the portraits of six prominent figures who were active at that time in Jerusalem and who impacted its character: Prime Minister Golda Meir; President of the Israeli Supreme Court Shimon Agranat; Minister of Defense Moshe Dayan; Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek; Patriarch of the Orthodox Greek Church in Jerusalem, Benedict I; head of Waqf of the Dome of the Rock Sheikh Mustafa Khalil al-Ansari. Kokoschka's portraits were published in this portfolio, for the Benefit the Jerusalem Foundation.
Each of the lithographs is numbered (29/150) and signed in pencil by Kokoschka. A paper sheet folded into two with the description of the lithographs and a colophon (also numbered) is enclosed with the lithographs.
[6] lithographs, 50X60 cm + [1] folded sheet, 47.5 cm. Each lithograph is enfolded in a thick paper wrapper (sheet folded into two), with a tissue-guard. Good condition. Encased in fabric-covered box (stained).
Provenance: Collection of the Jerusalem Foundation founded by Teddy Kollek.
The proceeds from the sale of this item will go to the Jerusalem Foundation and will be allocated for supporting projects in Jerusalem.
In April 1973, the expressionist artist Oscar Kokoschka visited Jerusalem. During his visit, he drew the portraits of six prominent figures who were active at that time in Jerusalem and who impacted its character: Prime Minister Golda Meir; President of the Israeli Supreme Court Shimon Agranat; Minister of Defense Moshe Dayan; Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek; Patriarch of the Orthodox Greek Church in Jerusalem, Benedict I; head of Waqf of the Dome of the Rock Sheikh Mustafa Khalil al-Ansari. Kokoschka's portraits were published in this portfolio, for the Benefit the Jerusalem Foundation.
Each of the lithographs is numbered (29/150) and signed in pencil by Kokoschka. A paper sheet folded into two with the description of the lithographs and a colophon (also numbered) is enclosed with the lithographs.
[6] lithographs, 50X60 cm + [1] folded sheet, 47.5 cm. Each lithograph is enfolded in a thick paper wrapper (sheet folded into two), with a tissue-guard. Good condition. Encased in fabric-covered box (stained).
Provenance: Collection of the Jerusalem Foundation founded by Teddy Kollek.
The proceeds from the sale of this item will go to the Jerusalem Foundation and will be allocated for supporting projects in Jerusalem.
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Israeli and International Art - Prints and Paintings
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
Opening: $200
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"Down with the Occupation 1967-1987”, portfolio with sixty-four prints by Israeli and Palestinian artists. Published by "Artists for Freedom of Speech", June 16, 1987.
Sixty-four (out of 67) prints, by Israeli and Palestinian artists, among them: Assad Azi, Gersahon Knispel, Yair Garbuz, Dov Heller, Igael Tumarkin, Ibrahim El-Mouazin, Ayid and more. Title page numbered 127/200. Three prints are signed: a print by Y. [Yehoshua] Borkovsky, print by G. [Ghassan] Salsa'a and a print by Nahum Cohen.
[1] title page + [64] prints (lacking three prints), approx. 50X68.5 cm. Inserted in a paper cover and cardboard portfolio. Good overall condition. Tears, creases, stains and defects to portfolio.
Sixty-four (out of 67) prints, by Israeli and Palestinian artists, among them: Assad Azi, Gersahon Knispel, Yair Garbuz, Dov Heller, Igael Tumarkin, Ibrahim El-Mouazin, Ayid and more. Title page numbered 127/200. Three prints are signed: a print by Y. [Yehoshua] Borkovsky, print by G. [Ghassan] Salsa'a and a print by Nahum Cohen.
[1] title page + [64] prints (lacking three prints), approx. 50X68.5 cm. Inserted in a paper cover and cardboard portfolio. Good overall condition. Tears, creases, stains and defects to portfolio.
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Israeli and International Art - Prints and Paintings
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
Opening: $100
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Ma'abara (transit camp). Ink on paper.
Signed.
21X13.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Attached to passé par-tout.
Provenance: Collection of Ruth Debel.
Signed.
21X13.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Attached to passé par-tout.
Provenance: Collection of Ruth Debel.
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Israeli and International Art - Prints and Paintings
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
Opening: $200
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House on a Hill and a Cactus. Indian ink on paper.
Dedicated in Bezem's handwriting (in pencil). Dedication dated 1979.
Approx. 21X26.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Attached to passé par-tout with adhesive tape.
Provenance: collection of Ruth Debel.
Dedicated in Bezem's handwriting (in pencil). Dedication dated 1979.
Approx. 21X26.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Attached to passé par-tout with adhesive tape.
Provenance: collection of Ruth Debel.
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Israeli and International Art - Prints and Paintings
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
Opening: $600
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Hospital in Zichron Ya'akov, 1943. Oil on canvas, by Aharon Kahana (1905-1967).
Signed and dated.
81X60 cm. Framed, 102X81 cm.
Signed and dated.
81X60 cm. Framed, 102X81 cm.
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Israeli and International Art - Prints and Paintings
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
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1. "6 Million Names and Rocks from Massada", drawing by Igael Tumarkin (b. 1933),dealing with the holocaust. Pen on paper.
[1] leaf, 29.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Some stains. Top and bottom margins of leaf are dark. Creases and tears at top and bottom margins (not affecting drawing).
2. Igael Tumarkin, catalogue of an exhibition in the Hakone Open-air Museum. Published by the Open-Air Museum in Hakone, Japan, 1994. English and Japanese.
On the first page appears a dedication handwritten and signed by Igael Tumarkin: "from the skinny man and the fat English, something that goes also in Japan, from the artist's wife and her submissive husband".
86 pp, 28 cm. Good condition. Some stains and slight damage to cover.
[1] leaf, 29.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Some stains. Top and bottom margins of leaf are dark. Creases and tears at top and bottom margins (not affecting drawing).
2. Igael Tumarkin, catalogue of an exhibition in the Hakone Open-air Museum. Published by the Open-Air Museum in Hakone, Japan, 1994. English and Japanese.
On the first page appears a dedication handwritten and signed by Igael Tumarkin: "from the skinny man and the fat English, something that goes also in Japan, from the artist's wife and her submissive husband".
86 pp, 28 cm. Good condition. Some stains and slight damage to cover.
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Israeli and International Art - Prints and Paintings
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
Opening: $100
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Jew Studying by the Light of a Candle, drawing by Henryk Hechtkopf (1910-2004).
Ink on paper. Signed in Hebrew and English: "H. Hechtkopf".
Leaf: 18X19 cm. mounted on paper and framed. Good condition. Stains. Not examined out of frame.
Ink on paper. Signed in Hebrew and English: "H. Hechtkopf".
Leaf: 18X19 cm. mounted on paper and framed. Good condition. Stains. Not examined out of frame.
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Israeli and International Art - Prints and Paintings
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
Opening: $200
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Portrait of a Woman in a Red Dress, 1932.
Oil on canvas. Signed and dated.
72X96 cm. Paint scaling in several places and small holes to canvas.
Oil on canvas. Signed and dated.
72X96 cm. Paint scaling in several places and small holes to canvas.
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![Alpine view, oil on wood by Dario Treves (1907-1978). [Italy, second half of 20th century]. Signed "Treves". Dario Treves, It](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Ol16-public/286_1.jpg "Dario Treves – Alpine View – Oil on Wood")
![Alpine view, oil on wood by Dario Treves (1907-1978). [Italy, second half of 20th century]. Signed "Treves". Dario Treves, It](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Ol16-public/286_2.jpg "Dario Treves – Alpine View – Oil on Wood")
Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
Opening: $200
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Alpine view, oil on wood by Dario Treves (1907-1978). [Italy, second half of 20th century]. Signed "Treves".
Dario Treves, Italian-Jewish painted, born in Torino. In 1940 fled to the United States where he lived and acted until 1949, when he returned to Italy.
A dedication appears on the back (in Italian), apparently handwritten by the artist, dated November 3, 1962.
50X40 cm. Good condition. Some defects to paint at margins of board. Superficial fracture to back of board.
Dario Treves, Italian-Jewish painted, born in Torino. In 1940 fled to the United States where he lived and acted until 1949, when he returned to Italy.
A dedication appears on the back (in Italian), apparently handwritten by the artist, dated November 3, 1962.
50X40 cm. Good condition. Some defects to paint at margins of board. Superficial fracture to back of board.
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Israeli and International Art - Prints and Paintings
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
Opening: $100
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L. Annaei Senecae philosophi opera quae exstant omnia, writings of the philosopher Lucius Annaeus Senecae. Printed by Balthasaris Moreti; in the printing press founded by Christoph Plantin ("Ex Officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti"). Antwerp, 1632. Latin.
The complete writings of the philosopher Seneca. The book contains three impressive engravings after works by the Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) – Portrait of Seneca (bust); Death of Seneca (signed in the plate by the engraver, Cornelis Galle); portrait of the philologist and humanist Justus Lipsius (signed in the plate by the engraver, Cornelis Galle). Engraved title page.
Hand inscription, in Latin, to one of the blank leaves in the beginning of the book, in which the year 1633 in noted. Among the book's leaves appears a leaf in early handwriting (Latin).
[16], XXXVI, 893, [5] pp. 38.5 cm. Fine vellum binding, with gilt decorations and four cloth bands for tying. Good overall condition. Stains, some are dampstains. Dark stains to top margins of first leaves (including the title page engraving and the portrait of Justus Lipsius). Slight creases and defects. Some tears. Defects, stains and small tears to binding.
The complete writings of the philosopher Seneca. The book contains three impressive engravings after works by the Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) – Portrait of Seneca (bust); Death of Seneca (signed in the plate by the engraver, Cornelis Galle); portrait of the philologist and humanist Justus Lipsius (signed in the plate by the engraver, Cornelis Galle). Engraved title page.
Hand inscription, in Latin, to one of the blank leaves in the beginning of the book, in which the year 1633 in noted. Among the book's leaves appears a leaf in early handwriting (Latin).
[16], XXXVI, 893, [5] pp. 38.5 cm. Fine vellum binding, with gilt decorations and four cloth bands for tying. Good overall condition. Stains, some are dampstains. Dark stains to top margins of first leaves (including the title page engraving and the portrait of Justus Lipsius). Slight creases and defects. Some tears. Defects, stains and small tears to binding.
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Research Books - 17th-19th Centuries
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
Opening: $100
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Flavii Iosephi Hierosolymitani sacerdotis Opera quae exstant, nempe, Compilation of Writings of Josephus Flavius. Geneva: Iacobum Crispinum, 1634.Latin and Greek.
Bi-lingual edition of the writings of Josephus Flavius (Latin and Greek, two columns per page).
The blank page facing the title page bears a handwritten inscription )"Testimonium") from 1652, alongside seven signatures.
[4] leaves, 1102 pages, [16] leaves (mispagination), 34 cm. Overall good condition. Creases and light spotting. Torn edges to several leaves. Two detached leaves. Ink ownership inscription on verso of title page. Adorned vellum binding, slightly loose. Stains and damages to binding. Most of the spine is detached (with tears). Holes to binding edges (fabric laces were originally threaded through these holes for fastening the binding).
Bi-lingual edition of the writings of Josephus Flavius (Latin and Greek, two columns per page).
The blank page facing the title page bears a handwritten inscription )"Testimonium") from 1652, alongside seven signatures.
[4] leaves, 1102 pages, [16] leaves (mispagination), 34 cm. Overall good condition. Creases and light spotting. Torn edges to several leaves. Two detached leaves. Ink ownership inscription on verso of title page. Adorned vellum binding, slightly loose. Stains and damages to binding. Most of the spine is detached (with tears). Holes to binding edges (fabric laces were originally threaded through these holes for fastening the binding).
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Research Books - 17th-19th Centuries
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
Opening: $100
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Histoire des Juifs, ecrite par Flavius Joseph, sous le titre de Antiquitez Judaïques / Histoire de la guerre des Juifs contre les Romains. "Antiquities of the Jews" and "The Wars of the Jews", by Josephus Flavius. French translation by Arnault d'Andilly. Amsterdan: Veuve Schippers, & Henry Wetstein, 1681. French.
French translation of two books by Josephus Flavius (Yosef ben Matityahu) – the book "Antiquities of the Jews" recounting the history of the Jews from the creation of the world until the Great Revolt against the Romans and the book "The Wars of the Jews" about the revolt.
220 fine in-text engravings depicting various scenes from the history of the people Israel, starting with the creation of the world. An illustrated title page (engraving).
Separate title page for "The Wars of the Jews".
[12] leaves (including engraving), 464 pp; [10] leaves, 477-758 pp, [11] leaves, 30.5 cm. Good overall condition. Slight tears to margins of some of the leaves, including open tears. Stains. Slight defects. Fine leather binding. Rubbing, tears and defects to binding. Open tear to top of spine. Piece of paper pasted to inner side of front binding.
French translation of two books by Josephus Flavius (Yosef ben Matityahu) – the book "Antiquities of the Jews" recounting the history of the Jews from the creation of the world until the Great Revolt against the Romans and the book "The Wars of the Jews" about the revolt.
220 fine in-text engravings depicting various scenes from the history of the people Israel, starting with the creation of the world. An illustrated title page (engraving).
Separate title page for "The Wars of the Jews".
[12] leaves (including engraving), 464 pp; [10] leaves, 477-758 pp, [11] leaves, 30.5 cm. Good overall condition. Slight tears to margins of some of the leaves, including open tears. Stains. Slight defects. Fine leather binding. Rubbing, tears and defects to binding. Open tear to top of spine. Piece of paper pasted to inner side of front binding.
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Research Books - 17th-19th Centuries
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