Online Auction 05 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Two Photographs – Jewish Authors, Artists and Intellectuals in Europe

Opening: $100
Sold for: $525
Including buyer's premium
* Photograph of a group of Jewish authors priar to departure from Russia. [Odessa], [1921].
Original silver-print of a group photograph – group of Hebrew authors who were permitted to leave the Soviet Russia in 1921, among them H.N. Bialik, Shaul Tchenichovsky, I.H. Ravnitzky, Ben-Zion Dinburg (Dinur), Zvi Woyslawski, Mordechai Sobol, Haim Ettinger and more. Most of the photographed were committee members of "Dvir" publishing house which was founded around that time. This photograph was taken as a souvenir in Odessa prior to their departure.
Photograph mounted on cardboard with name of company, in Russian, on the reverse.
14.5X10 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Crease along the photograph.
* Photograph of Boris Schatz with students and young unidentified acquaintances. [Odessa?], [1920?].
Mounted on cardboard with company name on the reverse.
14.5X10.5 cm. Good condition. Photograph slightly detached from cardboard.
Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Jewish and Israeli History and Culture