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

Walter Christeller – Collection of Photographs – 1940s

Opening: $200
Unsold
Ten photographs by Walter Christeller depicting sites and views in Palestine. [ca. 1940s].
Included: • Photographs of the ancient synagogue in Baram – general view and details. • Photograph of the Tower of David. • Portrait photograph of a young girl. • And more. Each photograph mounted on card and signed on the mount.
Walter Christeller (1893-1961), stills and film photographer, immigrated to Palestine from Germany in 1933. That same year he founded a photography studio in his Tel-Aviv home.
Christeller specialized in filming advertising and publicity films (among other endeavours, he created publicity films for JNF, with the director Erich Bruck).
10 photographs, approx. 18X23.5 cm, on 35X25 cm card mounts. Good condition. Some stains, mostly on mounts. Abrasions and some damage to a number of photographs.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
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