Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
Yankel Ginzburg (b. 1945) – "Holocaust: The Town is Burning / The Parchment is Burning but the Letters are Soaring High" – Mixed Media on Canvas
Opening: $300
Sold for: $1,125
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Yankel Ginzburg (b. 1945). Holocaust: The Town is Burning / The Parchment is Burning but the Letters are Soaring High.
Mixed media on canvas (with pieces of parchment). Signed.
Yankel Ginzburg, painter, printmaker and sculptor, born in Kazakhstan, is the grandson of Ahad HaAm's brother on his father's side and the grandson of Marshal Zhukov on his mother's side. He grew up in Lodz and in 1957 immigrated to Israel with his family. He studied at the Bat-Yam Art Institute and in 1968 moved to the US. His work over the years spans a wide variety of styles, from abstract to photorealism, and was showcased in various exhibitions and museums in the US and across the world. Ginzburg is involved in public and political activity.
60X50 cm, in a 85X95 cm frame. Good condition. Minor blemishes to frame.
Provenance: The collection of Simcha Holtzberg, "Father of the Wounded Soldiers".
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Simcha Holtzberg (1924-1994), also known as the "Father of the Wounded Soldiers", loreate of the 1976 Israel Prize, was born in Warsaw, Poland, and experienced firsthand the horrors of the Holocaust in the Warsaw Ghetto and the camps of Budzyń and Bergen-Belzen. After the liberation, he immigrated to Palestine, married and started a family, making a living trading in Judaica and art. Since the Six-Day War, he devoted much of his time and efforts to helping wounded and disabled IDF soldiers and bereaved families. He visited wounded soldiers in hospitals, supporting them both spiritually and financially and accompanying them in their recovery as a real father would.
From Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s eulogy in memory of Simcha Holtzberg: "This man, snatched from the fire of the Holocaust, so deeply concerned for the State of Israel, a haven for Holocaust refugees, did everything in his power so that the catastrophe would be remembered. The terrors of the Holocaust followed him like a shadow, fueling his love of the State, the wounded, the disabled, the bereaved families […] in the name of the Israel Defense Forces and in the name of the State of Israel, I salute you, Simcha".
Mixed media on canvas (with pieces of parchment). Signed.
Yankel Ginzburg, painter, printmaker and sculptor, born in Kazakhstan, is the grandson of Ahad HaAm's brother on his father's side and the grandson of Marshal Zhukov on his mother's side. He grew up in Lodz and in 1957 immigrated to Israel with his family. He studied at the Bat-Yam Art Institute and in 1968 moved to the US. His work over the years spans a wide variety of styles, from abstract to photorealism, and was showcased in various exhibitions and museums in the US and across the world. Ginzburg is involved in public and political activity.
60X50 cm, in a 85X95 cm frame. Good condition. Minor blemishes to frame.
Provenance: The collection of Simcha Holtzberg, "Father of the Wounded Soldiers".
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Simcha Holtzberg (1924-1994), also known as the "Father of the Wounded Soldiers", loreate of the 1976 Israel Prize, was born in Warsaw, Poland, and experienced firsthand the horrors of the Holocaust in the Warsaw Ghetto and the camps of Budzyń and Bergen-Belzen. After the liberation, he immigrated to Palestine, married and started a family, making a living trading in Judaica and art. Since the Six-Day War, he devoted much of his time and efforts to helping wounded and disabled IDF soldiers and bereaved families. He visited wounded soldiers in hospitals, supporting them both spiritually and financially and accompanying them in their recovery as a real father would.
From Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s eulogy in memory of Simcha Holtzberg: "This man, snatched from the fire of the Holocaust, so deeply concerned for the State of Israel, a haven for Holocaust refugees, did everything in his power so that the catastrophe would be remembered. The terrors of the Holocaust followed him like a shadow, fueling his love of the State, the wounded, the disabled, the bereaved families […] in the name of the Israel Defense Forces and in the name of the State of Israel, I salute you, Simcha".
Israeli and International Art
Israeli and International Art