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Lot 53

Album with a Wooden Binding Inlaid with a Stone Plate – Cyprus Detention Camps, 1948/1949

Photograph album placed in a wooden binding inlaid with a chiseled stone plate, made by a detainee in the Cyprus detention camps, 5709 (1948/1949).
Photograph album placed in a wooden binding with a brown leather spine. Inlaid with a fine chiseled plate depicting a ship sailing at sea; titled "Cyprus 5709" (Hebrew). The leaves of the album remained blank.
Plate: 9X6 cm. Good condition. Some chipping to corners and edges of plate. Fracture to lower left corner. Album: 20X10.5 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes to spine. Damage and stains to leaves and tissue guards.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.