Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
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Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $20,000
Sold for: $25,000
Including buyer's premium
A Jewish Family, by Maurycy Minkowski (1881-1930). 1919.
Oil on canvas. Signed and dated.
Maurycy Minkowski (1881-1930) was born in Warsaw. As an infant, he lost his hearing and subsequently his ability to speak; nevertheless, he showed an early artistic talent and, in 1901, began his formal studies at the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts. With the outbreak of a wave of pogroms in Russia during the 1905 Revolution, Minkowski was greatly affected by the suffering of European Jewry which shattered the hope for the disappearance of anti-Semitism with the turn of the century; in his realistic paintings, he often documents the hunger, suffering and wanderings but also the happier facets of Jewish life and the place of women in Jewish society. His works were exhibited throughout Europe and in France he was even awarded an honorary medal by the government. In 1930, Minkowski travelled to Argentina, which was supposed to be the first station of a travelling exhibition which he planned throughout America, after which he meant to return to Poland and then embark on a journey to Palestine. When he was staying in Buenos Aires, he was hit by a passing car and killed. The Jewish community of the town, the AMIA, honored him after his death, purchasing many of his works that were offered for sale, and to this day owns a large collection of his paintings.
57X85 cm (70X99 cm with the frame). Good condition. Minor blemishes and chipping to color. Minor chipping to frame.
Oil on canvas. Signed and dated.
Maurycy Minkowski (1881-1930) was born in Warsaw. As an infant, he lost his hearing and subsequently his ability to speak; nevertheless, he showed an early artistic talent and, in 1901, began his formal studies at the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts. With the outbreak of a wave of pogroms in Russia during the 1905 Revolution, Minkowski was greatly affected by the suffering of European Jewry which shattered the hope for the disappearance of anti-Semitism with the turn of the century; in his realistic paintings, he often documents the hunger, suffering and wanderings but also the happier facets of Jewish life and the place of women in Jewish society. His works were exhibited throughout Europe and in France he was even awarded an honorary medal by the government. In 1930, Minkowski travelled to Argentina, which was supposed to be the first station of a travelling exhibition which he planned throughout America, after which he meant to return to Poland and then embark on a journey to Palestine. When he was staying in Buenos Aires, he was hit by a passing car and killed. The Jewish community of the town, the AMIA, honored him after his death, purchasing many of his works that were offered for sale, and to this day owns a large collection of his paintings.
57X85 cm (70X99 cm with the frame). Good condition. Minor blemishes and chipping to color. Minor chipping to frame.
Category
Israeli and International Art – Prints and Paintings
Catalogue
Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $2,500
Unsold
The Painter's Family, by Alfred Aberdam (1894-1963). 1936.
Oil on canvas. Signed and dated. Mounted on verso is a label from an exhibition held jointly with the journal "Gazette des Beaux-arts".
Alfred Aberdam (1894-1963), born in Lviv (then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire), started his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich; with the outbreak of World War I, he was drafted into the Austrian army, was wounded and eventually imprisoned by the Russians and sent to Irkutsk in Siberia. After the war, he studied at the Academies of Fine arts in Krakow and Berlin and his first exhibitions were held in Lviv, one by the center of the Jewish community and the second by the Circle of Jewish Art Enthusiasts. In 1923, he moved to Montparnasse, Paris, becoming one of the artists of the École de Paris. He exhibited his works throughout Europe and Palestine; during the war he remained in hiding in Paris, later assisting in reestablishing the union of Jewish painters in the city and even chairing it.
This painting was featured as an example of Aberdam's work in the book "Jewish Art" (Hebrew) edited by Bezalel Cecil Roth. Tel-Aviv: "Masada", 1959. p. 603.
73X60 cm. Good condition.
Provenance: The collection of the Bar-David Museum for Jewish Art and Judaica, Kibbutz Baram (enclosed is a confirmation of purchase of the painting in 2016).
Oil on canvas. Signed and dated. Mounted on verso is a label from an exhibition held jointly with the journal "Gazette des Beaux-arts".
Alfred Aberdam (1894-1963), born in Lviv (then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire), started his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich; with the outbreak of World War I, he was drafted into the Austrian army, was wounded and eventually imprisoned by the Russians and sent to Irkutsk in Siberia. After the war, he studied at the Academies of Fine arts in Krakow and Berlin and his first exhibitions were held in Lviv, one by the center of the Jewish community and the second by the Circle of Jewish Art Enthusiasts. In 1923, he moved to Montparnasse, Paris, becoming one of the artists of the École de Paris. He exhibited his works throughout Europe and Palestine; during the war he remained in hiding in Paris, later assisting in reestablishing the union of Jewish painters in the city and even chairing it.
This painting was featured as an example of Aberdam's work in the book "Jewish Art" (Hebrew) edited by Bezalel Cecil Roth. Tel-Aviv: "Masada", 1959. p. 603.
73X60 cm. Good condition.
Provenance: The collection of the Bar-David Museum for Jewish Art and Judaica, Kibbutz Baram (enclosed is a confirmation of purchase of the painting in 2016).
Category
Israeli and International Art – Prints and Paintings
Catalogue
Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $1,500
Unsold
A Boy in a Village, by Joseph Budko (1888-1940). 1927.
Oil on canvas. Signed and dated.
36X29 cm. Minor blemishes.
Oil on canvas. Signed and dated.
36X29 cm. Minor blemishes.
Category
Israeli and International Art – Prints and Paintings
Catalogue
![Sketch for an illustration for the Passover Haggadah, by Ze'ev Raban. [1925?]. Pen and watercolor on paper. Signed "Ze'ev Rab](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale68-public/164.jpg "Ze'ev Raban – Sketch for an Illustration for the Passover Haggadah – T")
Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $500
Unsold
Sketch for an illustration for the Passover Haggadah, by Ze'ev Raban. [1925?].
Pen and watercolor on paper. Signed "Ze'ev Raban" (Hebrew).
The sketch depicts five rabbis sitting around the Seder table and two disciples standing at the entrance to the room. The sketch is meant to accompany the Haggadah passage dealing with the five Tana'im who were telling the story of the Exodus from Egypt all night long until their disciples came and told them "The time of [reciting] the morning Shema has arrived".
Sketch: 17.5X30.5 cm. leaf: 36X23.5 cm. Good condition. A few stains. Several holes and a small tear, restored. Two stamps on verso.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Pen and watercolor on paper. Signed "Ze'ev Raban" (Hebrew).
The sketch depicts five rabbis sitting around the Seder table and two disciples standing at the entrance to the room. The sketch is meant to accompany the Haggadah passage dealing with the five Tana'im who were telling the story of the Exodus from Egypt all night long until their disciples came and told them "The time of [reciting] the morning Shema has arrived".
Sketch: 17.5X30.5 cm. leaf: 36X23.5 cm. Good condition. A few stains. Several holes and a small tear, restored. Two stamps on verso.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Category
Israeli and International Art – Prints and Paintings
Catalogue
Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $500
Unsold
Two drawings by Shmuel Ben-David (1884-1927).
1. A Woman's portrait, ink on paper. Signed "S.D." (Shmuel Davidov).
Approx. 31.5X24.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains.
2. Jerusalem, ink on paper. Not signed. A pencil sketch on verso (bird).
13X29 cm. Matted. Good condition. Minor stains.
Shmuel Ben-David was born in 1884 in Sofia, Bulgaria as Shmuel Davidov. He was accepted to the Art Academy in Sofia, where in 1903-1905 he studied under Professor Boris Shatz and specialized in carpet weaving and designing carpet patterns. At the end of December 1905, Ben-David arrived in Palestine together with Boris Shatz and studied in the highest grade in the first class of Bezalel. From 1907, he organized Bezalel's Department of Carpets, taught there and later also taught perspective, sketching and crafts. Ben-David was one of the founders of the Hebrew Artists Association and served as its chairman. He died in Jerusalem in 1927 at the young age of 42. Ben-David was one of the senior teachers at Bezalel. Having taught Nachum Gutman, Haim Gliksberg, Moshe Castel, Avigdor Stematsky and many others, he was a significant contributor to the Bezalel design language.
1. A Woman's portrait, ink on paper. Signed "S.D." (Shmuel Davidov).
Approx. 31.5X24.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains.
2. Jerusalem, ink on paper. Not signed. A pencil sketch on verso (bird).
13X29 cm. Matted. Good condition. Minor stains.
Shmuel Ben-David was born in 1884 in Sofia, Bulgaria as Shmuel Davidov. He was accepted to the Art Academy in Sofia, where in 1903-1905 he studied under Professor Boris Shatz and specialized in carpet weaving and designing carpet patterns. At the end of December 1905, Ben-David arrived in Palestine together with Boris Shatz and studied in the highest grade in the first class of Bezalel. From 1907, he organized Bezalel's Department of Carpets, taught there and later also taught perspective, sketching and crafts. Ben-David was one of the founders of the Hebrew Artists Association and served as its chairman. He died in Jerusalem in 1927 at the young age of 42. Ben-David was one of the senior teachers at Bezalel. Having taught Nachum Gutman, Haim Gliksberg, Moshe Castel, Avigdor Stematsky and many others, he was a significant contributor to the Bezalel design language.
Category
Israeli and International Art – Prints and Paintings
Catalogue
Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $3,000
Including buyer's premium
Sketch pad with sketches by Avigdor Arikha (1929-2010).
In the sketch pad (made by Couleurs du Quai Voltaire) are charcoal and graphite sketches on eighteen leaves (of 19), most of them portraits. Some of the leaves bear sketches on both sides.
15.5X20.5 cm. Good condition. Creases.
Provenance: Gift of the artist.
In the sketch pad (made by Couleurs du Quai Voltaire) are charcoal and graphite sketches on eighteen leaves (of 19), most of them portraits. Some of the leaves bear sketches on both sides.
15.5X20.5 cm. Good condition. Creases.
Provenance: Gift of the artist.
Category
Israeli and International Art – Prints and Paintings
Catalogue
Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $1,500
Sold for: $2,000
Including buyer's premium
32 sketches by Ruth Schloss (1922-2013).
Watercolor, pen, charcoal, India ink and felt pen on paper.
Most of the sketches are individual or group portraits. Other sketches depict animals, views and workers at work. Two of the sketches are signed "Ruth Schloss" (Hebrew).
Ruth Schloss (1922-2013) was born in Nuremberg and immigrated to Palestine with her family in 1935. When she was only sixteen she started her studies at Bezalel, then joined the group of founders of Kibbutz Lehavot HaBashan. Schloss devoted her talents to the art and printing enterprises of the kibbutz movement, working as an illustrator for the "Mishmar Liyeladim" newspaper and as a book cover designer for "Sifriyat Poalim". From ca. 1950 to 1952 she studied art at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris, and after she returned to Israel, due to the rift in the Kibbutz Movement, she left her kibbutz. Schloss was a member of the Communist Party and her paintings, in the style of Social Realism, often conveyed a socialist message of exposing social differences and class distinctions. She painted the weaker members of society – downtrodden women, hungry children, workers and residents of transit camps. Later, she turned to the lives of women, to the helplessness of birth and the decline of old age – all of which she painted with the sensitivity of a woman seeing human-beings rooted in their surroundings, as the poet Nathan Zach wrote of her – "her motto remained the same over the years. Life itself. Without embellishment".
Approx. 20.5X14.5 to 25X35 cm. Good overall condition. Stains. A few tears and small open tears along the edges of some of the leaves. Pieces of paper for reinforcement on verso of one work, at the corners.
Literature:
1. Broader Horizons, 120 Years of Israeli Art, from the Ofrat Collection to the Levin Collection. Selected Works, Part II, by Gideon Ofrat. Jerusalem: Vienna-Jerusalem Foundation for Israeli Art, 2013. Hebrew.
2. Ruth Schloss, Retrospective. Curator: Tali Tamir. Mishkan Museum of Art, Ein Harod website. Hebrew.
Provenance: Gift of the artist.
Watercolor, pen, charcoal, India ink and felt pen on paper.
Most of the sketches are individual or group portraits. Other sketches depict animals, views and workers at work. Two of the sketches are signed "Ruth Schloss" (Hebrew).
Ruth Schloss (1922-2013) was born in Nuremberg and immigrated to Palestine with her family in 1935. When she was only sixteen she started her studies at Bezalel, then joined the group of founders of Kibbutz Lehavot HaBashan. Schloss devoted her talents to the art and printing enterprises of the kibbutz movement, working as an illustrator for the "Mishmar Liyeladim" newspaper and as a book cover designer for "Sifriyat Poalim". From ca. 1950 to 1952 she studied art at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris, and after she returned to Israel, due to the rift in the Kibbutz Movement, she left her kibbutz. Schloss was a member of the Communist Party and her paintings, in the style of Social Realism, often conveyed a socialist message of exposing social differences and class distinctions. She painted the weaker members of society – downtrodden women, hungry children, workers and residents of transit camps. Later, she turned to the lives of women, to the helplessness of birth and the decline of old age – all of which she painted with the sensitivity of a woman seeing human-beings rooted in their surroundings, as the poet Nathan Zach wrote of her – "her motto remained the same over the years. Life itself. Without embellishment".
Approx. 20.5X14.5 to 25X35 cm. Good overall condition. Stains. A few tears and small open tears along the edges of some of the leaves. Pieces of paper for reinforcement on verso of one work, at the corners.
Literature:
1. Broader Horizons, 120 Years of Israeli Art, from the Ofrat Collection to the Levin Collection. Selected Works, Part II, by Gideon Ofrat. Jerusalem: Vienna-Jerusalem Foundation for Israeli Art, 2013. Hebrew.
2. Ruth Schloss, Retrospective. Curator: Tali Tamir. Mishkan Museum of Art, Ein Harod website. Hebrew.
Provenance: Gift of the artist.
Category
Israeli and International Art – Prints and Paintings
Catalogue
Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $500
Sold for: $2,750
Including buyer's premium
Pacific (figures on bunks on the illegal immigrant ship SS Pacific), a drawing by Lea Grundig, 1940.
Ink on paper. Signed, titled and dated.
Lea Grundig (1906-1977), born in Dresden, was an artist an a member of the German Communist Party. She was married to the German painter Hans Grundig. They were persecuted for their Communist views and deported to concentration camps, but Lea managed to escape Europe and immigrated to Palestine in 1940 on board of the illegal immigrant ship SS Pacific.
26.5X35.5 cm. Good condition. A few stains and minor blemishes.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Ink on paper. Signed, titled and dated.
Lea Grundig (1906-1977), born in Dresden, was an artist an a member of the German Communist Party. She was married to the German painter Hans Grundig. They were persecuted for their Communist views and deported to concentration camps, but Lea managed to escape Europe and immigrated to Palestine in 1940 on board of the illegal immigrant ship SS Pacific.
26.5X35.5 cm. Good condition. A few stains and minor blemishes.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Category
Israeli and International Art – Prints and Paintings
Catalogue
![Untitled, photographic work by Henry Shelesnyak (1938-1980). [Late 1960s?]. Mixed media on cardboard. Signed. Approx. 52X50](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale68-public/169.jpg "Henry Shelesnyak (1938-1980) – Photographic Work")
Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $500
Sold for: $875
Including buyer's premium
Untitled, photographic work by Henry Shelesnyak (1938-1980). [Late 1960s?].
Mixed media on cardboard. Signed.
Approx. 52X50 cm. In a 69X66 cm frame. Unexamined outside the frame.
Mixed media on cardboard. Signed.
Approx. 52X50 cm. In a 69X66 cm frame. Unexamined outside the frame.
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Israeli and International Art – Prints and Paintings
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