Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
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!["Kofer Cheder" [Room Tax], an original artwork for a poster for the Tel-Aviv Municipality, created by Pesach Ir-Shai. [Palest](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale68-public/141.jpg "Original Artwork for a Poster by Pesach Ir-Shai – \"Room Tax\" Imposed b")
Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $2,000
Unsold
"Kofer Cheder" [Room Tax], an original artwork for a poster for the Tel-Aviv Municipality, created by Pesach Ir-Shai. [Palestine, 1948].
Gouache and pencil on cardboard. Signed in the upper left corner.
With the outbreak of the War of Independence, the city of Tel-Aviv was flooded with thousands of refugees who escaped the battle zones. Since there were not enough houses to accomodate the refugees, masses invaded schools, synagogues and deserted structures in the city. In order to fund the establishment of residential units for the refugees, the Tel-Aviv Municipality imposed a "Room Tax" on the residents of the city. The tax was graded and was determined by the number of residents per apartment – the more crowded the apartment, the lower the "Room Tax" that was to be paid.
21X28 cm. Good condition. Creases and minor blemishes. A small tear and three pinholes at the bottom. A piece of paper is taped to verso.
Gouache and pencil on cardboard. Signed in the upper left corner.
With the outbreak of the War of Independence, the city of Tel-Aviv was flooded with thousands of refugees who escaped the battle zones. Since there were not enough houses to accomodate the refugees, masses invaded schools, synagogues and deserted structures in the city. In order to fund the establishment of residential units for the refugees, the Tel-Aviv Municipality imposed a "Room Tax" on the residents of the city. The tax was graded and was determined by the number of residents per apartment – the more crowded the apartment, the lower the "Room Tax" that was to be paid.
21X28 cm. Good condition. Creases and minor blemishes. A small tear and three pinholes at the bottom. A piece of paper is taped to verso.
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Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $400
Unsold
A large sketch for a "membership certificate" of the "Organization of the Hebrew Gymnasium in Palestine", made by the artist Jacob Stark, a Bezalel student. Jerusalem, [1906].
Ink on thick paper. Signed: "J. Stark, Bezalel, Jerusalem" (Hebrew).
A sketch for a certificate presented to "founding members" who donated 250 Francs for the foundation of the "Herzliya" Hebrew Gymnasium in Jaffa. On the right appears the figure of Moses holding a book under his arm, and to the left - the figure of Jacob; on the top appear illustrations of scientific instruments on the background of a rich library, and on the bottom, two silhouettes depicting the towns of Jaffa (viewed from the sea) and Jerusalem, flanking the emblem of the "Organization of the Hebrew Gymnasium in Palestine", integrating the seven-branched Menorah.
In the center of the sketch is a text describing the aim of the organization: "To found a Hebrew school which will give its students, in addition to national education, practical, commercial education in the junior and higher grades, to prepare them for the university and the polytechnic".
The "Herzliya" Hebrew Gymnasium – the first Hebrew high school – was established in Jaffa in 1905 under the name "The Hebrew Gymnasium" (HaGymnasia HaIvrit). In 1909 the school was relocated to Herzl Street in Tel-Aviv and was renamed after Herzl. During the first year it operated as a private school in the home of Dr. Yehudah Leib Metmann-Cohen and his wife, and the second year was opened in October 1906 with about 40 students; it was then reported in the newspaper "Hashkafa" (edited by Eliezer Ben-Yehudah): "about twenty founding members gathered in Jaffa, each one donating 250 Francs, and thus the keystone was placed for the 'Gymnasium fund'. A supervising committee of seven people was elected among the founding members…"; from this citation we can assume that the certificate printed after this sketch was awarded to the 20 founding members only.
The artist, Jacob Stark (1881-1915), painter and typographer, was born in Poland. He immigrated to Palestine in 1906 and was one of the first Bezalel students. This sketch was one of the first works he created in Palestine.
70.5X51.5 cm. Fair-poor condition. Many creases and fold lines. Long tears. Open tears and a large piece missing in the right margin (affecting the sketch). Pieces of tape on verso. A number of comments in pencil (in Stark's handwriting).
Ink on thick paper. Signed: "J. Stark, Bezalel, Jerusalem" (Hebrew).
A sketch for a certificate presented to "founding members" who donated 250 Francs for the foundation of the "Herzliya" Hebrew Gymnasium in Jaffa. On the right appears the figure of Moses holding a book under his arm, and to the left - the figure of Jacob; on the top appear illustrations of scientific instruments on the background of a rich library, and on the bottom, two silhouettes depicting the towns of Jaffa (viewed from the sea) and Jerusalem, flanking the emblem of the "Organization of the Hebrew Gymnasium in Palestine", integrating the seven-branched Menorah.
In the center of the sketch is a text describing the aim of the organization: "To found a Hebrew school which will give its students, in addition to national education, practical, commercial education in the junior and higher grades, to prepare them for the university and the polytechnic".
The "Herzliya" Hebrew Gymnasium – the first Hebrew high school – was established in Jaffa in 1905 under the name "The Hebrew Gymnasium" (HaGymnasia HaIvrit). In 1909 the school was relocated to Herzl Street in Tel-Aviv and was renamed after Herzl. During the first year it operated as a private school in the home of Dr. Yehudah Leib Metmann-Cohen and his wife, and the second year was opened in October 1906 with about 40 students; it was then reported in the newspaper "Hashkafa" (edited by Eliezer Ben-Yehudah): "about twenty founding members gathered in Jaffa, each one donating 250 Francs, and thus the keystone was placed for the 'Gymnasium fund'. A supervising committee of seven people was elected among the founding members…"; from this citation we can assume that the certificate printed after this sketch was awarded to the 20 founding members only.
The artist, Jacob Stark (1881-1915), painter and typographer, was born in Poland. He immigrated to Palestine in 1906 and was one of the first Bezalel students. This sketch was one of the first works he created in Palestine.
70.5X51.5 cm. Fair-poor condition. Many creases and fold lines. Long tears. Open tears and a large piece missing in the right margin (affecting the sketch). Pieces of tape on verso. A number of comments in pencil (in Stark's handwriting).
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![A Simchat Torah flag. Linocut by Salamon Yedidya (Seelenfreund). Jerusalem: Y.C. [Chaim Yehoshua] Kasovsky, "Beit Yisrael"; Y](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale68-public/143_1.jpg "Simchat Torah Flag Designed by Salamon Seelenfreund – Jerusalem, 1923")
![A Simchat Torah flag. Linocut by Salamon Yedidya (Seelenfreund). Jerusalem: Y.C. [Chaim Yehoshua] Kasovsky, "Beit Yisrael"; Y](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale68-public/143_2.jpg "Simchat Torah Flag Designed by Salamon Seelenfreund – Jerusalem, 1923")
Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $300
Sold for: $938
Including buyer's premium
A Simchat Torah flag. Linocut by Salamon Yedidya (Seelenfreund). Jerusalem: Y.C. [Chaim Yehoshua] Kasovsky, "Beit Yisrael"; Y. Heilpern Press, [1923].
A swallowtail flag, printed in blue. One side is divided into two strips; on the upper strip are a Torah Scroll with a crown, flanked by angel wings, in front of the rising sun. On the lower strip are heraldic lions supporting a Star of David enclosing the Hebrew word "Zion". Alongside the traditional inscription "Zot HaTorah asher sam Moshe Lifnei Bnei Yisrael" (This is the Torah which Moses set before the children of Israel) appears an inscription of a more Zionist nature – "For our people, our country and our Torah" (Hebrew). The other side of the flag depicts a dove carrying in its beak a branch with the inscription "Sissu VeSimchu BeSimchat Torah" (Rejoice and be happy on Simchat Torah), in leaf-shaped lettering, alongside seven stars (following Herzl's suggestion for the Zionist flag), a Sukkah, the four species and a sheaf of wheat. The flag is signed in the plate "S. Yedidya".
This flag, which combines traditional and Zionist themes, appeared in 1923 on the last leaf of the newspaper "Al HaMishmar" edited by A.Z. Ben-Yishai and published in Jerusalem, alongside "user instructions": "To the Hebrew children in the diaspora! Like your friends in Palestine, you too in the diaspora, shall raise on 'Simchat Torah' only the Hebrew flag" (See: "The Flags of Simchat Torah, from Popular Jewish Art to Hebrew-Israeli Culture". Tel-Aviv: Eretz Israel Museum, 2012. p. 21).
Salamon Seelenfreund (1875-1961) was born in Hungary. When he was about 16, he left Szeged to Budapest to build his life as an artist. He studied at the School of Arts of the city and later also in Rome, Paris and Germany. When he returned to Hungary, he founded a workshop and became known as a master craftsman and art teacher; he was even invited to design and carry out the decoration of the new Neolog synagogue in Szeged, inaugurated in 1903. Later he held a solo exhibition and participated in group exhibitions in Szeged (1910) and Budapest. In 1921, he immigrated with his family to Palestine and founded a workshop in Jerusalem, later settling with his family in the colony of Beit Tulma in Emek HaArazim. During the 1929 Palestine Riots, the family escaped in time and was saved; however, the house and all that was in it – plans, works of art and equipment – was burned and anything that remained was looted. In the following years Yedidya lived alternately in Tel-Aviv and Givatayim; many of his works were destroyed when his house suffered a direct hit in the Egyptian aerial bombing during the War of Independence.
As a calligraphy artist, much of Yedidya's work focused on the Hebrew letters, which served him as raw material for creating decorative shapes and models inspired by the tradition of Jewish art. For additional information about him, see enclosed article by Timnah Rubinger, published by the Memorial Museum of the Hungarian Speaking Jewry.
21.5X28.5 cm. Good condition. Small tears, some of them reinforced with tape.
A swallowtail flag, printed in blue. One side is divided into two strips; on the upper strip are a Torah Scroll with a crown, flanked by angel wings, in front of the rising sun. On the lower strip are heraldic lions supporting a Star of David enclosing the Hebrew word "Zion". Alongside the traditional inscription "Zot HaTorah asher sam Moshe Lifnei Bnei Yisrael" (This is the Torah which Moses set before the children of Israel) appears an inscription of a more Zionist nature – "For our people, our country and our Torah" (Hebrew). The other side of the flag depicts a dove carrying in its beak a branch with the inscription "Sissu VeSimchu BeSimchat Torah" (Rejoice and be happy on Simchat Torah), in leaf-shaped lettering, alongside seven stars (following Herzl's suggestion for the Zionist flag), a Sukkah, the four species and a sheaf of wheat. The flag is signed in the plate "S. Yedidya".
This flag, which combines traditional and Zionist themes, appeared in 1923 on the last leaf of the newspaper "Al HaMishmar" edited by A.Z. Ben-Yishai and published in Jerusalem, alongside "user instructions": "To the Hebrew children in the diaspora! Like your friends in Palestine, you too in the diaspora, shall raise on 'Simchat Torah' only the Hebrew flag" (See: "The Flags of Simchat Torah, from Popular Jewish Art to Hebrew-Israeli Culture". Tel-Aviv: Eretz Israel Museum, 2012. p. 21).
Salamon Seelenfreund (1875-1961) was born in Hungary. When he was about 16, he left Szeged to Budapest to build his life as an artist. He studied at the School of Arts of the city and later also in Rome, Paris and Germany. When he returned to Hungary, he founded a workshop and became known as a master craftsman and art teacher; he was even invited to design and carry out the decoration of the new Neolog synagogue in Szeged, inaugurated in 1903. Later he held a solo exhibition and participated in group exhibitions in Szeged (1910) and Budapest. In 1921, he immigrated with his family to Palestine and founded a workshop in Jerusalem, later settling with his family in the colony of Beit Tulma in Emek HaArazim. During the 1929 Palestine Riots, the family escaped in time and was saved; however, the house and all that was in it – plans, works of art and equipment – was burned and anything that remained was looted. In the following years Yedidya lived alternately in Tel-Aviv and Givatayim; many of his works were destroyed when his house suffered a direct hit in the Egyptian aerial bombing during the War of Independence.
As a calligraphy artist, much of Yedidya's work focused on the Hebrew letters, which served him as raw material for creating decorative shapes and models inspired by the tradition of Jewish art. For additional information about him, see enclosed article by Timnah Rubinger, published by the Memorial Museum of the Hungarian Speaking Jewry.
21.5X28.5 cm. Good condition. Small tears, some of them reinforced with tape.
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Grphic Art, Postcards and Posters
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