[8] original photographs by photographer Walter Zadek with five pictures of women pioneers and fighters. Among the pictures: (Female) fighter with a chain of bullets holding a rifle, a mother with her baby, a (female) worker carrying a ladder, a (female) pioneer planting saplings. There are also three different photographs by Zadek, including policemen and elderly Yemenites. Five photographs are stamped on the back with the photographer’s ink stamp.
[8] photographs, 18×14 cm. Overall very fine condition.
Chaliastre [= The Gang ] almanac, Yiddish literary journal edited by writer and poet Peretz Markish – one of the greatest Jewish poets of his time. Published by Chaliastre, Warsaw, 1922.
This is the first issue of the literary almanac Chaliastre . The almanac includes poems, plays and stories by the leading poets, playwrights and writers of the period. Among them:
Peretz Markish [1895-1952], one of the greatest Jewish poets of his time. He wrote two novels ( Echad al Echad and Dor Holech VeDor Bah ), plays ( HaAdamah and Mishpachat Ovadyah ) and hundreds of poems. His poems were translated into Russian by Anna Akhmatova. He was arrested in January 1949 together with other Yiddish writers, poets and theater members. His family was exiled for ten years, in accordance with the clause of the law relating to “the family members of the person who betrayed his homeland.” The important poem Ben HaArba’im ( The Forty-Year-Old ] was taken from his house in Moscow by his friends and hidden away. Later it was published and translated into many languages. Peretz Markish was executed together with other victims of the government in the USSR. His name was only cleared after governmental changes in 1956, and his poems were then reprinted, both in Yiddish and in their Russian translation.
Uri Tzvi Greenberg, an Israeli poet, one of the most acclaimed Expressionist poets of Hebrew poetry of all time. Recipient of the Israel Prize for Literature.
Melech Ravitch, pen name of poet and writer Zecharyah Chonah Bergner.
Moshe Broderzon, poet, playwright and director of the Yiddish theater in Poland before World War II and later in the USSR. In his later years, he was imprisoned at a camp in Siberia, from which he was released about a year before his passing. And many more.
In addition, the almanac contains an essay by the painter Yosef Chaikov, an illustration by Yitzchak Broiner and two illustrations by Marc Chagall.
Long Yiddish dedication [7 lines] handwritten and signed by Peretz Markish on the title page. Extremely rare item.
70, [2] pp. 28 cm. Yiddish. Very fine condition except for the binding, which has been professionally restored.
Twelve woodcuts of Biblical scenes. Some hand-painted at a later date.
Nuremberg Chronicles by Hartmann Schedel was printed in Nuremberg, Germany in 1493. It is considered one of the very first printed books. It was printed in German with many engravings of Biblical scenes and world history until the author’s time. Scenes include: Moses and the burning bush; Abraham and Malkitzedek, Noah’s ark, Elijah ascending to the heavens, the Golden Calf, Adam and Eve, Solomon’s Judgment, and the Binding of Isaac. Fine-very fine condition.
Collection of leaves with depictions of the Tabernacle, the Holy Temple and its vessels:
* Folio LXVI bearing a sketch of the Third Holy Temple and its interior, hand-painted at a later date. * Folio XXXIII depicting the High Priest and his clothes, the laver, altar, the Decalogue, beams and more. Hand-painted at a later date. * Folio XXXII depicting the seven-stemmed Menorah. Hand-painted at a later date. * Folio LXVII sketch of the Third Holy Temple. Hand-painted at a later date.
4 leaves, paper. 40×28 cm. Fine-very fine condition.
Engraving taken from the book Naukeurige beschrijving van gantsch Syrie, en Palestyn of Heilige lant , and hand-painted. Olfert Dapper was the author and engraver of this work. Dapper (1636-1689) was a Dutch doctor and author.
The engraving was influenced by a similar engraving by Václav Hollar (1607-1677), which in turn was based on the famed panorama of Juan Bautista Villalpando (1552-1608), which was copied many times over. Laor 999.
29.5×72 cm. Hand-painted. Fine-very fine condition. Fold marks. Framed.
From: Liber Chronicarum Das Buch der Croniken und Geschichten. [Nuremberg Chronicle.] P. XVII. German edition .
Printed only forty years after the invention of the printing press and a year after the expulsion of Spanish Jewry and Columbus’ discovery of America. One of the earliest maps of Jerusalem known today.
Laor, 1123. Rubin, Yerushalayim B’Mapot U’B’marot, p. 60.
1 leaf. 28×40 cm. One side features Greater Jerusalem during King Solomon’s time with the Holy Temple at center. The other side features the construction of the Tower of Babel.
The map of Jerusalem was hand-painted at a later date. Fine-very fine condition.
Picart’s monumental work in Dutch, Religious Ceremonies and Customs of all Peoples of the World, with engravings by Bernard Picart. Complete set! Six sections. First edition. 239 stunning engravings on complete pages, on thick paper, some across two pages. With dozens of title leaves with engravings in red and black ink. The series was printed in 1727-1738 in Amsterdam, Holland.
Complete sets in such fine condition are very rare!
Bernard Picart’s magnum opus, which earned the appellation “The Book that Changed Europe.” As per the title, this set attempts to gather the customs and ceremonies of all recognized religions worldwide. The work served as the basis for further religious studies and strongly influenced the representation of world religions in the West.
This work, known as “Picart,” shattered all accepted consensuses in the field. It presented all religions, even idol worship, in an equal, non-judgmental way. It attempts to promote religious tolerance by presenting the unwanted results of fanaticism, such as very graphic pictures of torture and execution. In contrast, the work praises religions, such as Islam, which are tolerant of others.
Picart dedicated a lot of space to the Jews and even began his work with this religion, at a time when antisemitism was very prevalent in Europe. His work presents Jewish customs in a very sympathetic light and includes the famous two-page engraving, “Purim,” in the Amsterdam synagogue and other works about Jewish customs, Sukkot, Passover, circumcision, wedding, burial and more. It seems that Picart was very familiar with the Jewish community in Amsterdam and even made an engraving for Tikun Sofrim. Though the book was banned by the church, it was published in four languages (French, English, Dutch, German) and 4000 copies were sold. In recent years, religious scholars have studied this book with renewed interest.
Volume 1: [39] engravings, 387 [7] pages Volume 2: [37] engravings, 324 [24] pages Volume 3: [45] engravings, 229 [7] pages Volume 4: [59] engravings, 423 [37] pages Volume 5: [19] engravings, 368 pages Volume 6: [40] engravings, 317 [21] pages. 39 cm.
Very fine condition. Very few aging stains. Color page cuts. Original, magnificent leather bindings with gilt embossing.
Megillat Esther printed on paper in the form of a scroll. Basel, Wilhelm Hass Press. 1806.
Includes the blessings on the megillah at the beginning and at the end. At the beginning, there are two copperplate etchings from the megillah. All the pages are decorated with a border with straight lines.
The megillah is printed in 17 columns. These columns are numbered, and there are two more columns with blessings, which are not numbered. Each column is approximately 18 cm wide, each set of four columns is printed on an approximately 72 cm-wide sheet of paper, which are pasted to each other. The megillah has a total width of over thirty meters. The megillah’s height is 23 cm.
Moderate-fine condition. Aging stains. Minimal tears and worming perforations. Tear at the beginning of the megillah restored with a professional copy, blemishing the lower etching.
Engraving by the renowned artist, Rembrandt: Joseph’s Coat Brought to Jacob . It depicts the moment Yosef’s blood-covered coat was brought before Yaakov. Print in sanguine colors. Engravings in this color by Rembrandt are very rare, particularly of this specific engraving.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669) was a Dutch draughtsman, painter and printmaker. He is considered one of the most influential artists in history.
7.9×10.7 cm. Sanguine color. New frame with matting.
Light blemish to the bottom right corner, not affecting engraving.
New Hollstein 122, prob. 2nd state (of 2).
David Djinzerski [1913-1980] was a native of Lodz, born to a Chareidi family. He grew up on Pilsudski Street, one of the main streets in the Jewish quarter of Lodz. [This street is a recurring motif in his paintings.]
When the Nazis invaded Poland, he was drafted into the Polish Army, taken into German captivity and he miraculously succeeded in escaping to Russia. After the war, he discovered that his mother had died of hunger in the ghetto, but his father, sisters and brother miraculously remained alive. He immigrated to Israel in 1949. In Djinzerski’s paintings, the motif of Jewish life in Lodz before the war is emphasized. He never formally studied painting, which is clearly evident in his paintings, in the naive technique with which he paints. People are distorted, not entirely proportional to the size of the buildings. This also stems from the fact that he attempted to paint a child’s viewpoint, with the world looming over him. David was particular not to paint from photographs, and said that he painted his paintings from his memory only. His paintings were exposed to the general public only in his later years, in an exhibition which took place at Beit Ariella in Tel Aviv, and in various places in the United States. He passed away in Brooklyn at the age of 67.
Oil on plywood. 1.44×2.04 m including the frame. Fine condition. Minimal cracks in the paint. Provenance: Estate of the artist’s family.
Painting by hidden kabbalist Yehudah Leon Patilon. He passed away in Cheshvan 1974. Oil on canvas. Signed in the bottom corner, ליאון. With frame: 59×49, without frame: 39×49 cm. Fine condition, a few folds.
Painting of fruit by the painter, the hidden tzaddik, kabbalist Rabbi Yehudah Leon Patilon. He passed away in Cheshvan 1974.
This painting is one of the last he painted. It was painted approximately six months before he passed away. It is interesting to note that he added the date alongside his signature.
Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner (in Hebrew): “3.74 Leon.”
Size including frame: 48×56 cm; without frame: 32×40 cm. Fine condition. Minimal peelings in the frame.
Oil painting on wood. Portrait of the Chazon Ish. Black-and-white, 53×35 cm, including the frame: 82×65 cm. With the signature of the famous hyper-realist artist Tsaku. Israel.
Hyperrealistic, photo-like, and stimulating work of art created using a unique technique by the artist Timur Tsaku .
Background: Timur Tsaku was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 1972. After graduating from art school in 1987, he continued his education in the P.P. Ben’kov College majoring in theater decoration and taught painting and sketching in the Tashkent Academy of Art and Theater. In 1991, Tsaku left for Israel, where he began working on Chayot HaKodesh (“The G-d’s Angels”) paintings, that were later combined into one of his most significant art series. This series made Tsaku famous in the art world, and especially among the American artists of the realism genre. He returned to Israel in 2001 to create biblically-inspired Israeli art.
In 2006 Tsaku started working on portraits of the Jewish holy men ( Tsadikim ). The virtuoso skill of his technique has helped to establish Tsaku as a true master of a portrait genre.
His portraits are characterized by their hyper-realistic style, and reflect a unique combination of artistic talent, black-and-white components and astounding technique of precision in the small details. The characters in his paintings take up the majority of the area of the pictures, with an abstract view in the background. Pictures of people and animals that he paints, using the “triple zero” paint brush and a magnifying glass, look almost like photographs. His successful virtuoso technique reflects the uniqueness, mood and character of the individual in a way that evokes pause. His works are so unique that the artist is immediately identifiable. His paintings arouse astonishment, combining hyper-realism and surrealism.
Tsaku was commissioned to paint a portrait of Boris Yeltsin in 2011, and he continues painting the official portraits of many of the Russian statesmen and diplomats.
His creations are displayed in the most prestigious art galleries in the United States, select collections in Israel, private collections of Russian president V.V. Putin, D.A. Medvedev, T.B. Yumashev, N.I. Yeltsin, M.S. Shaimiev, I.B. Primakov, E.M. Primakov, Jr, R.A. Kadyrov, R.G. Abdulatipov, V.A. Shamanov and many other Russian dignitaries.
Condition: Very fine.
Oil on wood painting. Black and white, 51×72 cm. Including wooden frame, 78×101 cm. Signed by the artist.
Hyperrealistic, photo-like, and stimulating work of art created using a unique technique by the artist Timur Tsaku .
This painting is a copy of the portrait of the gaon Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik of Brisk when he was photographed with Jewish soldiers in WWI.
Background: Timur Tsaku was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 1972. After graduating from art school in 1987, he continued his education in the P.P. Ben’kov College majoring in theater decoration and taught painting and sketching in the Tashkent Academy of Art and Theater. In 1991, Tsaku left for Israel, where he began working on Chayot HaKodesh (“The G-d’s Angels”) paintings, that were later combined into one of his most significant art series. This series made Tsaku famous in the art world, and especially among the American artists of the realism genre. He returned to Israel in 2001 to create biblically-inspired Israeli art.
In 2006 Tsaku started working on portraits of the Jewish holy men ( Tsadikim ). The virtuoso skill of his technique has helped to establish Tsaku as a true master of a portrait genre.
His portraits are characterized by their hyper-realistic style, and reflect a unique combination of artistic talent, black-and-white components and astounding technique of precision in the small details. The characters in his paintings take up the majority of the area of the pictures, with an abstract view in the background. Pictures of people and animals that he paints, using the “triple zero” paint brush and a magnifying glass, look almost like photographs. His successful virtuoso technique reflects the uniqueness, mood and character of the individual in a way that evokes pause. His works are so unique that the artist is immediately identifiable. His paintings arouse astonishment, combining hyper-realism and surrealism.
Tsaku was commissioned to paint a portrait of Boris Yeltsin in 2011 and he continues painting the official portraits of many of the Russian statesmen and diplomats.
His creations are displayed in the most prestigious art galleries in the United States, select collections in Israel, private collections of Russian president V.V. Putin, D.A. Medvedev, T.B. Yumashev, N.I. Yeltsin, M.S. Shaimiev, I.B. Primakov, E.M. Primakov, Jr, R.A. Kadyrov, R.G. Abdulatipov, V.A. Shamanov and many other Russian dignitaries.
Condition: Very fine.
Oil painting on wood. Black-and-white, 38X53 cm. Including wooden frame, 62X76 cm. Signed by the artist.
Hyperrealistic, photo-like, and stimulating work of art created using a unique technique by the artist Timur Tsaku .
Background: Timur Tsaku was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 1972. After graduating from art school in 1987, he continued his education in the P.P. Ben’kov College majoring in theater decoration and taught painting and sketching in the Tashkent Academy of Art and Theater. In 1991, Tsaku left for Israel, where he began working on Chayot HaKodesh (“The G-d’s Angels”) paintings, that were later combined into one of his most significant art series. This series made Tsaku famous in the art world, and especially among the American artists of the realism genre. He returned to Israel in 2001 to create biblically-inspired Israeli art.
In 2006 Tsaku started working on portraits of the Jewish holy men ( Tsadikim ). The virtuoso skill of his technique has helped to establish Tsaku as a true master of a portrait genre.
His portraits are characterized by their hyper-realistic style, and reflect a unique combination of artistic talent, black-and-white components and astounding technique of precision in the small details. The characters in his paintings take up the majority of the area of the pictures, with an abstract view in the background. Pictures of people and animals that he paints, using the “triple zero” paint brush and a magnifying glass, look almost like photographs. His successful virtuoso technique reflects the uniqueness, mood and character of the individual in a way that evokes pause. His works are so unique that the artist is immediately identifiable. His paintings arouse astonishment, combining hyper-realism and surrealism.
Tsaku was commissioned to paint a portrait of Boris Yeltsin in 2011, and he continues painting the official portraits of many of the Russian statesmen and diplomats.
His creations are displayed in the most prestigious art galleries in the United States, select collections in Israel, private collections of Russian president V.V. Putin, D.A. Medvedev, T.B. Yumashev, N.I. Yeltsin, M.S. Shaimiev, I.B. Primakov, E.M. Primakov, Jr, R.A. Kadyrov, R.G. Abdulatipov, V.A. Shamanov and many other Russian dignitaries.
Condition: Very fine.
