Roman Vishniac Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Roman Vishniac Art Value Price Guide

Oct. 31, 2024
ROMAN VISHNIAC (1897-1990) One of the People of the Book, Warsaw. 1938; printed circa 1977.
Est: $3,000 - $4,500
ROMAN VISHNIAC (1897-1990) One of the People of the Book, Warsaw. 1938; printed circa 1977. Silver print, the image measuring 12⅜x10⅜ inches (31.4x26.4 cm.), the mount 20x16 inches (50.8x40.6 cm.), with Vishniac's signature in ink on mount recto, and a "The Vanished World" portfolio label with Vishniac's credit, print number, and edition notation in ink, on mount verso. This is the print number 2 (of 14), from a limited edition of 50 portfolios published in May 1977 by Witkin-Berley Ltd., New York. WITH-- A Farmer of Vysni Apsa. Circa 1935-38; printed 1970s. Silver print, the image measuring 10⅝x8 inches (27x20.3 cm.), with Vishniac's signature in ink on recto. This portrait of a farmer and tanner made circa 1935-38 in Vysni Apsa, Carpathian Ruthenia, is a well-known image by Roman Vishniac, but the photographer's caption did not name the man. When Lisa Wahler saw this photograph in the US Holocaust Memorial's permanent collection, she recognized her grandfather, Chaim Simcha Mechlowitz. Her grandfather was deported to Auschwitz after Germany occupied Hungary in March 1944. He did not survive. [source: US Holocaust Memorial Museum]
Swann Auction Galleries
Sep. 18, 2024
Roman Vishniac; Russian/American 1897-1990; Rabbi Leibel Eisenberg (Reading) and His Shammes. Lask, 1936
Est: R20,000 - R30,000
Roman Vishniac Russian/American 1897-1990 Rabbi Leibel Eisenberg (Reading) and His Shammes. Lask, 1936 signed and authenticated by Mara Vishniac Kohn and inscribed 'From the Estate of Roman Vischniac, Mara Vischniac Kohn' on the reverse silver gelatin print image size: 38 by 37,5cm; 81 by 66 by 5cm including frame
Strauss & Co
Sep. 18, 2024
Roman Vishniac; Russian/American 1897-1990; Carpartho Ruthenia
Est: R20,000 - R30,000
Roman Vishniac Russian/American 1897-1990 Carpartho Ruthenia signed on the mount in pencil; signed on the reverse, dated 1935 and inscribed with the title and 'in the Beth Midrash, the house of study. In some communities the bet ha midrash become identical with the yeshiwah or the synagogue where scholars taught immediately after morning and evening prayers' and 'Printed the same time' on the the reverse of the paper; inscribed with the title, the date and 'BOX 17 RV-15906 92.311' on the mount on the reverse silver gelatin print image size: 25,5 by 34cm; 74 by 53,5 by 4,5cm including frame
Strauss & Co
Jun. 05, 2024
ROMAN VISHNIAC (1897–1990)
Est: €3,000 - €4,000
ROMAN VISHNIAC (1897–1990) | Albert Einstein in Princeton, 1942 Image Size: 49,7 x 40,5 cm English: Large format platinum print on fine art cotton paper 60,2 x 50,4 cm, printed in the 1980s, in excellent condition. Blindstamp "MA-P" with sun symbol in the lower margin. PROVENANCE Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York. Shortly after his arrival in the United States, Vishniac began a project to portray a number of prominent Russian and German-Jewish emigrants. At the end of 1941, he contacted Albert Einstein, who eventually received him in his office at the Institute for Advanced Study. Vishniac photographed the Nobel Prize winner smoking a pipe while working at his desk and at a blackboard. The resulting portraits were among Einstein's favourite pictures. * Fully Taxed Deutsch: Großformatiger Platinum-Print auf Fine-Art-Baumwollpapier 60,2 x 50,4 cm, geprintet in den 1980er Jahren, in ausgezeichnetem Zustand. Im unteren Rand Blindstempel "MA-P" mit Sonnensymbol. PROVENIENZ Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York. Kurz nach seiner Ankunft in den Vereinigten Staaten begann Vishniac mit dem Projekt, eine Reihe von prominenten russischen und deutsch-jüdischen Emigranten zu porträtieren. Ende 1941 nahm er dafür Kontakt mit Albert Einstein auf, der ihn schließlich in seinem Büro am Institute for Advanced Study empfing. Vishniac fotografierte den Nobelpreisträger Pfeife-rauchend, während der Arbeit an seinem Schreibtisch und an einer Tafel. Die dabei entstandenen Porträts zählten zu Einsteins Lieblingsbildern. * Vollbesteuert
OstLicht Auctions
May. 16, 2024
Roman Vishniac (1897-1990), UNTITLED (OLD WOMAN SEARCHING FOR WORK, WARSAW OR LUBLIN), CA. 1935-38
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
Roman Vishniac (1897-1990), Russian/American UNTITLED (OLD WOMAN SEARCHING FOR WORK, WARSAW OR LUBLIN), CA. 1935-38 gelatin silver print signed to margin 14 x 11 in — 35.6 x 27.9 cm Provenance: Deja Vue Gallery, Toronto, ON Note: With a program centred on photography, the Deja Vue Gallery was one of the first spaces in Toronto to champion the medium. The diversity of the Gallery’s collection includes Canadian artists Richard Harrington and Yousuf Karsh. Harrington, known for his work in the Canadian Arctic, recorded the vanishing nomadic lifestyle of the Inuit. In his later book, “The Face of the Arctic”, he wrote that “in the midst of this misery, I took photographs. These pictures would, I hope, show the outside world what real suffering was. They would also show the strength, endurance, courage and ingenuity of an almost exhausted people.” (1) In contrast, Karsh believed that a portrait should be more than just a representation of the physical appearance of a person, and should also convey their inner spirit and character. Thanks to a variety of light techniques, each portrait included in this auction – “Georges Braque”, 1941, “Joan Baez”, 1970, “George Bernard Shaw”, 1943 – are distinctly represented, each existing within their own world. American masters are also represented by the Deja Vue collection, with offerings by Edward Weston and his Western landscapes. “Rancho Sonoma,” 1937, “Point Lobos,” 1929, “Kelp”, 1930, and “Wing of Pelican”, 1931 all represent quintessential parts of the artist’s oeuvre. Part of the Group f/64 along with Ansel Adams, Willard Van Dyke and Imogen Cunningham, Weston focused on precise studies, and his work greatly influenced the aesthetics of American photography. The final images made by the artist were taken in Point Lobos in 1948, before Parkinson's disease made his work no longer possible. His legacy is carefully maintained by his sons Brett and Cole, who have produced prints using the original negatives per the instructions of their father for approximately 40 years. (1) https://www.waddingtons.ca/richard-harrington-arctic-photographs-from-the-collection-of-lorraine-monk/ Estimate: $1,200—1,800
Waddington's
May. 16, 2024
ROMAN VISHNIAC (1897-1990) Grandfather and Granddaughter, Warsaw.
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
ROMAN VISHNIAC (1897-1990) Grandfather and Granddaughter, Warsaw. Silver print, the image measuring 7½x9 inches (19.1x23 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with Vishniac's credit and title in ink and an ICP exhibition stamp on verso. 1938; printed circa 1971
Swann Auction Galleries
May. 16, 2024
ROMAN VISHNIAC (1897-1990) A group of 9 street photographs, both larger scenes and portraits, depicting Jewish life in Poland.
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
ROMAN VISHNIAC (1897-1990) A group of 9 street photographs, both larger scenes and portraits, depicting Jewish life in Poland. Silver prints, the images measuring approximately 7¼ inches (18.4 cm.) square and 9¼x7¼ inches (23.5x18.4 cm.), the sheets 10x8 inches (25.4x20.3 cm.), the mounts 14x11 inches (35.6x27.9 cm.), each with Vishniac's signature, four with location notations, and one with his date in ink, on recto. 1933-38; printed 1970s
Swann Auction Galleries
Feb. 29, 2024
ROMAN VISHNIAC.“SHARING SORROW, WARSAW OR LODZ”
Est: €1,500 - €1,800
ROMAN VISHNIAC (Pavlovsk, 1897 - New York, 1990). Gelatin silver print “SHARING SORROW, WARSAW OR LODZ”. 1935/38. Signature, title and date on the back. ROMAN VISHNIAC (Pavlovsk, 1897 - New York, 1990). Stampa alla gelatina ai sali d’argento “SHARING SORROW, VARSAVIA O LODZ”. 1935/38. Firma, titolo e data sul retro.
Viscontea Casa d'Aste s.r.l.
Feb. 15, 2024
ROMAN VISHNIAC (1897-1990) Grandfather and Granddaughter, Warsaw.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
ROMAN VISHNIAC (1897-1990) Grandfather and Granddaughter, Warsaw. Silver print, the image measuring 10½ inches (26.7 cm.) square, the sheet 14x11 inches (35.6x27.9 cm.), with Vishniac's signature, title, and negative date in ink on recto, and again on the overmat. 1938; printed 1970s
Swann Auction Galleries
Dec. 01, 2023
Roman Vishniac, Untitled
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Roman Vishniac Untitled c. 1920 gelatin silver print 10.5 h x 14 w in (27 x 36 cm) Signed to verso 'Roman Vishniac'. This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Oct. 05, 2023
ROMAN VISHNIAC (1897-1990) A selection of six street scenes and portraits depicting Jewish life in Poland.
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
ROMAN VISHNIAC (1897-1990) A selection of six street scenes and portraits depicting Jewish life in Poland. Silver prints, the images measuring 7 1/2 inches square to 7 3/4x9 1/2 inches (19.1 to 19.7x24.1 cm.), five sheets slightly larger, three with captions in Vishniac's hand, in ink, and one with his New York address stamp on verso. 1930s; printed 1960s Provenance: From the Collection of Rabbi Bruce Goldman
Swann Auction Galleries
Aug. 08, 2023
Roman Vishniac, The Cheder, Slonim (from A Vanished World series)
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
Roman Vishniac The Cheder, Slonim (from A Vanished World series) 1938 / 1977 gelatin silver print image: 10.625 h x 10.625 w in (27 x 27 cm) sheet: 14 h x 11 w in (36 x 28 cm) Signed, titled and dated to lower edge 'Heder in Slonim, Russia 1938. Roman Vishniac'. This work is from the edition published by Witkin-Berley, Ltd., New York. Literature: A Vanished World, Vishniac, no. 146 This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
Wright
Aug. 08, 2023
Roman Vishniac, Vilno Side Entrance of the Ghetto
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
Roman Vishniac Vilno Side Entrance of the Ghetto 1936 / printed later gelatin silver print image: 13.25 h x 10.25 w in (34 x 26 cm) sheet: 13.875 h x 11 w in (35 x 28 cm) Signed, titled and dated to lower edge of mat 'Vilno Side Entrance of the Ghetto 1936 Roman Vishniac'. Signed and numbered to verso 'Roman Vishniac I'. This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
Wright
May. 27, 2023
A VANISHED WORLD BY ROMAN VISHNIAC WITH AUTOGRAPH
Est: $100 - $150
"A Vanished World" photo book boldly signed by Roman Vishniac, with a foreword by Elie Wiesel. First Edition, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Hardcover in original dust jacket. Signed by the author on the flyleaf: To Frances, It should never happen again, Roman Vishniac, 1985. A second dedicatory inscription dated 2002 on the endpaper. The lot also includes a NYC Council proclamation in recognition of the photograpaher. Roman Vishniac, 1897 to 1990, was a Russian-American photographer, best known for capturing on film the culture of Jews in Central and Eastern Europe before the Holocaust. Antiquarian Librarian Books And Albums For Collectors, Judaica, Photography.
Antique Arena Inc
May. 02, 2023
Roman Vishniac (1897-1990) Munkatch, Baruch Rabinovitch examining the Yeshiva, 1938
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Roman Vishniac (1897-1990) Munkatch, Baruch Rabinovitch examining the Yeshiva, 1938 Gelatin silver print, printed later, signed and titled in ink in the margin. sheet: 8 x 10in. (20.3 x 25.4cm.) The Estate of Jacob Levin
Hindman
May. 02, 2023
Roman Vishniac (1987-1990) Street in the Jewish Quarter of Lublin, Poland, 1935-1938
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
Roman Vishniac (1987-1990) Street in the Jewish Quarter of Lublin, Poland, 1935-1938 Gelatin silver print, printed later, signed in ink in the margin. image: 7 1/2 x 7 1/2in. (19 x 19in.) sheet: 8 1/4 x 8in. (21 x 20.3cm.) Provenance: With Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York
Hindman
May. 02, 2023
Roman Vishniac (1897-1990) The Cheder in Slonim, 1938
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Roman Vishniac (1897-1990) The Cheder in Slonim, 1938 Gelatin silver print, printed later, signed, titled and dated in ink in the margin. sheet: 10 x 8in. (25.4 x 20.3cm.) The Estate of Jacob Levin
Hindman
Apr. 27, 2023
ROMAN VISHNIAC (1887-1990) Musarnic [sic] (follower of the Musar movement) studying in a yeshiva, Vilna.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
ROMAN VISHNIAC (1887-1990) Musarnic [sic] (follower of the Musar movement) studying in a yeshiva, Vilna. Silver print, the image measuring 9 3/4x7 3/4 inches (24.8x19.7 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with Vishniac's signature, partial title, and negative date in ink on recto and verso. 1937; printed 1970s Provenance: NOVA Gallery, Vancouver (NOVA was the first commercial gallery and bookstore in the city devoted to photography) From 1935 to 1938, Roman Vishniac traveled throughout Central and Eastern Europe photographing impoverished Jewish communities for the Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 20, 2023
ROMAN VISHNIAC. “SHARING SORROW, WARSAW OR LODZ”
Est: €1,100 - €2,000
ROMAN VISHNIAC (Pavlovsk, 1897 - New York, 1990). Gelatin-silver print “SHARING SORROW, WARSAW OR LODZ”. 1935/38. Signed, titled and dated on the back. ROMAN VISHNIAC (Pavlovsk, 1897 - New York, 1990). Stampa alla gelatina ai sali d’argento “SHARING SORROW, VARSAVIA O LODZ”. 1935/38. Firma, titolo e data sul retro.
Viscontea Casa d'Aste s.r.l.
Dec. 15, 2022
Roman Vishniac Silver Gelatin Print Cheder
Est: $400 - $600
Roman Vishniac (Russian / American, New York, 1897-1990). Silver gelatin print, Cheder. Image originally from A Vanished World. Unframed, glued to mount. 12" x 10" (with mat 18 1/4" x 16 3/4"). Some dirt and discoloration to mat.
Willow Auction House
Oct. 20, 2022
ROMAN VISHNIAC (1897-1990) Entrance to the Old Ghetto, Kraków.
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
ROMAN VISHNIAC (1897-1990) Entrance to the Old Ghetto, Kraków. Silver print, the image measuring 19 1/2x15 3/8 inches (48.3x39.1 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with Vishniac's signature in pencil on verso, and his signature again in pencil, on the overmat. 1937; printed 1960s
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 06, 2022
Roman Vishniac Silver Gelatin Print Cheder
Est: $500 - $700
Roman Vishniac (Russian / American, New York, 1897-1990). Silver gelatin print, Cheder. Image originally from A Vanished World. Unframed, glued to mount. 12" x 10" (with mat 18 1/4" x 16 3/4"). Some dirt and discoloration to mat.
Willow Auction House
Jun. 08, 2022
Vishniac, Roman: Hedar [David Eckstein, seven years old, and classmates in cheder, Jewish elementary school, Brod].
Est: €1,800 - €2,000
Hedar [David Eckstein, seven years old, and classmates in cheder, Jewish elementary school, Brod]. 1938/printed later. Gelatin silver print. 26,5 x 26,5 cm (35,5 x 27,8 cm). Signed, dated and annotated by the photographer/wife in ink below the image in the margin. - - Some stronger handling marks in lower margin, a few lighter pressure marks within image, corners bumped, otherwise a fine tonal print in very good condition. - - Lit.: Roman Vishniac. Polish Jews. A Pictorial Record. New York 1947, ill. front cover. - Roman Vishniac. A Vanished World. London 1983, ill. plate 6 (titled and dated: Cheder Boys, Vrchni Apsa, 1937). - - Sollten Sie detailliertere Zustandsberichte wünschen, kontaktieren Sie uns bitte. / Should you need more detailed condition reports, please contact us.
Bassenge Auctions
Apr. 14, 2022
ROMAN VISHNIAC (1897-1990) The beam of light enters the darkness.
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
ROMAN VISHNIAC (1897-1990) The beam of light enters the darkness. Silver print, the image measuring 13 5/8x10 3/4 inches (34.6x27.3 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with Vishniac's signature and title in ink on recto, and his signature, title, and negative date again in ink on the overmat. 1938; printed 1970s
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 14, 2022
ROMAN VISHNIAC (1897-1990) The entrance to the ghetto in Kaziemirz, Cracow.
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
ROMAN VISHNIAC (1897-1990) The entrance to the ghetto in Kaziemirz, Cracow. Silver print, the image measuring 15 3/4x19 1/2 inches (40x49.5 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with Vishniac's signature in ink on print recto, his signature and title again in ink on print verso, and his signature, title, and negative date in ink on the overmat and mount recto. 1938; printed 1970s
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 14, 2022
ROMAN VISHNIAC (1897-1990) A selection of six street scenes and portraits depicting Jewish life in Poland.
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
ROMAN VISHNIAC (1897-1990) A selection of six street scenes and portraits depicting Jewish life in Poland. Silver prints, the images measuring 7 1/2 inches square to 7 3/4x9 1/2 inches (19.1 to 19.7x24.1 cm.), five sheets slightly larger, three with captions in Vishniac's hand, in ink, and one with his New York address stamp on verso. 1930s; printed 1960s
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 03, 2022
ROMAN VISHNIAC (RUSSIAN-AMERICAN, 1897-1990).
Est: $600 - $900
Photograph. "Lublin, The Old Cemetery Stary Kiricyt on the Grodzisk Hill, 1935". Signed lower right. Titled lower left. From a Long Island, NY collection.
Clarke Auction Gallery
Feb. 10, 2022
ROMAN VISHNIAC (1897-1990) Bratislava (Pressburg).
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
ROMAN VISHNIAC (1897-1990) Bratislava (Pressburg). Silver print, the image measuring 6 1/2x9 5/8 inches (16.5x24.4 cm.), the sheet 8x10 inches (20.3x25.4 cm.), with Vishniac's signature, in ink, on recto, and his signature, title, and notations, in ink, on verso. 1936; printed 1980s
Swann Auction Galleries
Feb. 10, 2022
ROMAN VISHNIAC (1897-1990) A selection of seven street scenes and portraits, depicting Jewish life in Poland.
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
ROMAN VISHNIAC (1897-1990) A selection of seven street scenes and portraits, depicting Jewish life in Poland. Silver prints, the images measuring 7 1/2x7 1/2 to 8x10 inches (19.1x19.1 to 20.3x25.4 cm.), four sheets slightly larger, three of these 8x10 inches (20.3x25.4 cm.), four with captions (two quite lengthy) in Vishniac's hand, in ink, on verso. 1930s; printed 1960s
Swann Auction Galleries
Dec. 15, 2021
Roman Vishniac (1897-1990) - Sharing Sorrows, Varsavia o Lodz, 1935/1938
Est: €800 - €1,200
Vintage gelatin silver print
Finarte
Dec. 01, 2021
Children of the Jewish Quarter
Est: €5,000 - €7,000
Roman Vishniac Children of the Jewish Quarter Signed and annotated: „Given to me by Roman Vishniac in 1946“ and „Roman Vishniac" by Godfrey Frankel in pencil and black ballpoint pen on the reverse Vintage. Gelatin silver print 9 3/8 × 7 5/8 in. (9 7/8 × 8 in.)
Grisebach
Dec. 01, 2021
Talmud, Warsaw
Est: €5,000 - €7,000
Roman Vishniac Talmud, Warsaw Signed and annotated: „Given to me by Roman Vishniac in 1946 [...]“ by Godfrey Frankel in pencil on the reverse as well as numbered by a further hand in pencil Vintage. Gelatin silver print 7 5/8 × 9 3/8 in. (8 × 9 7/8 in.)
Grisebach
Dec. 01, 2021
Hedar [David Eckstein, seven years old, and classmates in cheder, Jewish elementary school, Brod]
Est: €20,000 - €25,000
Roman Vishniac Hedar [David Eckstein, seven years old, and classmates in cheder, Jewish elementary school, Brod] On the reverse agency's copyright stamp: „Credit: from BLACK STAR, GRAYBAR BUILDING NEW YORK", therein name of the photographer by an unknown hand in pencil, „LIFE PICTURE COLLECTION" stamp, date stamp: „MAR 19 1943" and three numerical stamps. Inscribed by various hands, among others the exhibition's title: „Children of want and fear", as well as numbered in pencil Vintage. Gelatin silver print With light handling marks 13 5/8 × 11 in.
Grisebach
Nov. 17, 2021
VISHNIAC, ROMAN (1897-1990) [Hackney Coachman], Warsaw, 1936, stated vintage (Vishniac's notations to this effect on verso).
Est: $700 - $1,000
VISHNIAC, ROMAN (1897-1990) [Hackney Coachman], Warsaw, 1936, stated vintage (Vishniac's notations to this effect on verso). Gelatin silver print, 9 1/2 x 6 7/8 inches, signed (l.r.) and titled and dated (l.l.), verso with Vishniac's 83rd and 72nd Street stamps, annotated and signed "printed in 1936/Roman Vishniac," with "Warsaw" in pencil in another hand. Extreme right edge of the print overexposed, minor scratches and creases noted in raking light, but an image that displays well. A good vintage example of Vishniac's street photography, one of a series of images of trades and occupations in Warsaw and Berlin taken before the Second World War. C
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Oct. 21, 2021
ROMAN VISHNIAC (1897-1990) Entrance to the Old Ghetto, Kraków.
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
ROMAN VISHNIAC (1897-1990) Entrance to the Old Ghetto, Kraków. Silver print, the image measuring 19 3/8x15 3/8 inches (49.2x39.1 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with Vishniac's signature, in pencil, on verso, and his signature, again, in pencil, on the overmat. 1937; printed 1960s
Swann Auction Galleries
Sep. 09, 2021
ROMAN VISHNIAC - MICROSCOPE PHOTOGRAPHS (2)
Est: $200 - $400
Lot 24 Roman Vishniac Russian/American (1897-1990) Microscope Photographs (2) dry transfer hand made print each signed, one on the mat the other in the margin largest: 13 1/2 x 20 inches Provenance: the estate of Jerome Lurie, labor attorney and law partner of Sidney E. Cohn One print titled 'The World from Space' re-offered due to non-paying bidder
Capsule Gallery Auction
Jun. 29, 2021
ROMAN VISHNIAC - MICROSCOPE PHOTOGRAPHS (2)
Est: $200 - $400
Lot 35 Roman Vishniac Russian/American (1897-1990) Microscope Photographs (2) dry transfer hand made print each signed, one on the mat the other in the margin largest: 13 1/2 x 20 inches Provenance: the estate of Jerome Lurie, labor attorney and law partner of Sidney E. Cohn One print titled 'The World from Space'
Capsule Gallery Auction
May. 28, 2021
Roman Vishniac (1897-1990)
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
Roman Vishniac (1897-1990) AN ELDER OF THE VILLAGE, CARPATHIAN RUTHENIA, c.1935-1938. Vintage silver gelatin contact print, image size, 85 x 65mm, archivally mounted (mount size, 240 x 180mm), and numbered in ink in mount lower margin.
Chiswick Auctions
May. 27, 2021
ROMAN VISHNIAC - COLLECTION OF 10 PHOTOGRAPHS
Est: $8,000 - $10,000
Lot 20 Roman Vishniac Russian/American (1897-1990) Collection of 10 Photographs 10 silver gelatin prints each image: 15 3/4 x 18 inches cloth folio: 29 x 23 x 2 1/2 inches Provenance: the estate of Jerome Lurie, labor attorney and law partner of Sidney E. Cohn The plates are as follows: The Old Ghetto of Lublin (The Stairway), signed on the mat and on the photograph; good condition, three very small dents in the left side At 26 the lines of her brow reveal the hardship of the past. The future is known-martyrium in the Holocaust, signed and titled on the mat and signed on the photograph; very good condition, very small dent to the upper right corner, red pigment on the front of the mat Father Hiding From the Nazi Democrats, 1938, signed and titled on the mat; very good condition Bar-Mitzvah Boy, signed and titled on the mat; very good condition The Last Hanukkah, Kazimierz, Cracow 1938, signed and titled on the mat and photograph; very good condition, light creases I the very far bottom left corner The Great Talmudist, Kazimierz, 1938, signed and titled on the mat and on the photograph; good condition, very small hard crease in the upper left corner with small dent The Only Flowers of Her Youth, Warsaw, 1939, signed and titled on the mat; very good condition, very small creasing in the upper left corner Students of The Talmud Trunava, 1937, signed on the mat and on the photograph; good condition, very small hard crease in the upper left corner with small dent Cracow 1937 Kazimierz, signed on the mat and on the photograph; very good condition, some minor smudging in the mat, hinged to mat Vilna Musarnic, 1938, signed on the mat and on the photograph; good condition, light handling crease in the lower right corner, very small spot of paper loss in the bottom left edge Prints come in a red cloth covered portfolio with the title 'Life That Disappeared' some photos are from the above mentioned series, some are from series titled ”A World Vanished”, some from neither series
Capsule Gallery Auction
May. 27, 2021
ROMAN VISHNIAC (1897-1990) Cracow, A Jewish Street * Munkatch. Baruch Rabinovitch examining the Yeshiva Bahurim * Munkatch. The Beltser
Est: $3,000 - $4,500
ROMAN VISHNIAC (1897-1990) Cracow, A Jewish Street * Munkatch. Baruch Rabinovitch examining the Yeshiva Bahurim * Munkatch. The Beltser Rov Aaron and Baruch Rabinovitch of the Spira dynasty. Together, 3 silver prints, two images measuring 10 1/8x13 1/8 inches (25.7x33.3 cm.) and one measuring 10 5/8x11 1/2 inches (27x29.2 cm.), the mounts 16x20 inches (40.6x50.8 cm.), each with Vishniac's signature, title, and two with dates, in ink, on mount recto. 1937, one circa 1938; printed 1970s
Swann Auction Galleries
May. 24, 2021
Roman Vishniac - Two large photographs
Est: -
Two large photographs by Roman Vishniac [1897-1990] - the well-known European Jewry photographer before the Holocaust. * A Jewish child in the Warsaw ghetto, photographed in 1938. 24x18 cm. * The Jewish street in the ghetto: 24x31 cm. The photographs are both pasted on a thick and large Wooden board for display and preservation. 50x36 cm. Good condition. Vishniac, a native of the town of Pavlovsk on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, gained international recognition for his work as a Jewish shtetl and ghetto photographer in the 1930s. As the waves of anti-Semitism began to rise to new heights in Germany, Vishniac embarked on his famous journey to Eastern Europe and photographed the face of Jewish society in all its nuances in mountain villages and urban ghettos, rabbis, scholars, and followers of various Hasiduyot. For about four years he traveled from Berlin to various remote areas of Europe and took thousands of photos. Vishniac's photographs, which reflect Jewish life as it was, considered to this day, the most comprehensive and high-quality documentation of European Jewry in the pre-Holocaust generation. In his famous book "A Vanished World", published in 1983, Vishniac brought some of his work. Provenance: The photographs came from "Moreshet" Museum - the Mordechai Anielewicz Testimony House.
Dynasty
Mar. 11, 2021
ROMAN VISHNIAC (1897-1990) Newsstand with Yiddish and Polish periodicals, Warsaw.
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
ROMAN VISHNIAC (1897-1990) Newsstand with Yiddish and Polish periodicals, Warsaw. Silver print, the image measuring 9x7 3/4 inches (22.9x19.7 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with the notations Warsaw and unique, in pencil, two of Vishniac's New York address hand stamps (overlapping), and an Estate hand stamp with the estate signature, on verso. 1938; printed 1940s
Swann Auction Galleries
Feb. 06, 2021
ROMAN VISHNIAC Kids Fishing Lodz 1937
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
ROMAN VISHNIAC, Lodz, Jewish Children Fishing, signed, 1937, 9.5x6.25" gelatin silver print, Printed c. 1970, Signed and inscribed in blue ink on print verso: Lodz / Jewish Children fishing... / Roman Vishniac / 1937. Roman Vishniac (1897-1990) was born in Russia to a wealthy Russian-Jewish family that immigrated to Berlin in 1920 in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution. As an amateur photographer, he took to the streets with his camera throughout the 1920s and 1930s, offering astute, often humorous visual commentary on his adopted city and experimenting with new and modern approaches to framing and composition. Documenting the rise of Nazi power, he focused his lens on the signs of oppression and doom that soon formed the backdrop of his Berlin street photography. From 1935 to 1938, while living in Berlin and working as a biologist and science photographer, he was commissioned by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), then the world's largest Jewish relief organization, to photograph impoverished Jewish communities in Central and Eastern Europe. On New Year's Day, 1941, he arrived in New York and soon opened a portrait studio. At the same time, he began documenting American Jewish communal and immigrant life and established himself as a pioneer in the field of photo-microscopy. In 1947, Vishniac returned to Europe and documented Jewish displaced persons camps and the ruins of Berlin. During this time, he also recorded the efforts of Holocaust survivors to rebuild their lives, and the work of the JDC and other Jewish relief organizations in providing them with aid and emigration assistance. CREDIT: Howard Greenberg Gallery http://www.howardgreenberg.com/artists/roman-vishniac
Andrew Smith Gallery Photography Auctions, LLC
Feb. 06, 2021
ROMAN VISHNIAC Cracow 1938 Last Hanukkah
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
ROMAN VISHNIAC, Cracow, The Hanukkah of 1938, signed, 1938, 7.75x9.75" gelatin silver print, Printed c. 1960s, signed and inscribed in black ink on print recto below image: Cracow The Hanucka [sic] of 1938, signed and inscribed in black ink on print verso: Ulica Josefa Cracow 1938. / The note to the left is an invitation to celebrate Hanuckah [sic] and be present at the lighting of Candles. / This was the last Hanakka [sic] in Cracow, the city of 60,000 Jews (sixty thousands) / Roman Vishniac. Roman Vishniac (1897-1990) was born in Russia to a wealthy Russian-Jewish family that immigrated to Berlin in 1920 in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution. As an amateur photographer, he took to the streets with his camera throughout the 1920s and 1930s, offering astute, often humorous visual commentary on his adopted city and experimenting with new and modern approaches to framing and composition. Documenting the rise of Nazi power, he focused his lens on the signs of oppression and doom that soon formed the backdrop of his Berlin street photography. From 1935 to 1938, while living in Berlin and working as a biologist and science photographer, he was commissioned by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), then the world's largest Jewish relief organization, to photograph impoverished Jewish communities in Central and Eastern Europe. On New Year's Day, 1941, he arrived in New York and soon opened a portrait studio. At the same time, he began documenting American Jewish communal and immigrant life and established himself as a pioneer in the field of photo-microscopy. In 1947, Vishniac returned to Europe and documented Jewish displaced persons camps and the ruins of Berlin. During this time, he also recorded the efforts of Holocaust survivors to rebuild their lives, and the work of the JDC and other Jewish relief organizations in providing them with aid and emigration assistance. CREDIT: Howard Greenberg Gallery http://www.howardgreenberg.com/artists/roman-vishniac
Andrew Smith Gallery Photography Auctions, LLC
Dec. 03, 2020
Roman Vishniac (1897-1990): Cracow, Uliza Izzaka
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Gelatin silver print, 1937, signed, dated and inscribed 'Cracow' on the mount. 13 3/8 x 10 1/8 in. (image), 18 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. (mount), 21 1/4 x 18 1/2 in. (frame).
STAIR
Nov. 04, 2020
A Vanished World - Roman Vishiniac - Photo Book
Est: -
A Vanished World, - a photographic book Showing the Eastern European Jewish world in the pre-Holocaust generation by the renowned photographer Roman Vishiniac. New York 1999. Roman Vishniac (1897-1990), one of the greatest Jewish photographers of the 20th century. An American Jewish photographer of Russian descent who was become famous thanks to the authentic photographs of the Jews culture in Central and Eastern Europe before the Holocaust - the Jewish shtetl and ghettos, portraits of well-known personalities, rabbis and rebbes, and anonymous Jewish figures representing an entire generation. The book before us is most famous and was first published in 1983 and was one of the first books to document the culture of Eastern European Jewry before the Holocaust. 180 p. 30x31 cm. Very good condition.
Dynasty
May. 16, 2020
Vishniac, Roman - Vier Original-Photographien. Vintages.
Est: €500 - €750
Vishniac, Roman Vier Original-Photographien. Vintages. Silbergelatine. Berliner Aufnahmen um 1935, Abzüge wohl später. Formate: 18 x 24 cm. Kirche am Südstern, Arbeiter beim Strassenbau, Edith beim Überqueren der Strasse und Edith am Fernsprecher. - Roman Vishniac (1897-1990) wurde mit Bildern aus der Lebenswelt osteuropäischer Juden am Vorabend des Zweiten Weltkrieges berühmt. 1940 gelang es der Familie in die USA auszuwandern. Zunächst hielt sich Vishniac mit Porträtphotographie über Wasser. In dieser Zeit entstand sein berühmtes Porträtphoto von Einstein. Ende der 1940er Jahre gab er die Porträtphotographie völlig auf, um nur noch auf dem Gebiet der Mikrophotographie und der Biologie zu arbeiten, wo er sich schnell in Fachkreisen einen Namen machte und etliche Preise gewann. - Provenienz: Aus dem Familienbesitz der Ehefrau Edith Ernst-Vishniac. - An den Ecken leicht beschabt.
Nosbüsch & Stucke GmbH
May. 16, 2020
Vishniac, Roman - Selbstporträt mit Kamera
Est: €800 - €1,200
Vishniac, Roman Selbstporträt mit Kamera und Blitzlicht. Original-Photographie. Vintage. Silbergelatine. Verso mit Photographen-Stempel. New York, um 1945. 17,5 x 25,5 cm. Roman Vishniac (1897-1990) wurde mit Bildern aus der Lebenswelt osteuropäischer Juden am Vorabend des Zweiten Weltkrieges berühmt. 1940 gelang es der Familie in die USA auszuwandern. Zunächst hielt sich Vishniac mit Porträtphotographie über Wasser. In dieser Zeit entstand sein berühmtes Portätphoto von Einstein. Ende der 1940er Jahre gab er die Porträtphotographie völlig auf, um nur noch auf dem Gebiet der Mikrophotographie und der Biologie zu arbeiten, wo er sich schnell in Fachkreisen einen Namen machte und etliche Preise gewann. - Provenienz: Aus dem Familienbesitz der Ehefrau Edith Ernst-Vishniac.- An den Rändern mit Knickspuren.
Nosbüsch & Stucke GmbH