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Lot 642: 11 lithographs.

Est: €400 EUR - €500 EURSold:
Arenberg AuctionsBrussels, BelgiumOctober 16, 2020

Item Overview

Description

Laid paper 36,5 x 44 cm; all signed and titled in pencil in German (a few small marg. tears). - Suite of 11 (of 12) plates (1 pl. and booklet missing) to illustrate Heinrich Heine 's "Hebräische Melodien", Berlin, für die literarische Vereinigung Hesperus, 1923. Edition limited to 120 copies. Some German titles: "Sabbath I" & "II", "Jerusalem", "Yehuda ben Kalesi", "Disputation "I" & "II", etc. Rahel Szalit-Markus (1894–1942) was a Jewish painter and book illustrator. "In 1916 Rahel moved to Berlin, where she exhibited with the artists of the Secession group and became a member of the November group, young avant-garde artists who joined forces after the November Revolution of 1918. When the Nazis assumed power Rahel Szalit-Marcus fled to France. In 1942 she was arrested and sent to a concentration camp where she died. She painted portraits, flower pieces, and still lifes. Her best-known works consist of lithographic illustrations to books by Mendele Mokher Seforim, Shalom Aleichem, Israel Zangwill, Heinrich Heine, and Martin Buber". - Ref. Jewish Virtual Library.

Artist or Maker

Date

1923

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Auction Details

D2 - Books & Prints

by
Arenberg Auctions
October 16, 2020, 01:00 PM CET

Wolstraat 19/2, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, 1000, BE

Terms

Buyer's Premium

25.0%

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From:To:Increment:
€0€49€5
€50€199€10
€200€399€20
€400€999€50
€1,000€1,999€100
€2,000€3,999€200
€4,000€9,999€500
€10,000€19,999€1,000
€20,000€69,999€2,000
€70,000+€5,000

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