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In the present catalogue, a distinct chapter is dedicated to the Dayan family, featuring personal letters, photographs, books and documents from the estate of Ruth Dayan; together, this miniature collection recounts the story of the Dayan-Schwartz family over three generation, from Moshe's father Shmuel Dayan to Ruth's and Moshe's children. Included in this collection are a number of letters written by the famous of all Dayans – Moshe Dayan, and a variety of letters and other items sent or presented to family members, such as pictures dedicated to Moshe Dayan by Nobel peace prize laureate Albert Schweitzer, a micrography by Abraham Haba and a letter of appreciation to Moshe Dayan by Yigael Yadin, who served as IDF chief of staff during the 1948 War.
The art chapter features a number of Old Master works – including a forest view by Allaert van Everdingen and "Ruins of the Brederode Castle" attributed to Jacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael – as well as works of Israeli and Judaic art from the collection of art historian Uzi Agassi.
the catalogue also includes an extensive chapter dedicated to numismatics, with an abundance of scrips and coupons, some used by Jewish Palestinian communities in times of distress and need (World War I, the 1948 siege on Jerusalem), some issued by small businesses throughout Palestine – bakeries, groceries and various stores, many of which had gone out of business soon afterwards. The chapter also includes various coins and banknotes: Ottoman, mandatory, and Israeli banknotes and coins, and two silver amuletic medals struck in honor of the formation of the Mandatory government and the appointment of High Commissioner Herbert Samuel.
The catalogue further features a variety of choice items representing the history of Palestine and Zionism – rare books (such as Sh.Y. Agnon's first book published in Palestine and "Tsveyuntsvantsik" by Ka-Tsetnik), letters and manuscripts (by Leah Goldberg, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Uri Tzvi Grinberg and Agnon), publications and ephemera from central events in the history of Zionism (the Katowice conference protocol, autograph postcards by Leo Motzkin), travelogues and scholarly works, Bezalel art, rugs, photographs and more.
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A Bowl of Fruit – Three Photographs by Helmar Lerski
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A Bowl of Fruit – Three Photographs by Helmar Lerski
A Bowl of Fruit, three photographs by Helmar Lerski (1871-1956).
30X24 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Captioned on verso in pencil: "Helmar Lerski" (in pencil). Penned inscription on verso of two photographs: "Copyright paid" (in pen).
Helmar Lerski (1871-1956), cinematographer, photographer and theater actor; one of the most important photographers of pre-state Israel. Lerski grew up in Zurich. His parents were Jewish immigrants of Polish origin. In 1893 he immigrated to the United States, where he joined a theater group with which he toured the cities of the Unites States and Europe – Chicago, New York, Berlin, Zurich and elsewhere – for some twenty years.
In 1910, after leaving the theater, Lerski opened a photography studio in Milwaukee. He started developing a new technique of photography with mirrors; his unique, dramatic play of light and shadow, became the hallmark of his work. In 1915 he returned to Europe, settling in Berlin, where he became involved in filmmaking (he was the cameraman on various films, including Fritz Lang's Metropolis, released in 1927). In the early 1930s, he immigrated to Palestine. His apartment in Tel-Aviv soon became a regular meeting place for the city's photographers, and in 1940 he was elected honorary president of the Palestine Professional Photographers Association (PPPA). In Palestine Lerski created several important series of expressionist photographs, using his unique technique: portraits of Jewish soldiers and of pioneers at work, studies of workers' hands, and more. He also directed the films "Avodah" ("Work", 1935), "Mangina Ivrit" ("Hebrew Melody", 1935), "Yaldei HaShemesh" ("Children of the Sun", 1939) and "Adamah" ("The Land", 1947).
