Leopold Stein. Family Scenes from Jewish Life of Former Days from Original Oil Paintings by Prof. M[oritz] Oppenheim.

Auction 91 | Thursday, November 12th, 2020 at 1:00pm

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Arts Featuring an Extensive Collection of Rabbinic Autograph Letters.

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Lot 128

(AMERICAN-JUDAICA).

Leopold Stein. Family Scenes from Jewish Life of Former Days from Original Oil Paintings by Prof. M[oritz] Oppenheim.

English and German on facing columns. pp. 15. Unbound. Tall 8vo. Unrecorded by Singerman.

New York: M. Samelson 1866

Est: $800 - $1,200

PRICE REALIZED $700

<<EARLY WORK OF JEWISH ART IN AMERICA.>> Prepared for an American audience, this essay was to introduce the artwork of Moritz Oppenheim to the Jewish community of New York. Oppenheim’s paintings of idyllic scenes of 18th-century German-Jewish life are here movingly described.