Theodor Herzl. Three-quater length portrait in profile; in his study seated at desk with copies of “Die Welt”.
AUCTION 12 |
Tuesday, March 13th,
2001 at 1:00
Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din
Lot 315
HAGAMAN, I.
Theodor Herzl. Three-quater length portrait in profile; in his study seated at desk with copies of “Die Welt”.
Vienna, 1903.:
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
PRICE REALIZED $5,500
Theodor Herzl (1860-1904), the Elder Statesman of the Zionist Movement, lived in Vienna from 1878 until his death in 1904. He founded the weekly “Die Welt” for the dissemination of the Zionist idea and the first issue appeared on June 4th, 1897. Herzl was the first editor in chief. He sat for this portrait in his Vienna study in the year before his premature death in 1904.