A. Ch. Ein Güt Heil der Daitschen Cornerschaft! Caricature of Jews engaging in competitive sports
AUCTION 32 |
Thursday, March 23rd,
2006 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Autographed Letters, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
Lot 356
(SPORTS)
A. Ch. Ein Güt Heil der Daitschen Cornerschaft! Caricature of Jews engaging in competitive sports
Austrian Empire, 1888:
Est: $700 - $1,000
In the top left corner, we read “Tarnopol, Dem Sieger” [Tarnopol, the Victor] opposite “Krems, die Jüngfern” [Krems, the Loser]. We also spy the Hebrew words “Kiddush Hashem” [Sanctification of the Name]. At bottom, on a bar-bell, there is provided the date, “1888,” and the artist’s signature, “A. Ch.”
Kremsir, Moravia had a Jewish population of 920 in 1897; Tarnopol, in eastern Galicia, had a Jewish population of 14,000 in 1905. See JE, Vol. VII, pp. 573-574; Vol. XII, pp. 63-64. Both were situated witin the farflung Austrian Empire. It stands to reason that the caricature depicts a competition between the Jewish athletic clubs of the two cities