(OMER CALENDAR). Watercolor on papercut

AUCTION 39 | Thursday, April 03rd, 2008 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art

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Lot 338

(PAPERCUT).

(OMER CALENDAR). Watercolor on papercut

Vivid hues. Traditional Jewish motifs of eagles, lions and seven-branched candelabrum. At bottom, cartouche reads in German and Hebrew: "Breslau 1876, Ya'akov Benyamin Brandeis." In lower right hand corner, bookplate: "Jakob B. Brandeis, Buchhandlung, Breslau, Carlsstrasse Nr. 30" Some marginal fraying. 18 x 25 1/2 inches (actual image). Not examined out of frame

Breslau: 1876

Est: $10,000 - $15,000

PRICE REALIZED $10,000

Jacob Benjamin Brandeis was a member of the distinguished Brandeis Family of Prague. He married the daughter of Pasheles Wolf (1814-1857), founder of S. Pasheles & Sons of Prague, the first Jewish Antiquariat. Brandeis opened a branch of the firm in Breslau in 1849, "Judische Universale Bibliotheque." Cf. J. and Y. Shadur, Jewish Papercuts: A History and Guide (1994), pp. 53-4. Provenance: Sotheby's Tel-Aviv, April 1993, Lot 104