AMERICAN ANTI-SEMITIC GLAZED CERAMIC TILE.
AUCTION 55 |
Thursday, June 21st,
2012 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 406
AMERICAN ANTI-SEMITIC GLAZED CERAMIC TILE.
circa 1881
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
PRICE REALIZED $1,300
The tile uses the Christian expression of praise “Never Enough” in the context here, of degrading the money-hungry Jew.
See William Benton Museum of Art Exhibition Catalogue (1979): American Decorative Tiles 1870-1930, p. 31, no. 87.