Centered with Hebrew inscription in elaborate orange-colored lettered ‘Mizrach,’ surrounded by eight vignettes of Jews in 18th-century dress celebrating the Holidays; Eating in the Sukah, conducting a Passover Seder, lighting the Menorah on Chanukah, etc.
AUCTION 62 |
Thursday, June 26th,
2014 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art
Lot 283
(MIZRACH).
Centered with Hebrew inscription in elaborate orange-colored lettered ‘Mizrach,’ surrounded by eight vignettes of Jews in 18th-century dress celebrating the Holidays; Eating in the Sukah, conducting a Passover Seder, lighting the Menorah on Chanukah, etc.
20th-century:
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
PRICE REALIZED $4,250
Based on the 18th century precedent, see Isaiah Shachar, Jewish Tradition in Art: The Feuchtwanger Collection (1981) p. 50, no. 107. For another early example, see Sotheby’s New York, Judaica, March 16th, 1999, Lot 48.