Synagogue in Nuremberg.

AUCTION 64 | Thursday, March 19th, 2015 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Ceremonial Objects, Maps and Graphic Art

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Lot 286

DISTEL, VAL.

Synagogue in Nuremberg.

Oil on canvas. Signed, titled and dated by artist in red lower left. Inscribed on verso of frame: “---- Familie Distel, 16.5.1905.” Framed. 15 x 23 inches.

1905:

Est: $1,200 - $1,800

PRICE REALIZED $900

Depicts the old town of Nuremberg, including the domed Main Synagogue, or ‘Hauptsynagoge’ loacted at Hans Sachs Platz, along the Pegnitz River. On August 10th 1938 the German-Nazis entirely destroyed the building.