Ghetto Street, Cracow. <<*>> The Only Flowers of her Youth. <<*>> A Distinguished Talmudist. Kazimierz. <<*>> Hiding from the Endecja (Polish National Democratic Party).
AUCTION 66 |
Thursday, November 19th,
2015 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art
Lot 310
VISHNIAC, ROMAN.
Ghetto Street, Cracow. <<*>> The Only Flowers of her Youth. <<*>> A Distinguished Talmudist. Kazimierz. <<*>> Hiding from the Endecja (Polish National Democratic Party).
circa 1935, (printed later):
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
PRICE REALIZED $4,750
Russian-American photographer and biologist, Roman Vishniac (1897-1990) is best known for capturing on film the culture of the Jews of Central and Eastern Europe immediately prior to the Holocaust.
His archive presently resides in the International Center of Photography (ICP), New York.