Jewish Innkeeper.

AUCTION 70 | Thursday, September 22nd, 2016 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autographed Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 47

(POLAND).

Jewish Innkeeper.

Lithograph by Gustaw Pillati (1874-1931). Framed. 12.25 x 31 inches.

Warsaw, (c. 1928):

Est: $4,000 - $6,000

<<A highly scarce image of a Jewish-run tavern.>> Featuring Polish peasants in traditional holiday dress, dancing to a Jewish fiddler’s tunes, while another Jew serves drinks. From the renditions of Polish folk-life: “Typy Polskie.” See G. Dynner, Yankel’s Tavern: Jews, Liquor and Life in the Kingdom of Poland (2013) pp. 28-30.