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(MIZRACH).

Auction 72 · Lot 288

(MIZRACH).

Estimate
$1,000–$1,500
Hammer price
$800

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

Place

(American), 1937

Description

Multicolored map of Palestine with Yiddish text throughout. Central large illustration depicting the Holy Land and Mediterranean Sea, delineated by Biblical distribution; including the latitude and longitude degrees; surrounded by vignettes of holy sites and cities of Israel: Western Wall, Jaffa, Safed, Tomb of King David on Mount Zion, Tomb of Abraham in Hebron, Tiberias and Haifa. On either side in neoclassical frames are lists of twenty-two ‘Yiddish Colonies’ including: Chadera, Metulah, Petach Tiqva, Zichron Yaakov and Rechovot.” Under the central illustration is a shield for parental yahrtzeit information. The whole titled ‘Mizrach’ and bearing Hebrew and English ‘Jerusalem’ at top. Lithograph.
Closely trimmed at lower margin. 21.5 x 17 inches.
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