Scènes Familiales Juives

Estimate: $1,400–$1,800
Hammer price: $1,300

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

author

LEVY, ALPHONSE

Place

Paris

Publication

c.1900

Description

Frontispiece and 21 charming plates of Alsatian Jewish life and custom, each captioned in French and (pidgin!)-Yiddish. Preface by Bernard Lazare

references

not in Rubens

summary

For an interesting comparison between Levy and his contemporary Moritz Oppenheim (see lot 493) see N.L. Kleeblatt, Illustrating Jewish Lifestyles on Opposite Banks of the Rhine: Alphonse Levy’s Alsatian Peasants and Moritz Daniel Oppenheim’s Frankfurt Burghers, in: Journal of Jewish Art, Volume 16/17 (1990/91) pp.53-63

Edges of half-title chipped, unbound, rebacked. Sm. folio

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