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Micrographic portrait of Rabbi Akiva Eger of Posen, incorporating Psalms. Issued as a “shemira” (Protection) for a baby and the mother by the artist Samuel Hirsch Maros Dasarhely (Tzvi ben Yaakov).

Auction 63 · Lot 369

Micrographic portrait of Rabbi Akiva Eger of Posen, incorporating Psalms. Issued as a “shemira” (Protection) for a baby and the mother by the artist Samuel Hirsch Maros Dasarhely (Tzvi ben Yaakov).

Estimate
$1,200–$1,800
Hammer price
$4,400

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

author

(MICROGRAPHY).

Place

Budapest, c. 1920

Description

Printed with gold ink.
Some stains, some mostly marginal repair and slight repair at central fold. 12.5 x 9.5 inches.
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