Auction 65 · Lot 178
Immigrant Jews Arriving on the Shores of Denmark.
- Estimate
- $600–$900
- Hammer price
- $200
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
HENNINGSEN, FRANTS PETER DIDRIK.
Place
Danish, (1850-1908)
Description
Pencil drawing on paper. Folds and clean tears. Unexamined out of frame.
summary
Realist artist Frants Henningsen is known for genre scenes of his home of Denmark. The present subject, Jewish travelers at port, likely reflects the arrival of some 3,000 Jewish refugees into Denmark as a result of the Kishinev pogroms in 1903 and 1905. Of interest are the exotically dressed Russian Jews - scarved women and bearded men in long coats - curiously observed by the local Danes in the foreground.
6 x 8.5 inches.
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