Auction 70 · Lot 78
GERMAN “JUDE” THEATER MASK.
- Estimate
- $1,500–$2,000
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Publication
1930’s
Description
“Jew” mask made of molded card in the form of the upper portion of a human face, painted to suggest skin tone, eye brows and lips. In additional, blue “Jude” in Star-of-David prominently featured on the face’s brow. With cut-outs for eye sockets and nostrils. 6 x 7 inches.
summary
Reminiscent of the German cabaret theater of the Weimar era. This mask represented the Jewish character in a play or cabaret, or possibly worn by an audience member or night-club attendee. Political satire in the cabaret theater of the 1930’s would undoubtedly include the character of a Jew.