Leopold Stein. Family Scenes from Jewish Life of Former Days from Original Oil Paintings by Prof. M[oritz] Oppenheim.

Estimate: $800–$1,200
Hammer price: $700

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author

(AMERICAN-JUDAICA).

printer

M. Samelson

Place

New York

Publication

1866

Description

English and German on facing columns.

references

Unrecorded by Singerman.

summary

EARLY WORK OF JEWISH ART IN AMERICA. Prepared for an American audience, this essay was to introduce the artwork of Moritz Oppenheim to the Jewish community of New York. Oppenheim’s paintings of idyllic scenes of 18th-century German-Jewish life are here movingly described.

pp. 15. Unbound. Tall 8vo.

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