Auction 018
Online Auction – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Jan 23, 2019
Israel
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 487:
Seven Postcards with Photographs of Jerusalemite Figures from Different Ethnic Groups – Hand-signed by Photographer ...
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Seven Postcards with Photographs of Jerusalemite Figures from Different Ethnic Groups – Hand-signed by Photographer Arthur Bauer
Seven postcards issued by "Photo Barak" with photographs of Jerusalemite figures of different ethnic groups, by the photographer Arthur Bauer. Jerusalem, [ca. 1930s].
Seen in the photographs are Sephardi children, Yemenite Jews, a Jewish woman from Morocco, a Jewish woman from Persia, a Hasidic boy and an Ethiopian priest. The photographs are numbered, titled and hand-signed on the bottom by the photographer Arthur Bauer (English, one postcard is signed and titled in Hebrew). A printed inscription appears on the back of six postcards: "Photo – Barak, Jerusalem" the the seventh postcard is stamped on the back - "Barak" (Photo Barak studio, founded in Jerusalem in 1935 by photographer Arthur Bauer).
See: Kedem catalogue no. 60, item no. 96 – the portfolio "Types in Jerusalem" with photographs by Bauer.
Approx. 14X9 cm. Good condition.
Provenance: Rimon Family Collection.
