Bidspirit auction | Lot of 4 Judaica art


Lot of 4 Judaica art postcards: ”Portrait of a Rabbi” by Marc Chagall (Art Institute of Chicago), ”The Torah Scroll Writer” by Jozef Israëls, a rabbi reading by Lazar Krestin and ”Weary Wanderers” by Pilichowski (Jehudia, Warsaw) - Lot of 4 Judaica art postcards: 1. Marc Chagall, ”Portrait of a Rabbi”: the praying Jew in tallit and tefillin, from the Joseph Winterbotham Collection of The Art Institute of Chicago. On the back: ”Marc Chagall, French, 1887-”, printed by Arthur Jaffé Heliochrome Co., New York, A357. Unused, pencil notes. 2. Jozef Israëls, ”De Wetsrolschrijver” (The Torah Scroll Writer): an old scribe writing a scroll by a window, sepia card. On the back: ”Gemeente-Museum voor Moderne Kunst, 's-Gravenhage” (Municipal Museum of Modern Art, The Hague), published by Weenenk & Snel, The Hague. Unused. 3. Lazar Krestin, an old rabbi in a red fur hat wrapped in a tallit, reading a book at a table with a candlestick, artist's signature in the painting. Published by B.K.W.I. 776/3, Vienna. Unused. 4. L. Pilichowski, ”Weary Wanderers” (Nodedim Ayefim): two old Jews with wanderers' sticks sitting on steps, Hebrew title. Published by ”Jehudia” (Verlag Jehudia), Warsaw, no. 102, Russian ”Pochtovaya kartochka / Carte postale” back from before WWI, a line of Hebrew handwriting on the back. Overall good condition, signs of age and light corner wear.