Bidspirit auction | Lot of 6 art postcards:
Lot of 6 art postcards: E.M. Lilien (two, from ”Lieder des Ghetto”), Alphonse Lévy, Jozef Israëls, St. Bender (”Ghetto-Jude”) and W. Kossak, publishers in Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, Munich and Krakow, unused, 1900-1918 - 6 art postcards after works by various artists, five of them on Jewish subjects. In the lot: (1) E.M. Lilien, ”Sturm” (Storm), from Morris Rosenfeld's ”Lieder des Ghetto” illustrated by Lilien, Verlag B. Harz, Berlin; (2) E.M. Lilien, ”Elul-Melodien” (Elul Melodies), same series and publisher; (3) Alphonse Lévy, no. 16, the rabbi gives a friendly pat to his favourite pupil met on a walk, captions in French and in Hebrew letters, Collection d'Art & d'Histoire E.S., Paris; (4) Jozef Israëls, ”Langs moeder's graf” (Passing Mother's Grave), Abrahamson & Van Straaten, Amsterdam, no. 1284, English handwriting on the front; (5) St. Bender, ”Ghetto-Jude / Żyd” (Ghetto Jew), Poland, Künstler-Postkarte in the Moderne Kunst series no. 110, F. Bruckmann, Munich; (6) W. Kossak, ”Podczas inwazyi rosyjskiej / Während russischer Invasion” (During the Russian Invasion), a ruined house and a rider with a lance, Salon of Polish Painters, Krakow (Wydawnictwo Salonu Malarzy Polskich), series 76/35. Printed 1900-1918: the Israëls card has an address-only back, and the Kossak card belongs to the First World War. Unused. Light wear, pencil marks on the back of most cards. Condition: exactly as photographed.