The Holy Land 1910-1921 – Photogravures by Shlomo Narinsky – Limited Numbered Edition

The Holy Land 1910-1921, Photogravures by S. Narinsky. Portfolio comprising 70 photogravure prints of photographs by Shlomo Narinsky, with an introduction by Tim Gidal. [Israel, ca. 1980]. English.

The portfolio contains 70 photogravures after photographs by Narinsky, mounted on card, from a series of 118 photographs first published in an album of the same title in 1921 by the Jamal brothers.

The prints include: portrait of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda; portrait of Sarah Aaronsohn; portraits of Jews and Arabs; Jerusalem and the Holy Sites; cities, important sites and landscapes across the Land of Israel, and more.

Copy no. 68 of a limited edition of 220 copies.

Shlomo Narinsky (1885-1960), born in Russia, studied photography in Berlin. In 1905 he immigrated to Palestine and settled in Jerusalem, where he opened a photography studio. During World War I he fled to Egypt, later returning to the country; eventually he settled in France. In 1940 he and his wife were arrested and interned in concentration camps until 1944, when they were released in exchange for a German prisoner and returned to Palestine. He passed away in 1960.

70 + [2] leaves (introduction and list of plates). Photogravures: 9X14 cm; plates (with tissue guards): 22X28 cm. Housed in matching case. Good condition.