Auction 016
Online Auction – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
By Kedem
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Aug 14, 2018
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel
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LOT 118:
Collection of Press Photographs – Shevut Am (Beit Lid) Transit Camp and the Machlul neighborhood in Tel Aviv – 1960s
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Sold for: $300
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Buyer's Premium: 25%
VAT: 17%
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Collection of Press Photographs – Shevut Am (Beit Lid) Transit Camp and the Machlul neighborhood in Tel Aviv – 1960s
19 press photographs documenting the Machlul neighborhood in Tel Aviv and the evacuation of the Shevut Am (Beit Lid) transit camp, by Assaf Kutin, Aryeh Meisels, Maxim Salomon, Reuven Klein and others.
1-4. Photographs of the Machlul hut neighborhood by the Tel Aviv seashore. After the neighborhood was evacuated during the 60s, Atarim Square was constructed in its place. The title "Machlul neighborhood, last palpitations by Menachem Talm[i]" appears on one photo. 1965, 1967. The photos are titled, dated and stamped with the photographer's stamp on verso.
15-19. Photographs from the Shevut Yam transit camp (Beit Lid), described as "Mother of transit camps" on the verso of some of them. The difficult living conditions of the camp and its evacuation are portrayed in these photos. All are titled on verso and most are dated and stamped by the photographers (some bear the photographer's name written by hand; several photographs are not signed or stamped).
9X12.5 cm to 16.5X22 cm. Overall good condition. Few stains.
Provenance: "Maariv" newspaper archive.
