8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel
The auction has ended
|
LOT 90:
Bernard Edelstein – Two Early Photographs of the Colony of Zichron Ya'akov – Wine Production – Late 19th Century
more...
|
|
|
Sold for: $1,900
Start price:
$
1,000
Buyer's Premium: 23%
VAT: 17%
On commission only
|
Bernard Edelstein – Two Early Photographs of the Colony of Zichron Ya'akov – Wine Production – Late 19th Century
Two photographs by Bernard Edelstein documenting wine production in the colony of Zichron Ya'akov in the first years of the winery's operation. Zichron Ya'akov, [late 19th century (ca. 1893-1895)].
1. A photograph of workers in Zichron Ya'akov. Seen in the foreground are mules harnessed to carts bearing barrels of wine produced in the colony's winery. The photograph is signed and titled in the plate: "Transport of grapes in Zichron Ya'akov, Edelstein".
2. Group photograph taken in the barrel cellar at the Zichron Ya'akov winery. Titled in the plate: "'Zichron Ya'akov', the Cellar".
The photographer, Bernard Edelstein, was active in the years ca. 1893-1920. In the 1890s he took a series of photographs of settlements in Palestine supported by Baron Rothschild, including the colony of Zichron Ya'akov. For additional information see: "Photographers of Palestine" by Guy Raz (Hakkibutz Hameuchad Publishing House, 2003), p. 22.
Two photographs: approx. 21X28 cm. Good condition. Creases. Some tears to margins (approx. 2.5-cm-long tear to second photograph). Open tear at the upper left corner of the first photograph.
