Author: Narinsky, Shlomo (1885-1960)
Title: Jerusalem 1910-1920 - 40 Photogravures by S. Narinsky. First Edition
Description: Jerusalem: Gamal Bros. 1921. 31 x 44 cm. Smooth cloth box with metal clasp with 40 gravures loose as issued . Two gilt embossed titles pages and one gilt embossed cloth frontispiece; 42 sepia-toned plates, mainly 9 x 15 cm. and 15 x 9 cm. mounted on card 28 x 22 cm. with captions below; glassine guards with publisher's blindstamps, Jerusalem, Gamal Bros. 1921. Scarce. No copies in OCLC. Shlomo Narinsky (1885-1960) an artist-photographer, an illustrator and a painter, came to Israel on the second Aliyah wave, and was among the social circle of David Ben-Gurion and Yitzhak Ben-Zvi. On the early 20th century, he photographed landscapes and people from the early days in Israel. His wife, Sonia Narinsky, was his Studio's partner and was a photographer herself. Born in the district of Korsakov in South Russia (today's Ukraine) Shlomo studied art and specialized in painting in Moscow. From 1904-1905 he lived in Paris and Berlin, where he studied painting and photography. A short time after returning to Russia he moved to Israel and settled in Jerusalem, where he established with Yaacov Houtimsky a photography studio by the name of "United Photography". Narinsky was in touch with artists of Bezalel, with people from the theatre and the literary world who were acquainted with Eliezer Ben-Yehuda. During the first years in Israel he photographed postcards of landscapes, sites and portraits. Most of the picture series were sold to a print and publishing house of the Gamal brothers in Jerusalem. In 1918 and throughout the 20's the publishing house continued to produce those pictures as postcards. .
Keywords: Judaica
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Title: Jerusalem 1910-1920 - 40 Photogravures by S. Narinsky. First Edition
Description: Jerusalem: Gamal Bros. 1921. 31 x 44 cm. Smooth cloth box with metal clasp with 40 gravures loose as issued . Two gilt embossed titles pages and one gilt embossed cloth frontispiece; 42 sepia-toned plates, mainly 9 x 15 cm. and 15 x 9 cm. mounted on card 28 x 22 cm. with captions below; glassine guards with publisher's blindstamps, Jerusalem, Gamal Bros. 1921. Scarce. No copies in OCLC. Shlomo Narinsky (1885-1960) an artist-photographer, an illustrator and a painter, came to Israel on the second Aliyah wave, and was among the social circle of David Ben-Gurion and Yitzhak Ben-Zvi. On the early 20th century, he photographed landscapes and people from the early days in Israel. His wife, Sonia Narinsky, was his Studio's partner and was a photographer herself. Born in the district of Korsakov in South Russia (today's Ukraine) Shlomo studied art and specialized in painting in Moscow. From 1904-1905 he lived in Paris and Berlin, where he studied painting and photography. A short time after returning to Russia he moved to Israel and settled in Jerusalem, where he established with Yaacov Houtimsky a photography studio by the name of "United Photography". Narinsky was in touch with artists of Bezalel, with people from the theatre and the literary world who were acquainted with Eliezer Ben-Yehuda. During the first years in Israel he photographed postcards of landscapes, sites and portraits. Most of the picture series were sold to a print and publishing house of the Gamal brothers in Jerusalem. In 1918 and throughout the 20's the publishing house continued to produce those pictures as postcards. .
Keywords: Judaica
Price: US$ 2000.00 Seller: Wittenborn Art Books
- Book number: 51-2938
- Book number: 51-2938
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