Auction 11
Eretz Israel, settlement, anti-Semitism, Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pleita, postcards and photographs, Judaica - Books, Rabbinical Letters, Objects
May 24, 2021
Abraham Ferrera 1 , Jerusalem, Israel
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The auction will take place on Monday, May 24, 2021 at 19:00 (Israel time).
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LOT 136:
Felix Bonfis - Temple Place. c. 1875
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Sold for: $440
Start price:
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Felix Bonfis - Temple Place. c. 1875
Temple Place - Photo by Felix bonfils - Signed in the plate. c- 1875
Bonfis, a great 19th-century photographer of the Land of Israel "What is unique about Bonfis' work is the rare quality of the photographs. The landscape, even the most sterile, becomes an artist-created work by the uncompromising angle of photography" [First Eretz Israel Photography edited by Eli Schiller and Menachem Levin, p. 92]. In the foreword to the album "Memories from the East" (published in 1877, one of Bonfils' most famous works that included hundreds of original photos of the Holy Land and the Orient), the president of the French Society for Literature and Science wrote: "The photos of F. Bonfils are one of the greatest achievements of our generation ... the man who took upon himself an expansive job do an unbelievably important service to science with countless risks ...".
Size: 28 x23 cm. Very good condition.
