Bidspirit auction | (AMERICAN-JUDAICA). M.J. Gelb (Artistic Penman).

(AMERICAN-JUDAICA). M.J. Gelb (Artistic Penman). Memorial Calendar - Yohrzeit Tabelen. Illuminated Manuscript. Pen-and-ink and colored pencils. Created to record the memory of Simon Solomon, Simchah son of Yitzchak Dovid, died 9th Teveth, 1925. Includes cabinet photograph of the deceased, with annual listing (1926-1982) of the Yohrzeit date, surrounded by colorful border incorporating flags of the United States and the Zionist movement, and other iconographic motifs. Artist recorded below. Housed in original frame. Approx. 9.5 x 13 inches. Not examined out of frame. St. Louis, 1926. AN UNCOMMON EXAMPLE OF AMERICAN-JEWISH ARTISTIC WORK. Created by a talented artisan in St. Louis in 1926 with motifs pointing both toward the artists' Jewish heritage and patriotism for America. Verso with printed announcement by the artist M.J. Gelb, specifying costs for producing such custom Yohrzeit charts. Two further illuminated single page manuscripts by the artist M.J. Gelb are in the collection of The Jewish Museum, New York.