Auction of Fine Judaica.
Opening highlights stem from venerated Chassidic and Rabbinic leaders, including the Chofetz Chaim, the Satmar Rebbe and the Vishnitzer Rebbe (Lots 1-5).
Among Autograph Letters are those written in Russian by the Lubavitcher Rebbetzin, including inscribed, personal photographs captured shortly before her marriage to the Rebbe (Lots 12-16).
The auction includes a number of rare books that stem from the library of a distinguished European scholar; as well as further offerings that stem from the library of the late Haham Solomon Gaon (1912-94).
Judaic books and manuscripts (non-Hebraic) range from Antisemitica to Zionism, and includes Community Pinkas records, Sephardic and Children's Literature, as well as livres d'artistes.
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The auction includes a further offering of Americana from a distinguished Private Collection. Focusing on Jews in the American Civil War, featuring photographs, autograph letters and printed books (Lots 117-164).
The penultimate portion of the auction features Fine & Graphic Art (Lots 170-188), including canvases by Israeli artists: Moshe Gershuni, Yosl Bergner and Reuven Rubin. Of particular note, is a large, vibrant oil painting by the celebrated Russian-American Chassidic artist Zalman Kleinman, dated 1973 (see lot 179).
An exceptionally rare drawing by the Anglo-Jewish female artist Kate Salaman, c. 1840's, is Lot 176.
The final 20 lots of the sale are 20th-century ceremonial objects including by Agam, Bier, Sugarman and Wolpert and a number of Bezalel-era items (Lots 189-208).
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LOT 176:
SALAMAN, KATE. Self-portrait (?). Conté crayon on ...
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Start price:
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8,000
Estimate :
$10,000 - $15,000
Buyer's Premium: 25%
sales tax:
8.875% On the lot's price and buyer's premium
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Item Overview
Description:
SALAMAN, KATE. Self-portrait (?).
Conté crayon on paper. Housed beneath wooden oval frame. Signed in pencil “Kate Salaman” lower right. 7 x 10 inches. (London), c. 1840’s
KATE SALAMAN:
ONE OF THE VERY EARLIEST BRITISH-JEWISH FEMALE ARTISTS.
Salaman was a member of the Royal Academy of Art, noted for her miniature portraits. This particular exquisite drawing is of an unnamed pre-Raphaelite woman with flowing hair.
The daughter of Simeon Kensington Salaman and Alice Cowan, Kate (1821-56) was one of fourteen siblings of a large and literary Jewish family in London, a member of the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish community.
Many Salaman family members excelled in the arts, notably Kate’s eldest brother, Charles Salaman (1814-1901), an accomplished pianist and composer and founder of the Musical Society of London (1858). For more on other siblings who rose to prominence in literature and the arts, see https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/salaman
See also Alfred Rubens, Early Anglo-Jewish Artists, in: Jewish Historical Society of England, Transactions, Vol. 14 (1940), pp. 91-129 (esp. pp. 99-100).
