Auction 85
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
By Kestenbaum & Company
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Nov 7, 2019
242 West 30th Street, 12th Floor, New York NY 10001, United States
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LOT 220:
JOSEPH, RABBI JACOB
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Estimated price :
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4,000 - $6,000
Buyer's Premium: 25%
sales tax: 8.875%
On commission only
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JOSEPH, RABBI JACOB
Half-length portrait, facing right.
Oil painting on panel, signature in red (indecipherable) lower right.
Expertly retouched in places. Contemporary gilt frame. 15.5 x 20 inches.
Provenance: From the Estate of Chief Rabbi Joseph’s great grand-daughter. Rabbi Ya’akov Yoseph (1848-1902) studied at the Yeshiva of Volozhin, before his appointment as Rabbi of Vilna in 1883. In 1888 he was called to the United States to assume the newly created post of Chief Rabbi of the Orthodox Congregations of Russian Jews in New York City. However due to the tragedy of his experiences at the hands of New York Jewry, he would be the first and the last “Rav Hakollel” - Chief Rabbi of New York. See Yonah Landau, The Rav Hakolel and His Generation: A Biography of Yaakov Yosef Chief Rabbi of New York and His Battles for Yiddishkeit at the Turn of the Century (2011).
Provenance: From the Estate of Chief Rabbi Joseph’s great grand-daughter. Rabbi Ya’akov Yoseph (1848-1902) studied at the Yeshiva of Volozhin, before his appointment as Rabbi of Vilna in 1883. In 1888 he was called to the United States to assume the newly created post of Chief Rabbi of the Orthodox Congregations of Russian Jews in New York City. However due to the tragedy of his experiences at the hands of New York Jewry, he would be the first and the last “Rav Hakollel” - Chief Rabbi of New York. See Yonah Landau, The Rav Hakolel and His Generation: A Biography of Yaakov Yosef Chief Rabbi of New York and His Battles for Yiddishkeit at the Turn of the Century (2011).
