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LOT 388:
(PHOTOGRAPHY). JACOB BENOR KALTER. Jerusalem.
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(PHOTOGRAPHY). JACOB BENOR KALTER. Jerusalem.
Group of eleven photographs. Each pencil signed by the photographer. Sheet size: 10 x 12 inches.
For nearly two decades, Yaakov (Jacob) Benor-Kalter (1897-1969) traversed the Old City of Jerusalem, documenting renowned historical monuments, ambiguous subjects in familiar alleyways, and scores of 'new Jews' building a new homeland.
Benor-Kalter's photographs smoothly oscillate between two worlds, and two Holy Lands, with one lens. After immigrating from Poland to the British Mandate of Palestine, Benor-Kalter worked as a photographer and graphic designer, employed by both the British government and several Zionist organizations. His photographs, taken between 1923 and 1940, established a new visual record, providing a romanticized glimpse into the British colonial endeavor while offering a contemporary view of the plans to create a modern Jewish State in the region. See Magnes Museum Exhibition: https://magnes.berkeley.edu/exhibitions/project-holy-land.
