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Nov. 05, 2024
Mendel Gorshman (1902-1972) – Collection of Illustrations and Sketches for Works by Sholem Aleichem and I.L. Peretz
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Collection of sixteen original drawings and illustrations by Mendel Gorshman. Includes illustrations for works by Sholem Aleichem – "Tevye the Dairyman" and "Motl Peyse dem Khazns" – I.L. Peretz, and others. [Russia, ca. 1940s-70s]. Ink on paper. Verso of most illustrations bear handwritten notes (in Russian) with names of stories and works for which the illustrations were created, dates, printing instructions, and additional information. Verso of two plates bear sketches of additional illustrations. All illustrations tipped in to paper boards. [16] plates. Size and condition vary. Overall good condition. Mendel Gorshman (Мендель Хаимович Горшман; 1902-1972), Soviet-Jewish graphic artist, illustrator and painter, born to a traditional Jewish family in Borisov, Minsk region, Belarus. Studied at Yakob Kruger's art school in Minsk, later at Nikolai Kupreyanov's art workshop in Kostroma and in the graphics department of Vkhutemas in Moscow. Member of several Soviet art groups, including OST (OCT) and "Four Arts" (Четыре искусства). Worked for several important publishing houses in Russia, illustrating works by major Jewish writers and poets including Isaac Babel, Sholem Aleichem, I.L. Peretz, Mendele Mocher Sforim, Peretz Markish and others. His illustrations also accompanied several classic works of Russian literature. His works were exhibited over the years in several important exhibitions in the Soviet Union and abroad and are now preserved in important collections and museums in Russia, including the Pushkin Museum and the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.
Kedem Public Auction House Ltd
Jan. 10, 2022
Mendel Gorshman [1902-1972] - Portrait of Meir Axelrod
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Mendel Gorshman [1902-1972] - Portrait of his friend Meir Axelrod - pencil on paper, signed, depicted, and dated, 1937. About the painter Mendel Gorshman, see item 189. Meir Moyszewicz Axelrod [1902-1970], Soviet Jewish painter. In 1921, the first exhibition of his paintings was organized in Minsk. In 1932 he joined the Moscow Painters' Association. Between 1930 and 1931, he and his friend Mendel Gorshman visited Vio Nova twice, a kibbutz that was established in the Crimea by Jews who came down from Eretz Israel (see previous item), following which he created a number of works. An exhibition of Axelrod's paintings dedicated to Vio Nova, entitled "The Lost Paradise", was displayed at the Ein Harod Museum. In the 1930s, Axelrod designed books and worked in theaters, including the Jewish Theater of Belarus and the Jewish Theater of Moscow. During World War II he lived with his family in Almaty, where he assisted Jewish refugees from Poland. In 1944 in Almaty there was a personal exhibition of his paintings. Died in 1970 in Moscow. Provenance: Mendel Gorshman's estate, purchased from his son. Size: 44x32 cm. Stain on the top of the painting on the right. Good condition.
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Jan. 10, 2022
Mendel Gorshman [1902-1972] - Sketch for Yitzhak Leibush Peretz's book
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Mendel Gorshman - an original Sketch of Yitzhak Leibush Peretz's book, signed on the back by the publisher. About Mendel Gorshman, see item 189. Provenance: Mendel Gorshman's estate, purchased from his son. size: 30x17 cm. Very good condition.
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Jan. 10, 2022
Mendel Gorshman [1902-1972] - marker painting
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Mendel Gorshman - marker drawing - Sketch for of Shalom Aleichem's story Malchut Shamayim - "Kingdom of Heaven" - signed, and numbered on the back. About Mendel Gorshman, see item 189. Provenance: Mendel Gorshman's estate, purchased from his son. Size: 21x14 cm. Very good condition.
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Jan. 10, 2022
Mendel Gorshman [1902-1972] - The Jewish Commune in Vio Nova
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Mendel Gorshman - a landscape of Jewish autonomy in Vio Nova painting - watercolor on paper - signed, depicted, and dated on the back - 1933. On the back of the painting is also a pencil drawing by Mendel Gorshman - a portrait of the leader of the Jewish commune in Vio Nova Menachem Elkind apperantly. Mendel Gorshman [1902-1972], a Jewish-Soviet painter and graphic artist from the "High School of Painters" established in Moscow in 1920, where Jewish artists as El Lissitzky, Meir Axelrod, Solomon Boim, and others studied. Gorshman illustrated about 60 books, including books published by the Yiddish publishing house "Der Amas", such as the books of Shalom Aleichem, Peretz Markish, Madanley Mocher Sfarim, Y.L. Peretz and others. In the 1930s, Gorshman made a trip to the Jewish agricultural communities in the Soviet Union with his friend the artist Meir Axelrad. At that time he performed several works that dealt with the life of the kibbutz Via Nova which was established by the 'retirees of the Labor Battalion' in the Crimean peninsula who immigrated to the Soviet Union. The commune "Vio Nova" (Esperanto: Vojo Nova, "New Way") was founded by a group of 30 members of the Labor Battalion, led by Menachem Elkind in the Crimea. These were members of the Third Aliyah who experienced the severe unemployment that broke out in Eretz Israel in 1926. In the Palestine Battalion, two groups were formed whose social unrest due to unemployment exacerbated the differences between them. The left-wing group led by Menachem Elkind, saw communism and the Soviet Union as an ideal. They withdrew from the battalion and responded to Elkind's call to emigrate to the Soviet Union for the Crimean peninsula, and established Jewish autonomy in it. For the group of descendants, 60-80 men and women, the Soviets assigned an abandoned farm, near the city of Yevpatoria. The name of the kibbutz was determined in the Esperanto language - "Vio Nova", since a Hebrew name was forbidden, and name in Yiddish or Russian, the members did not want to take it upon themselves, in order to maintain their distinct identity. However, the everyday language of the kibbutz was Hebrew. The settlers established a kibbutz with all its recognized institutions of israeli kibbutz: a dining room and a children's home, a joint commune for clothes and a joint expenditure fund, evenings of singing together, large areas for cultivation, and Hebrew and Jewish education. They faced extreme cold and lack of equipment and clothing, but were idealists and believed in their way. In 1935, the authorities announced the abolition of the kibbutz institutions, the children's home and the dining room, and the definition of the place as a kolkhoz called "Druzhba Narodov" ("Brotherhood of Nations"). Most of the original settlers, including Elkind himself, left for Leningrad and Moscow, some of whom were injured during the great Murders, and were replaced by Russian and Ukrainian settlers. In 1930, the Soviet authorities sent to "Vio Nova" a number of artisans to document life on the Jewish kibbutz in the Soviet Union, "Reflecting the achievements of socialist construction, collectivization and electricity distribution". Among the artists were the painters Mendel Gorshman and Meir Axelrod (Who was then 28 years old). An exhibition of these paintings by Axelrod, entitled "The Lost Paradise", was displayed at the Ein Harod Museum, and Gorshman's own paintings have not been exposed to the public over the years. Renowned Yiddish writer Shira Gorshman was also among the group's members at Vio Nova. She married Mendel Gorshman and with him left the place and moved to Moscow. In 1989 she immigrated to Israel and published the book "Hannah's Sheep and Cattle", in which she described her experiences in Vio Nova, accompanied by illustrations of her late husband. A few years after her rise, Channel One produced the documentary "A New Way" (see here ), directed by Arn Petenkin, in which Gorshman told her experiences in the Labor Battalion and in Vio Nova. See also Zvi Livna's important book "Jewish Farmers in the Soviet Union" (Poalim Library Publishing, 1965) in which many testimonies and memories of an unconventional Jewish world that has almost completely disappeared. Presently, Gorshman's works are displayed in various museums around the world, including the National Museum of Art of Painting in Moscow, and the Ethnographic Museum in St. Petersburg. Provenance: Mendel Gorshman's estate, purchased from his son. Size: 48x32 cm. Tear in the right middle. Peeled paint in the corners. general condition good.
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Dec. 03, 2015
MENDEL GORSHMAN Hand Signed Drawing Russian 1924 Jewish Judaica
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
MENDEL HAIMOVICH GORSHMAN 1902-1972(Russian)Title: The Tailor, 1924Technique: Original Signed, Titled, Inscribed and Dated Pen Drawing on paperSize: 24 x 17.5 cm / 9.4 x 6.9 inAdditional Information: The drawing is hand signed with the artist's initials and hand dated ('24) at the lower right corner.It is also inscribed in Russian verso with the artist name and title of the work.The paper bears the stamp of Raya Moiseevna Dine verso, which is hand numbered "52". Provenance: The collection of Raya Moiseevna Dine. (stamp verso)Condition: Good condition. not examine dout of the frame
Gilden's Art Gallery
Jun. 11, 2015
MENDEL GORSHMAN Hand Signed Drawing Russian 1924 Jewish Judaica
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
MENDEL HAIMOVICH GORSHMAN 1902-1972 (Russian) Title: The Tailor, 1924 Technique: Original Signed, Titled, Inscribed and Dated Pen Drawing on paper Size: 24 x 17.5 cm / 9.4 x 6.9 in Additional Information: The drawing is hand signed with the artist's initials and hand dated ('24) at the lower right corner. It is also inscribed in Russian verso with the artist name and title of the work. The paper bears the stamp of Raya Moiseevna Dine verso, which is hand numbered "52". Provenance: The collection of Raya Moiseevna Dine. (stamp verso) Condition: Good condition. not examine dout of the frame
Gilden's Art Gallery
Nov. 25, 2014
MENDEL GORSHMAN Hand Signed Drawing Russian 1924 Jewish Judaica
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
MENDEL HAIMOVICH GORSHMAN 1902-1972 (Russian) Title: The Tailor, 1924 Technique: Original Signed, Titled, Inscribed and Dated Pen Drawing on paper Size: 24 x 17.5 cm / 9.4 x 6.9 in Additional Information: The drawing is hand signed with the artist's initials and hand dated ('24) at the lower right corner. It is also inscribed in Russian verso with the artist name and title of the work. The paper bears the stamp of Raya Moiseevna Dine verso, which is hand numbered "52". Provenance: The collection of Raya Moiseevna Dine. (stamp verso) Condition: Good condition. not examine dout of the frame
Gilden's Art Gallery
Jun. 19, 2014
MENDEL GORSHMAN Hand Signed Drawing Russian 1924 Jewish Judaica
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
MENDEL HAIMOVICH GORSHMAN 1902-1972 (Russian) Title: The Tailor, 1924 Technique: Original Signed, Titled, Inscribed and Dated Pen Drawing on paper Size: 24 x 17.5 cm / 9.4 x 6.9 in Additional Information: The drawing is hand signed with the artist's initials and hand dated ('24) at the lower right corner. It is also inscribed in Russian verso with the artist name and title of the work. The paper bears the stamp of Raya Moiseevna Dine verso, which is hand numbered "52". Provenance: The collection of Raya Moiseevna Dine. (stamp verso) Condition: Good condition. not examine dout of the frame
Gilden's Art Gallery
Jul. 19, 2011
Mendel Gorshman
Est: $500 - $700
The Jewish Tailor, 1924, Ink, Signed and dated.
Montefiore Auction House