Isaac Rosenberg Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Isaac Rosenberg Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 27, 2024
Isaac Rosenberg (British, 1890-1918) A Cape Woman (Painted in 1914)
Est: £6,000 - £8,000
Isaac Rosenberg (British, 1890-1918) A Cape Woman oil on board 38 x 29cm (14 15/16 x 11 7/16in). Painted in 1914
Bonhams
Jul. 11, 2024
ISAAC ROSENBERG (BRITISH 1890-1918), HEAD OF A WOMAN IN PROFILE
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
ISAAC ROSENBERG (BRITISH 1890-1918)HEAD OF A WOMAN IN PROFILE Pencil Signed and dated 1914 (lower right)16 x 16.5cm (6¼ x 6¼ in.) Exhibited: London, Belgrave Gallery, December Exhibition, 2004, no. 51 (illustrated p. 22)London, Ben Uri Gallery, Whitechapel At War: Isaac Rosenberg & His Circle, 2008, no. 21 (illustrated p. 91) Leeds, Leeds University, Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, Whitechapel At War: Isaac Rosenberg & His Circle, 2008, no. 21 (illustrated p. 91) Literature: Art & letters, Summer 1919, Vol II no. 3 (illustrated opposite p. 108), following essay by Annie Rosenberg (sister of Isaac), Isaac Rosenberg: In Memoriam, pp. 106-7Joseph Cohen, Journey to the Trenches: The Life of Isaac Rosenberg, 1973, (illustrated opposite p. 112)Ian Parsons (ed), The Collected Works of Isaac Rosenberg, 1976 (illustrated opposite p. 145)Jean Moorcroft Wilson, Isaac Rosenberg, 2008, p. 227 (illustrated)
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Aug. 24, 2023
Rosenberg (Isaac) Poems, first edition, 1922.
Est: £300 - £400
Rosenberg (Isaac) Poems, first edition, frontispiece portrait, original black cloth, very light soiling marks to corners, edges very lightly rubbed, dust-jacket, light even toning but overall an excellent example, 8vo, 1922.
Forum Auctions - UK
Jul. 07, 2021
Rosenberg (Isaac) Poems, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author's sister, 1922.
Est: £400 - £600
Rosenberg (Isaac) Poems, first edition, signed presentation inscription With all good wishes from Annie Wymick (sister of Isaac Rosenberg) to endpaper, frontispiece portrait, original cloth with paper label to spine, light fraying to spine ends and edges, dust-jacket, spine browned and chipped at head, light discolouration to panels, extremities rubbed and with some light surface wear, 8vo, Heinemann, 1922. ⁂ Rosenberg, poet and painter, was born in Bristol in 1890 and was killed on the Somme on 1 April 1918.
Forum Auctions - UK
Dec. 09, 2020
Isaac Rosenberg (1890-1918) NIGHT AND DAY. [1912]
Est: £17,000 - £20,000
ROSENBERG, Isaac (1890-1918). Night and Day. [London: Privately printed for the author by Narodiczky, 1912]. The exceptionally rare first edition of Rosenberg’s first book; one of 50 copies printed, and the first to appear at auction since 1981 (RBH/ABPC). Killed in battle on 1 April 1918, Rosenberg ranks alongside Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, and Rupert Brooke as one of the great poets of the war period. ‘Just as Owen is one of the few poets worthy to be compared with Keats, Rosenberg is one of the few worthy to be compared with Shakespeare’ (W. W. Robson). Appearing at a time when Rosenberg was studying art at the Slade School, this slim volume was intended to raise attention and further financial support in order to continue his studies. Printed at his own expense on a local press, it includes a number of minor errors which in the present copy have been corrected in pencil by the author. Accompanying the volume is a letter by the artist John Amschewitz (described by Rosenberg as his 'only friend' at this period) to the art critic Harry Alexander Spielmann, to whom he presents the work and describes the unfortunate circumstances of the author: ‘He seems to have a soul far above the ordinary both as an artist & poet ... these poems were written under the most grinding poverty – under which he still lives ... He will need all the friends he can get in the literary world, for his is a sad personality.’ R.E. Martin, ‘Collecting Isaac Rosenberg,’ The Caxtonian, Volume XVII, No. 12, December 2009; W.W. Robson, Modern English Literature, 1970. Octavo (203 x 131mm). Original printed card wrappers (faint vertical creasing); housed in red cloth case. Provenance: John Amschewitz (1882-1942, autograph letter signed, 17 June [1912], accompanying the volume, presenting it to) – Marion Harry Alexander Spielmann (1858–1948, Victorian art critic and scholar; bookplate) – Simon Nowell-Smith (1909-1996) and Judith Adams Nowell-Smith (their respective booklabels).
Christie's
Dec. 04, 2018
Isaac Rosenberg (British, 1890-1918) London Park (unframed)
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
Isaac Rosenberg (British, 1890-1918) London Park oil on board22 x 28cm (8 11/16 x 11in).(unframed)Painted in 1911 Provenance: Mrs Robert Solomon, by 1951Ben Uri Art Society, London, by 1975Private Collection, U.KExhibitedLondon, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Isaac Rosenberg, Memorial Exhibition of Paintings & Drawings, 22 June-17 July 1937, cat.no.21London, Ben Uri Art Gallery, Festival of Britain; Anglo-Jewish Exhibition 1851-1951, 9 July-3 August 1951, cat.no.67Leeds, Brotherton Gallery, Isaac Rosenberg, May-June 1959, cat.no.8London, The National Book League, Isaac Rosenberg, 1890-1918: A Poet & Painter of the First World War, 19 August-5 September 1975, cat.no.25 (ill.b&w pl.12)London, Campbell & Franks (Fine Arts) Ltd, Art From The East End 1900-1976, 6-29 May 1976, cat.no.69LiteratureJean Moorcroft Wilson, Isaac Rosenberg, The Making of a Great War Poet, A New Life, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, London, 2007, cat.no.17, p.446
Bonhams
Dec. 04, 2018
Isaac Rosenberg (British, 1890-1918) The Murder of Lorenzo (unframed)
Est: £7,000 - £10,000
Isaac Rosenberg (British, 1890-1918) The Murder of Lorenzo oil on board30.5 x 25cm (12 x 9 13/16in).(unframed)Painted in 1912 Provenance: Mrs Robert Solomon, by 1951Ben Uri Art Society, London, by 1975Private Collection, U.K.ExhibitedLondon, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Summer Exhibition, Twentieth Century Art - A Review of Modern Movements, 8 May-20 June 1914, cat.no.273London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Isaac Rosenberg, Memorial Exhibition of Paintings & Drawings, 22 June-17 July 1937, cat.no.5London, Ben Uri Art Gallery, Festival of Britain; Anglo-Jewish Exhibition 1851-1951, 9 July-3 August 1951, cat.no.68Leeds, Brotherton Gallery, Isaac Rosenberg, May-June 1959, cat.no.19London, The National Book League, Isaac Rosenberg, 1890-1918: A Poet & Painter of the First World War, 19 August-5 September 1975, cat.no.48 (ill.b&w pl.9)London, Campbell & Franks (Fine Arts) Ltd, Art From The East End 1900-1976, 6-29 May 1976, cat.no.70 LiteratureJoseph Cohen, Journey to the Trenches, The Life of Isaac Rosenberg 1890-1918, Robson Books, London, 1975, p.103Ian Parsons (ed.), The Collected Works of Isaac Rosenberg, Chatto and Windus, London, 1984, (col.ill. pl.IX)Jean Moorcroft Wilson, Isaac Rosenberg, The Making of a Great War Poet, A New Life, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, London, 2007, cat.no.37, pp.148, 225, 447 (col.ill)In 1911, Isaac Rosenberg won a place and sponsorship to study at the Slade School of Fine Art, and joined the school at an extraordinary time in its history. Born to Jewish immigrant parents, originally from Russia, the Rosenberg family moved from Bristol to Stepney in East London in 1897. He showed artistic promise from a young age, attending art lessons at various schools in the city. Rosenberg then met Lily Delissa Joseph in a chance encounter at the National Gallery, who arranged alongside two friends to sponsor his study at the Slade. Here, Rosenberg joined a group of incredibly talented young contemporaries, including Mark Gertler, Stanley Spencer, David Bomberg, C.R.W. Nevinson, William Roberts, Dora Carrington and Paul Nash. Henry Tonks, then Professor of drawing at the Slade, would describe this group as responsible for the school's 'second and last crisis of brilliance'; the first being the period between 1893-1901 when the young and gifted students had numbered among them Harold Gilman, Spencer Gore, Gwen and Augustus John, Percy Wyndham Lewis and William Orpen.Both The Murder of Lorenzo and London Park (lot 42) were painted during Rosenberg's time at the Slade. The Murder of Lorenzo is of special significance in demonstrating the young Artist's interest and engagement in both poetry and the arts. Signing up to fight in the First World War, he served between 1915 and 1918, and died at the battle of Arras on 1 April 1918. His poems, such as Break Of Day In The Trenches, Dead Man's Dump and Returning, We Hear The Larks, are today considered to be some of the finest war poetry which emerged from the conflict.The present work takes inspiration from John Keats' poem Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil of 1818. Extremely well-versed in the work of the Romantic poets, Keats was to prove a major influence in both a literary and artistic sense; Joseph Cohen remarks that 'Rosenberg devoured Keats', whilst also reading avidly the work of Byron and, to a lesser extent, Shelley (Joseph Cohen, Journey to the Trenches: The Life of Isaac Rosenberg 1890-1918, Robson Books, London, 1992, p.30). The poem, which is adapted from a story in Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron, tells the tale of a young woman whose family hope for her to marry 'some high noble and his olive trees', but who falls for unsuitable Lorenzo, an employee of one of her brothers. On learning of this, the brothers murder their sister's suitor, and bury his body. Lorenzo's ghost informs Isabella of his murder; she then exhumes the body, burying the head in a pot of basil which she tends obsessively, whilst mourning her loss. The present work is therefore a rare example showing the two passions of the young Artist, painting and poetry, intertwining at a formative moment in his life. It displays an increasing confidence and fluidity, the figures rendered with a convincing dynamism. It hints at the promise of what might have been realised in a man so full of passion and brilliance, a talent forged in the environment of that exceptional class at the Slade, only to be extinguished by the First World War.
Bonhams
Nov. 20, 2018
Isaac Rosenberg (1890-1918) - The African Girl
Est: £10,000 - £15,000
Isaac Rosenberg (1890-1918) The African Girl oil on canvas 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm.)
Christie's
Nov. 20, 2018
Isaac Rosenberg (1890-1918) - Self Portrait
Est: £40,000 - £60,000
Isaac Rosenberg (1890-1918) Self Portrait oil on panel 11 7/8 x 8 7/8 in. (30.1 x 23.6 cm.)
Christie's
Jul. 21, 2016
Rosenberg (Isaac).
Est: £100 - £150
Rosenberg (Isaac). Poems, Selected and Edited by Gordon Bottomley, with an Introductory Memoir by Laurence Binyon, 1st edition, 1922, portrait frontispiece, original cloth with paper label to spine, dust jacket slightly rubbed and soiled, spine darkened and with old water stain, small tear with loss at foot of upper panel, 8vo (1)
Dominic Winter Auctions
Jan. 13, 2016
Rosenberg, Isaac
Est: £200 - £300
Rosenberg, Isaac Youth. London, 1915. [Privately Printed], I. Narodiczky, printer, 1915. First edition, 8vo, with unique double wrapper; Rosenberg, Isaac Another copy, original wrappers, wrapper very slightly chipped at upper edge (2)
Lyon & Turnbull
Sep. 02, 2015
Rosenberg, Isaac
Est: £200 - £300
Rosenberg, Isaac Youth. London, 1915. [Privately Printed], I. Narodiczky, printer, 1915. First edition, 8vo, original wrappers bound in, cloth, inscription on title "Robert Graves from I. Isaacs, Dec. 23, 1920", upper wrapper restored at head in inner margin
Lyon & Turnbull
Jun. 26, 2015
Self-portrait
Est: £20,000 - £30,000
Isaac Rosenberg (1890-1918) Self-portrait pencil 7 x 5 ½ in. (18 x 14 cm.) Executed circa 1910.
Christie's
Jul. 10, 2013
ROSENBERG, ISAAC
Est: £600 - £900
SOLD BY ORDER OF THE EXECUTORS OF THE LATE MR. STANLEY EKER MOSES. A PLAY. PARAGON PRINTING WORKS, 1916 small 4to, first edition, with eleven autograph corrections on eight pages of the text, original yellow wrappers, slight wear to wrappers
Sotheby's
May. 15, 2013
Rosenberg, Isaac
Est: £200 - £300
Rosenberg, Isaac Poems. London: W. Heinemann, 1922. First edition, 8vo, original black cloth, uncut, blue dustwrapper lightly soiled
Lyon & Turnbull
May. 15, 2013
Rosenberg, Isaac
Est: £200 - £300
Rosenberg, Isaac Youth. London: [Privately Printed], I. Narodiczky, printer, 1915. First edition, 8vo, original brown paper wrappers, wrappers detached and chipped
Lyon & Turnbull
Mar. 29, 2011
ROSENBERG, ISAAC (1890-1918, poet and painter)
Est: £500 - £600
PORTRAIT BY AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER, vintage photograph, silver print, with his brother, Elkon, both on leave from the front, standing, in army uniform, Isaac in that of the King's Own Royal Lancasters, a variant of the images reproduced in standard books, inscribed on the verso 'London October 1917', but in fact thought to have been taken in September, stamped as was customary for use as a postcard, framed and glazed, size of image c. 5 x 3 inches (12 x 7.5 cm), overall size 11¼ x 8½ inches (29 x 22 cm) [1917]
Bonhams
Mar. 29, 2011
ROSENBERG, ISAAC (1890-1918, poet and painter)
Est: £2,500 - £3,000
PORTRAIT BY HIS FELLOW 'WHITECHAPEL BOY', CLARA BIRNBERG (1894–1989), pencil, head, inscribed 'I Rosenberg' and signed 'CB 1915' in pencil and subsequently signed 'C Winsten' in green ink, framed and glazed, size of image aperture 11½ x 7¾ inches (29 x 20 cm), overall size 20 x 15 inches (51 x 38 cm), 1915
Bonhams
Oct. 03, 2005
ROSENBERG, ISAAC (1890-1918, poet and painter)
Est: -
PORTRAIT BY LONDON ART STUDIOS, photograph, silver print, head and shoulders, in army uniform, 5 x 3 in (12.7 x 7.6 cm), stamped as was customary for use as a postcard.
Bonhams
Mar. 20, 2001
Isaac Rosenberg (1890-1918) SELF PORTRAIT oil on canvas 51 x 46 cm. (20 x 18 in.) PROVENANCE: The
Est: $11,441 - $17,161
artist's family Coming from the same generation as Bomberg, Spencer and Gertler, Rosenberg's life was tragically cut short by his early death in France in 1918. He was also well known as a poet. Owing to his untimely death, few works have survived and these are mostly in public collections.
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