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Nov. 26, 2023
AVRAHAM SOSKIN, PHOTOGRAPH OF A JEWISH MAN TEL-AVIV, ERETZ ISRAEL, 1930, PC SIZE.
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Avraham Soskin, Photograph of a Jewish man Tel-Aviv, Eretz Israel, 1930, PC size. Name of photographer embossed lower right on front side. Dated on reverse side. Good condition. Avraham Soskin (1881-1963) was born in Russia and immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1905. He settled in the German Colony in Jaffa and opened a studio by the name of "Photographia Progress", with G. Bruck. In 1914 Soskin moved to 24 Herzl Street. Soskin used the second floor both as his residence and his studio; in this studio called "Photographia A. Soskin", Soskin worked for 19 years, until 1933 (when the studio was closed). Soskin, who was known as the "Tel-Aviv Photographer", was one of the leading photographers active at the time in Eretz Israel and is famous for his photographs documenting the two first decades of the first Jewish city. Numerous photos taken by Soskin became the most popular and well known images of the Zionist ethos.
The Bidder
Oct. 25, 2023
AVRAHAM SOSKIN, PHOTOGRAPH OF A JEWISH WOMAN, TEL-AVIV, ERETZ ISRAEL, 1920-30’S, PC SIZE.
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Avraham Soskin, Photograph of a Jewish woman, Tel-Aviv, Eretz Israel, 1920-30’s, PC size. Name of photographer embossed lower left on front side. Avraham Soskin (1881-1963) was born in Russia and immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1905. He settled in the German Colony in Jaffa and opened a studio by the name of "Photographia Progress", with G. Bruck. In 1914 Soskin moved to 24 Herzl Street. Soskin used the second floor both as his residence and his studio; in this studio called "Photographia A. Soskin", Soskin worked for 19 years, until 1933 (when the studio was closed). Soskin, who was known as the "Tel-Aviv Photographer", was one of the leading photographers active at the time in Eretz Israel and is famous for his photographs documenting the two first decades of the first Jewish city. Numerous photos taken by Soskin became the most popular and well known images of the Zionist ethos.
The Bidder
Sep. 04, 2023
Avraham Soskin - Two group photographs
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Avraham Soskin - Two group photographs - Tel Aviv - Jaffa, 1920s. A group photo of the police brass band. Tel Aviv, c. 1920s. Photographer: Avraham Soskin. Signed in the body of the Soskin cardboard base . Size: 17x12 cm. Glued to an original Suskin substrate: 27x22 cm. Very good condition. A group photograph of settlers in Jaffa . Size: 17x12 cm. Glued to an original Suskin substrate: 27x22 cm. Very good condition.
Dynasty
May. 23, 2023
AVRAHAM SOSKIN, PHOTO OF JEWISH CHILDREN - TWINS, TEL-AVIV –YAFO, PC SIZE
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Avraham Soskin, photo of Jewish children - twins, Tel-Aviv –Yafo, PC size Stamp of photo studio of Avraham Soskin below on front side in Hebrew Condition: some wear, light stains, small tear below; foxing to reverse side Avraham Soskin (1881-1963) was born in Russia and immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1905. He settled in the German Colony in Jaffa and opened a studio by the name of "Photographia Progress", with G. Bruck. In 1914 Soskin moved to 24 Herzl Street. Soskin used the second floor both as his residence and his studio; in this studio called "Photographia A. Soskin", Soskin worked for 19 years, until 1933 (when the studio was closed). Soskin, who was known as the "Tel-Aviv Photographer", was one of the leading photographers active at the time in Eretz Israel and is famous for his photographs documenting the two first decades of the first Jewish city. Numerous photos taken by Soskin became the most popular and well known images of the Zionist ethos.
The Bidder
Apr. 19, 2023
Avraham Soskin - Rare photographs from the construction of a bridge in the sands of Tel Aviv
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Six rare photographs of photographer Avraham Soskin documenting the construction of a bridge in the sands of Tel Aviv, seemingly near the port. The 20s. Photographs: a multi-participant group photograph of the Hebrew laborers, a group photograph of the Hebrew laborers during a lunch break, photographs in which the laborers were caught while working at various stages of construction. All but one of the photographs are signed with the embossed stamp of the photographer "Avraham Soskin Jaffa". Same size: 17x12 cm. Glued to a stiff board of the photographer: 22x17 cm. Some stained. Holes in the cardboard surface (used for hanging on a wall). overall condition good.
Dynasty
Feb. 28, 2023
ALBUM OF PHOTOGRAPHS BY ABRAHAM SOSKIN – HOVEVEI ZION GIRLS SCHOOL
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Album containing 25 photographs by the photographer Abraham Soskin of the Hovevei Zion (Yechiely) Girls School in Neve Tzedek (Jaffa), and its activities. [1910s or 1920s]. The photographs in this depict the Hovevei Zion Girls School – the interior and exterior of the building, and the school's activities – and attest to the richness, diversity, and progressiveness of the school's curriculum. Included among the photographs: Façade of the school building, showing the (Hebrew) sign "Municipal School for Girls – the Hovevei Zion Institute"; the schoolyard; classes in sewing and embroidery; art class; nature studies; French class; music class; choir; gym class with juggling clubs; painting class; and the nurse's room and teaching staff room. The photographs are fastened at the corners to the album pages. A handwritten inscription in Hebrew appears on the first page: "A. Soskin – Photographer, Jaffa, Palestine." Several of the photographs appearing here are documented in the Tel Aviv Museum of Art exhibition catalogue: Guy Raz, editor and curator, "Abraham Soskin – A Retrospective: Photographs, 1905–1945," 2003, pp. 121-35. One of the photographs in the above catalogue which also appears in the present album was identified by Raz as representing the Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium. Album: approx. 28X21 cm (thick cardboard leaves). Photographs: Size varies, approx. 17X13 cm. Overall good condition. Foxing, mostly to album leaves. Minor blemishes. Several photographs partly detached from album leaves. Remnants of adhesive tape on several leaves. Hardcover binding with leather spine and corners. Stains and blemishes to binding. Minor peeling and abrasions to edges of binding boards and spine. The Municipal School for Girls was founded in Jaffa, in the 1890s, on the initiative of three prominent members of the Bnei Moshe Zionist association (a chapter of the Hovevei Zion organization), Joshua Barzilai (Eisenstadt), Yehuda Gur (Grozovski), and Dr. Hillel Yaffe. For the purpose of establishing the school, the three men joined forces with the Alliance Israélite Universelle. With the sponsorship and financial support of the AIU, as well as the Diaspora branches of the Hovevei Zion organization and various other donors, they established a school for "Hebrew education in the Hebrew spirit." The language of instruction was Hebrew; at the time this was considered a revolutionary innovation. (For Hannah Ram's characterization of the school's struggle to promote and maintain an agenda that was both Zionistic and progressive, please refer to the Hebrew text.) The school's founders found themselves waging an ongoing battle against the Alliance Israélite Universelle, with the latter insisting that the language of instruction be French. But thanks to the steadfast determination of the school principal, Rosa (Shoshana) Yaffe, Hebrew remained the primary language of instruction. In 1909, the school moved to its new building in the Neve Tzedek neighborhood on the outskirts of Old Jaffa, and it is this incarnation of the Hovevei Zion Girls School that is documented in Abraham Soskin's photographs. This building is preserved today as part of the complex of the renowned Suzanne Dellal Centre for Dance and Theatre. The photographer Abraham Soskin (1881-1963) was born in Russia and immigrated to Palestine in 1905. He settled in Jaffa's German Colony, where he opened a photographic studio named "Fotografia Progress". In 1914, Soskin took up residence with his family in a new studio in Tel Aviv. This studio, known as "Fotografia A. Soskin, " was in active use for 19 years, finally closing in 1933. Soskin was often referred to as "the Photographer of Tel Aviv". He is considered to be among the most important of the photographers of the era of the early Jewish Yishuv in Palestine, renowned first and foremost for his photographs that document the first two decades in the annals of Tel Aviv, the world's first "Hebrew City."
Kedem Public Auction House Ltd
Sep. 19, 2019
Avraham Soskin – Collection of Photographs of Tel-Aviv during Its First Two Decades – Photographs of Streets and Buildings in the City / Photographs of Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein, Lord Balfour and Others
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Collection of photographs documenting the first decades of the city of Tel-Aviv, from the day of its establishment (April 11, 1909) to ca. mid-1920s. The photographs are not signed; most or all of them were taken by Avraham Soskin. The collection contains 46 photographs, including several of Avraham Soskin's well-known photographs documenting the first days of Tel-Aviv – a photograph of the land lottery of the "Achuzat Bayit" Society ("The Seashell Lottery" – the event considered the official date of the establishment of Tel Aviv, 1909); a photograph of a ceremony of "the laying of the first stone on the land"; a photograph of the kiosk on Rothschild Boulevard (1910); a photograph of the post and telegraph building; a photograph of the "Galei Aviv" casino; a photograph of workers levelling dunes of sands; and other photographs. In addition, the collection contains photographs of visits of dignitaries to Tel-Aviv and of various events that were held in the city: Chaim Weizmann during the ceremony of handing over a flag to the First Hebrew Battlion of Judea (First Judeans); Chaim Weizmann and the Zionist Commission; reception in honor of Albert Einstein and his wife in 1923; reception in honor of Alfred Millner; Winston Churchill with Meir Dizengoff; Lord Balfour with Chaim Weizmann and others (at the "Herzlia" gymnasium?); a "Totzeret HaAretz" exhibition; and more. Avraham Soskin (1881-1963) was born in Russia and immigrated to Palestine in 1905. He settled in the German Colony in Jaffa and opened the "Photographia Progress" photography studio together with G. Bruck. In 1914, Soskin moved to 24 Herzl St., where the second floor served as both photography studio and home for his family and himself; at this studio, called "Photographia A. Soskin", he worked for 19 years, until 1933 (the year the studio was closed). Soskin, known as the "Photographer of Tel-Aviv", was among the most important photographers active in Palestine during the Yishuv period. He is unique in the abundance of photographs he took documenting the first two decades of the first Hebrew city. Most of the photographs are captioned in handwriting on verso. 46 photographs, mostly approx. 11X17 cm. (one photograph is smaller). Condition varies. Stains (most of them on margins and on verso). Traces of gluing, tears and open tears to the margins of some of them (most of them small). Pencil scribbles on some photographs.
Kedem Public Auction House Ltd
Jan. 22, 2019
Avraham Soskin Two Photographs of Avshalom Feinberg and Naaman Belkind
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Two photographs of NILI group members Avshalom Feinberg and Naaman Belkind. Taken by Avraham Soskin. Tel Aviv-Jaffa, [1910s]. 1. Portrait photograph of Avshalom Feinberg in his youth. Signed in lower left corner (embossed): "Photographer Avraham Soskin Tel Aviv Jaffa". Feinberg (1889-1917) was the mastermind behind the NILI underground movement and its founder. He was killed while on a mission, attempting to cross the Ottoman-British front line in World War I and join the British forces in the Sinai Peninsula in order to renew intelligence contact between them and NILI. 16X11 cm. Good condition. Slight rubbing to verso. 2. Studio photograph of Naaman Belkind in a military uniform and a turban. The photograph is mounted on an original cardboard card of the photo studio "A. Sosking & G. Bruck" (Avraham Soskin's and G. Bruck's studio in Jaffa), and dated on verso in handwriting "Jaffa, 1911". Naaman Belkind (1888-1917) was one of the first members to join NILI, coordinating the group's activities in the southern area. His capture by Ottoman forces in September 1917 marked NILI's end. Belkind himself was hanged in Damascus in December of that year, together with Yosef Lishansky. 16.5X10.5 cm (including cardboard card). Good condition. A few stains and minor blemishes. Provenance: Rimon Family Collection.
Kedem Public Auction House Ltd
Dec. 05, 2018
Avraham Soskin (1882-1965),
Est: €500 - €600
black and white print, cm 30x40
Cambi Casa d'Aste
Aug. 12, 2018
Avraham Soskin photo portrait of Moshe Smilansky, signed by Soskin
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Avraham Soskin, large retouched photo portrait of Moshe Smilansky, Tel-Aviv, Signed by Soskin in Pencil, 30x23.5 cm., damping to lower edge and upper right corner of cardboard, some small rubbing places. AVRAHAM SOSKIN (1881-1963) was the quintessential Tel Aviv photographer in the first decades following the citys establishment. His photograph of the historic lottery of housing parcels that took place on April 11, 1909, on the Jaffa sand dunes is the most frequently reproduced and widely disseminated image of early Tel Aviv. Soon thereafter, the streets of the Ahuzat Bayit suburb were laid out and the first buildings erected. From 1914 to 1933 Soskin maintained his studio at 24 Herzl Street, down the block from the new towns principal landmark, the Herzliah Gymnasium. After he closed his studio he supported himself through a typesetting (zincography) business. The leaders of the Zionist movement, both in Palestine and abroad, were well aware of the power of photography as a medium for publicity and propaganda. MOSHE SMILANSKY(1874-1953) was a pioneer of the First Aliyah, a Zionist leader who advocated peaceful coexistence with the Arabs in Mandatory Palestine, a farmer, and a prolific author of fiction and non-fiction literary works.
The Bidder
Aug. 12, 2018
Avraham Soskin Art nouveau photo of jewish couple, Jaffa, signed
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Avraham Soskin, Art nouveau photo of a jewish couple, Jaffa, stamp of photographer on front side, 15x11cm., Avraham Soskin was born in Russia in 1884 and immigrated to Israel in 1905. He became renowned as the quintessential Tel Aviv Photographer, and was famous for capturing the historic housing lottery in Ahuzat Bayit (the genesis of the city). His photographs accompany the construction and development of the first Hebrew city, and are a key source of information on Tel Avivs first days, its streets, and its residents, as well as important events in its history. Photos courtesy of Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv
The Bidder
Mar. 26, 2018
A photograph of a festive event in Tel Aviv with the High Commissioner, and other important personalities.
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Original photograph on Avraham Soskin's camera, commemorating a festive event in Tel Aviv with the High Commissioner John Chancellor. Avraham Soskin: (1881-1963) was a Hebrew photographer who documented the establishment of the Jewish community in Palestine. Was known as "the photographer of Tel Aviv," and as someone who photographed and won to document the leaders of Zionism at the critical moments of the rebirth of the State of Israel. Most of his photographs are organized photographs that show the nature and nature of the difficult period of building the country.
Tzolman's Auction
Mar. 25, 2018
Avraham Soskin, Photo. Greeting to Pesach 1922, menorah
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Avraham Soskin (1881-1963) Antique Photo of a man with greeting to Pesach 1922, painted menorah, Stamp of the photographer lower right, PC size, damaged to lower right edge.
The Bidder
Feb. 15, 2015
Tel-Aviv views, Berlin, 1926, 70 photographs 1909-1926, 2 maps, design Nachum Gutman and Simcha Ben Zion
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Tel-Aviv views, Berlin, 1926, 70 photographs 1909-1926, 2 maps, design Nachum Gutman and Simcha Ben Zion
Ben-Ami Endres Auctions
Oct. 29, 2014
Avraham Soskin - Five Photographs - Placing Electrical Cables in the Tel-Aviv Area
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Five photos portraying the placing of electrical cables in the area of Tel-Aviv, Rishon Le-Zion and Rehovot [1920s].Four photos portray the erection of electrical poles for the "Rishon LeZion Rehovot" line and one photo documenting the erection of an electrical pole opposite Bnei Brak (titled on the reverse in pen). Two photos are stamped with photographer Avraham Soskin's ink stamp (embossed). The other photos were, presumably, also taken by Soskin.5 photos, 11.5X16.5 cm. Good condition. Spotting. Creases on one photo, slight flaking on another. Ownership inscriptions on the reverse.
Kedem Public Auction House Ltd
Oct. 29, 2014
Collection of Photographs - Eretz Israel, Early 20th Century - Belkind and Hankin Families
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34 photos, mainly portraits, of Belkind and Hankin families. Eretz Israel, early 20th century.Four photos with dedications to Yemima Belkind (1891-1969) - born in Gedera, sister of Na'aman, "Nili" member, and an art teacher. In addition, portrait photo of Olga Hankin - of the first Aliya, a midwife and aunt of Avshalom Feinberg. Different photographers: Avraham Soskin and his partner G. Bruk, "Tzalmon" photography studio, Jaffa, Daoud Sabungi, and others. Size and condition vary, average height 17 cm, overall good condition.
Kedem Public Auction House Ltd
Aug. 29, 2013
Photograph by Avraham Soskin
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An old photograph of Simon Rokach taken by Soskin in the original case baring Soskin's mark.
Ishtar Auctions Ltd
Jun. 25, 2011
Avraham Soskin 1884 - 1963 46 Photographs of Tel-Aviv
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
Avraham Soskin 1884 - 1963 46 Photographs of Tel-Aviv 46 Photographs of Tel-Aviv 1905-1945, Signed
Tiroche Auction House