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Mosbacher, Aenne
(1888-1954)Views of Palestine and Jerusalem

Aus dem Katalog
Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts
Auktionsdatum 5.6.2024

Views of Palestine and Jerusalem. 1935/36. 40 vintage photo postcards. Each circa 10,5 x 14,7 cm and reverse. Each with title in Hebrew and German, number and photographer's name in the negative in lower margin. In original silver paper envelopes (traces of use) with topic titles.

Aenne Mosbacher began photographing in the mid-1920s and took part in the "Film und Foto" exhibition in Stuttgart in 1929, showing six photographs. During a visit to Palestine she took a series of views of the landscapes, people and architecture. These views, which were meant to encourage Jewish people to relocate to Palestine, were printed and distributed in Germany to show Palestine as both historically interesting and as an economically prospering country. Photographs by Aenne Mosbacher are extremely rare and this series as a set with the original presentation envelopes is a true gem of photo history. – Most in excellent condition.

Lit.: Klaus Honnef/Frank Weyers. Und sie haben Deutschland verlassen müssen. Fotografen und ihre Bilder 1928-1997. Cologne 1997, see pp. 348-349.
Wolfgang Kemp/Floris Neusüss (eds.). Kassel 1850 bis heute. Fotografien in Kassel - Kassel in Fotografien. Munich 1981, see p. 198-99.