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an old book with a drawing of a man ' s face on it
Jeschke Jádi Auctions Berlin

Estimate €200 - €300
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Orlik, Emil Arnhold, Johanna Eduard Arnhold. A commemorative volume. With a signed portrait etching by Emil Orlik, 4 photolithographic portraits and 1 facsimile. Berlin, self-published, 1928. 318 pp. 4°. Hardback with gilt edges and gilt-stamped spine label (slightly rubbed, spine slightly faded). Only edition. - A rare publication, never released commercially, about the prominent Berlin entrepreneur and patron of the arts (1849–1925), who controlled almost the entire trade in Silesian coal on the Berlin market, served on the supervisory board of Dresdner Bank, and was appointed by Emperor Wilhelm II in 1913 as the first and only Jew to be appointed to the Prussian House of Lords. His circle of friends included, amongst others, Max Liebermann, Arnold Böcklin and Adolph Menzel. As Berlin’s greatest bourgeois patron of the arts of his time, he donated the Villa Massimo in Rome to the Prussian state in 1913 as a cultural institute. - Includes reprinted letters from Paul Cassirer, Lovis Corinth, Ernst Haeckel, Max Liebermann, Max Klinger, Hans Thoma and many others. - Enclosed: a mourning-bordered visiting card belonging to Arnhold’s widow, Mrs Eduard Arnhold, with the address Regentenstraße 19 in Berlin (corners partly slightly creased and bumped) and 2 newspaper cuttings. - Slightly browned due to the paper; overall, a well-preserved copy. Only edition. - With a signed portrait etching by Emil Orlik, 4 collotype portraits and 1 facsimile. Original half-leather binding with gilt top edge and gilt-stamped label on the spine (somewhat rubbed, spine slightly faded). - A rare publication, not commercially available, on the important Berlin entrepreneur and patron of the arts (1849–1925), who controlled almost the entire trade in Silesian coal on the Berlin market, was a member of the supervisory board of the Dresdner Bank and was the first and only Jew to be appointed to the Prussian House of Lords by Emperor Wilhelm II in 1913. His circle of friends included Max Liebermann, Arnold Böcklin and Adolph Menzel. As Berlin’s greatest bourgeois patron of the arts of his time, he donated the Villa Massimo in Rome to the Prussian state as a cultural institute in 1913. - With printed letters from Paul Cassirer, Lovis Corinth, Ernst Haeckel, Max Liebermann, Max Klinger, Hans Thoma and many others - Enclosed: A visiting card with a mourning border from Arnhold’s widow, Mrs Eduard Arnhold, bearing the address Regentenstraße 19 in Berlin (corners slightly creased and bumped in places) and two newspaper cuttings. – Slightly browned due to the paper; overall, a well-preserved copy.
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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