Jun 27, 2024 - Sale 2675

Sale 2675 - Lot 152

Unsold
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(JUDAICA.) University of Chicago . . . Annual Hanukkah Party . . . A Symposium: The Latke vs. the Hamantash: Their Metaphysical Implications. 5 identical posters, 14 x 11 inches, in yellow on black card; minor wear, with 5 different Cecil Golding ballet prints from the New York Graphic Society mounted on verso. [Chicago]: B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation, Wednesday 7 December [1949]

Additional Details

This tongue-in-cheek symposium at the Raymond Karasik House featured University of Chicago professors Herman Finer, Lester Seligman and Ralph Marcus, as well as Rabbi Maurice B. Pekarsky. Charades, folk dancing, singing, and latkes were also promised. Provenance: a University of Chicago student who used them to mount ballet prints in her dorm room; sold by her great-granddaughter to the consignor.