DESIGNER UNKNOWN [SING ISRAEL SING] BIGGEST SENSATION IN TH

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Sale 2695 - Lot 104

Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500

DESIGNER UNKNOWN

[SING, ISRAEL, SING!] / BIGGEST SENSATION IN THE YIDDISH THEATRE / PAUL BURSTEIN - LILLIAN LUX. Circa 1950.

45x28 inches, 114¼x71 cm.
Condition A- / B+: repaired tears, creases and slight restoration in margins; slight overpainting along unobtrusive vertical and horizontal folds.

Burstein and Lux were Yiddish Theatre celebrities, often accompanied by their children. "Burstein was signed by Columbia Records and recorded over 300 discs of Yiddish songs, making his voice one of the best known in Yiddish music. He met his wife, American singer and actress Lillian Lux, on his theater troupe's tour of South America in 1938 (https://library.harvard.edu/).

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