Auction 67 · Lot 15
Immigration.
- Estimate
- $4,000–$6,000
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
KEINKE, KARL.
Place
c. 1900
Description
Pen-and-ink and gouache on paper. Signed by artist along left margin. Framed.
summary
In some ways reminiscent of Alfred Stieglitz’s “The Steerage” (1907), the present image depicts Jews at the Hamburg port about to board a steamer-ship, likely bound for America. The artist, Hamburg native Karl Keinke (b. 1852), depicts various stripes of travelers preparing to embark on their trans-Atlantic journey. Notice the Hebrew initials and Star-of-David present on the wooden trunk being wheeled in the foreground.
Accompanied by: Additional inset tipped to upper left corner, depicting life below deck and the first sighting of Land.
10.25 x 15 inches / 26 x 38 cm (to mat).
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