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LL/41115
American Photo Studio
1896, 13 June
Franz Kafka on the day of his Bar mitzvah, Prague

Gelatin silver print, mounted
4.5 x 3.6 cm
 
CEROS - Jean-Mathieu Martini / Serge Plantureux
Binoche et Giquello, épreuves choisies, 18 november 2010, lot no: 118
 
Studio name embossed on original mount.
 
Newfound tiny carte de visite portrait of Young Kafka.
 
Pavel Scheufler, Prazske Fotograficke Ateliery 1839-1918 doesn't mention more than the address of American Photo Studio : Vaclavske Namesti, 15, Prague.
 
From the collection of Censor, author of the Rapporto veridico sulle ultime opportunita di salvare il capitalismo in Italia (Milano, agosto 1975).
 
"Bar mitzvah: June 13 1896 invitation from Hermann Kafka and wife, sent to friends announcing his son's Bar mitzvah. An important life cycle event for a young Jewish boy. When he reaches his thirteenth birthday, Kafka had his bar mizvah, which he later remembered as dull and meaningless" (Daniel Hornek Website, Franz Kafka Biography).
 
LL/41115


 

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