Null [Ephemera] Christo, ephemera from the 1970s (1) Leporello Christo: Valley C…

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[Ephemera] Christo, ephemera from the 1970s (1) Leporello Christo: Valley Curtain Rifle, Colorado 1970-1972. Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 1973. 24 x 94 cm folded in 5. Designed by Wim Crouwel. Mint copy. 2) Four colour postcards featuring Christo installations, includes Valley Curtain 1970 - 1972 photographed by Shunk-Kender. (3) Five invitation cards for Christo projects including The Running Fence (Verdun and Vienna 1979), Valley Curtain (Kunsthalle Dusseldorf 1974), Wrapped Coast (Lausanne 1975), Photographs and Drawings at Seriaal Amsterdam 1973. (total 10)

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[Ephemera] Christo, ephemera from the 1970s (1) Leporello Christo: Valley Curtain Rifle, Colorado 1970-1972. Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 1973. 24 x 94 cm folded in 5. Designed by Wim Crouwel. Mint copy. 2) Four colour postcards featuring Christo installations, includes Valley Curtain 1970 - 1972 photographed by Shunk-Kender. (3) Five invitation cards for Christo projects including The Running Fence (Verdun and Vienna 1979), Valley Curtain (Kunsthalle Dusseldorf 1974), Wrapped Coast (Lausanne 1975), Photographs and Drawings at Seriaal Amsterdam 1973. (total 10)

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Group of certificates, documents and paper ephemera from the estate of Arthur and Miryam Meyerstein, amongst the founders of early Eretz Israel aviation and gliding. The items in this lot include a German Gliding Certificate dated 1932, German paper ephemera (1930s), an Eretz Israel Immigrant Certificate (1935), British Mandate passport (1944), Turkish passport and ID Card belonging to Miryam, a double Israeli passport with many visa and other ink stamps, an Israeli Laissez Passer passport, a Haifa Police Special Constable certificate (1941), a pass allowing entry into British Mandate Army bases (1942), a British Mandate Authorities Employee ID Card (1944), an entry pass to all Israel Air Force bases (Oct 1948), and other interesting documents (‘Israeli Fishing Permit’), early Eretz Israel public transportation tickets and more. 1930s through early 1950s. Generally very good condition. (See also lot 480 in this auction.) Arthur Meyerstein (1908-1964) was one of the founders of Eretz Israel aviation and one of the first flight instructors in pre-state Israel. His wife Miryam (1912-2005) was one of the first two women glider pilots in Eretz Israel. Arthur was born in Breslau, Germany, where he learnt to pilot glider airplanes and became a senior instructor. He made Aliyah in 1935 and immediately initiated activities on behalf of the local aviation industry, including founding the Haifa branch of the Eretz Israel Aviation Club. There he met Miryam, who had made Aliyah from Turkey in 1929. Arthur and Miryam were active as glider pilots and instructors, in parallel to being members of the pre-state paramilitary Haganah organization. In early 1948 Arthur designed and constructed the airstrips in Nahariya and Metzuba in northern Israel. After the founding of the state he served in various engineering roles related to the founding of the IAF and its airstrips.

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