»Drawings by Else Lasker-Schüler. Poet and Novelist« (London 1939) – Heatid Bookshop (Jerusalem 1940)
Aktualisiert: 8. Juli 2008.
Die Londoner Matthiesen Gallery veranstaltete vom 31. Januar bis zum 14. Februar 1939 eine Verkaufsausstellung mit Zeichnungen Else Lasker-Schülers. Der Katalog »Drawings by Else Lasker-Schüler. Poet and Novelist« führt insgesamt 18 Bilder auf:
- The Dance of Pampea
- Hebrew Priests from Abyssinia and Greek Monks from Jerusalem
- Rabbi Minengo Prato of Alexandria
- Chassidim Fathers Turn towards the Wall of Wailing
- Mohammedan Priests in Cairo
- Chaluzim Returning Home Weary on the Sabbath
- Hebrew Colonists Going to Jerusalem on the Sabbath
- »Wild Peruvians«
- Aboriginal Bridal Pair from Australia
- Arab Students
- Bagpipe-Players in Jerusalem
- Cafe Vienna in Jerusalem
- Jews from Samarkand in Jerusalem
- Magicians Arriving (Alexandria)
- Beggars on the Jaffa Road in Jerusalem
- Jussuf Reading Hebrew Ballads to Habimah Actors during an Interval
- Circus Riders in Jerusalem
- Young Colonists Singing on their Way to Jerusalem on the Sabbath
Über die Ausstellung berichtet L. A. Willoughby in: German Life and Letters (Oxford). Bd. 3, Nr. 3 vom April 1939. S. 237.
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Im Jahr darauf wurden die Bilder in Jerusalem im Antiquariat »Heatid« (Salingré & Co.) gezeigt. »The Palestine Post« (Jerusalem) (Jg. 16, Nr. 4164. S. 2 [»Social and Personal«]) kündigt am 23. Januar 1940 an: »An exhibition of drawings by Mrs. Else Lasker-Schueler will be opened today at the new premises of the Heatid Bookshop in Jerusalem <...>. The originals of the illustrations to Mrs. Lasker-Schueler’s last book, ›Hebraerland‹, will be among the drawings shown.« Die Ankündigung auch in: Tamzit Itonejnu (Jerusalem). Jg. 4, Nr. 1562 vom 22. Januar 1940. S. 3; Hashavua (Press-Echo) (Tel-Aviv). Jg. 4, Nr. 4 vom 26. Januar 1940. S. 19. – Über die Ausstellung berichten: Th. F. M.: Fairy Lands. Shows at Salingre and Marein. In: The Palestine Post (Jerusalem). Jg. 16, Nr. 4167 vom 26. Januar 1940. S. 8; Schalom Ben-Chorin: Ausstellung Else Lasker-Schüler. In: Jüdische Welt-Rundschau (Jerusalem). Jg. 2, Nr. 4 vom 29. Januar 1940. S. 5; Fritz Schiff: Aus dem Kunstleben. Krakauer – Hildesheimer – Lasker-Schüler. In: Mitteilungsblatt (Tel-Aviv). Jg. 4, Nr. 5 vom 2. Februar 1940. S. 5. Der Rezensent der »Palestine Post« schreibt: »A fantastic, fairy-like Jerusalem lives in these coloured leaves. Wonder rabbis clad in costly garments of gold paper. Young Arabs in green and blue slacks stroll in the Talpioth which, according to Else Lasker-Schueler, is cradled in the mountains of Moab. In her Jerusalem there are Hebrew priests from Abyssinia and Greek monks dressed as noble Romans. Sultans lounge in the Café Vienna. We see the son of Ibn Saud in company with a Mexican wizard, paying his respects to the editor of ›Haaraetz.‹ One is honoured to make the acquaintance of the Wizard. ›Komma of Kairo‹, as also of the dervishes who, according to Else Lasker-Schueler, promenade the Jaffa Road side by side with bagpipe players. / As she sees it, Jerusalem is a wonderful fairy city, and it is a great pity that the poet’s spectacles she wears cannot be purchased at the optician’s.«