Tim N. Gidal (German, 1909-1996) Shtetl I and Shtetl II Portfolios (complete with 6 photographs each), 1932 Gelatin silver prints, printed 1983 12-1/2 x 9-3/4 inches (31.8 x 24.8 cm); and smaller (images) 11 x 14 inches (sheets) Each signed and editioned 10/50 in ink, lower margin recto. Published by Janet Lehr, Inc. Property from the Estate of Lewis Lehr Each portfolio enclosed in a green cloth-covered folder, debossed with title on cover. The Shtetl photograph series taken by Tim Gidal in 1932 is the earliest remaining photographic record known of the Jewish Quarter in some small towns in Poland. They will remain for all time, the only record of the world in which some of the 3 million Polish Jews lived, a world which did not survive Nazi persecution. - Janet Lehr, Inc., Tim Gidal, Volume 6, Number 1, 1983. HID03101062020 © 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved