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Lot 296

Collection of Books and Albums – Jewish Artists – Hugo Steiner–Prag, Lazar Berson, Lasar Segall, and Others

Eight books and albums with illustrations and works by Jewish artists. Europe and the United States, 20th century.


1. Juedische Graphiker aus der Zeit von 1625–1825 [Jewish print artists from 1625–1825], by Salli Kirschstein. With dozens of prints. Berlin: Der Zirkel, [1918]. ALE.100.
2. Mayse–Bikhl by David Bergelson, lithographs and woodcuts by Lasar Segall. Copy no. 20/100, with parchment binding; signed by David Bergelson and Lasar Segall in colophon. Berlin: Wostok, 1923. ALE.59.
3. The Tree of Life: Sketches from Jewish Life of Yesterday and Today in Drawing, Prose and Verse, by Alexander M. Dushkin and Enrico Glicenstein. Chicago: L.M. Stein, 1933. ALE.153.
4. Passover Haggadah, edited by Lazarus Goldschmidt, with illustrations by Bruno Frost. London: Conrad's Fine Art Publishing Company, 1946. Copy no. 151/550. ALE.81.
5. Dray Hasidishe Dertseylungen, by Y.L. Peretz, with illustrations by Moshe Feigenblum. Buenos Aires: Yidbuch, 1949.
6. Aspects de l'art Juif, by Daniel Béresniak. With reproductions and pictures of Jewish artworks and buildings. Paris: Presses du Temps Present, 1960. Copy no. 692/1000. RL.4747.
7. Designs for a Machzor, portfolio of prints by Hugo Steiner–Prag. New York: Society of Jewish Bibliophiles, 1963. ALE.7.
8. The Book of Ruth, with free translation into English by Linda Zisquit; portfolio with colored woodcuts by Maty Grünberg (signed). Copy 70/125. London: Osband Press, 1996. ALE.33.


The books and albums were not thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.


Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv.