Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
Including: sketches by Ze'ev Raban and Bezalel items, hildren's books, avant-garde books, rare ladino periodicals, and more
"Dos Zshukl", by Leib Kvitko – Kharkiv, 1928 – Illustrations by Georgy Fischer
Opening: $200
Sold for: $400
Including buyer's premium
Dos zshukl ["The beetle"], by Leib Kvitko. Kharkiv: ВУЦВК [VUTSVK, "Tsentr-farlag"], 1928. Yiddish (Ukrainian title and imprint on back cover).
Rhymed children's story by Leib Kvitko, with color illustrations, in red, yellow and black, by Georgy Fischer (the front cover illustration is signed in the plate, in Yiddish: "Georg Fischer 27").
Leib Kvitko (1890-1952), a poet, writer and editor, one of the most prominent Yiddish children's authors in the Soviet Union and a member of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee. He was executed in 1952, by Stalin's orders, on what is known as The Night of the Murdered Poets.
Georgy Fischer (1906-1978), painter, illustrator and book designer. Illustrated five books by Leib Kvitko published by "Tsentr-farlag" in 1928.
[4] ff. Missing last leaf – list of "Tsentr-farlag" publications. 23.5 cm. Good condition. Minor creases and tears to edges. Margins slightly trimmed. Hard cover, with original wrappers laid down on boards. Wrappers stained, with small open tears to edges. Inked stamps to endpapers.
Rhymed children's story by Leib Kvitko, with color illustrations, in red, yellow and black, by Georgy Fischer (the front cover illustration is signed in the plate, in Yiddish: "Georg Fischer 27").
Leib Kvitko (1890-1952), a poet, writer and editor, one of the most prominent Yiddish children's authors in the Soviet Union and a member of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee. He was executed in 1952, by Stalin's orders, on what is known as The Night of the Murdered Poets.
Georgy Fischer (1906-1978), painter, illustrator and book designer. Illustrated five books by Leib Kvitko published by "Tsentr-farlag" in 1928.
[4] ff. Missing last leaf – list of "Tsentr-farlag" publications. 23.5 cm. Good condition. Minor creases and tears to edges. Margins slightly trimmed. Hard cover, with original wrappers laid down on boards. Wrappers stained, with small open tears to edges. Inked stamps to endpapers.
Yiddish Children's Books, Poetry and Periodicals, Avant-garde
Yiddish Children's Books, Poetry and Periodicals, Avant-garde