Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture

Joseph Budko (1888-1940) – Collection of Engravings and Woodcuts – Passover Haggadah, "Yamim Mikedem", "The Rabbi of Bacharach" and More

Opening: $400
Sold for: $813
Including buyer's premium
38 prints (engravings and woodcuts) by Joseph Budko. [The first decades of the 20th century].
In the collection: • Engravings and woodcuts by Budko for a Passover Haggadah (the engravings were made during the years 1915-1917 and were printed in the Passover Haggadah in 1921), for the book "Yamim MikEdem" (Berlin, 1920), the book "The Rabbi of Bacharach" by Heinrich Heine (Berlin, 1921), the book of Genesis (Berlin, ca. 1925) and for the bibliophilic edition of the Collected Writings of Chaim Nachman Bialik and a Selection of His Translations (Berlin, 1923). • An engraving depicting the interior of the Beit Midrash of Plonsk, "Dedicated to my dear father" (Hebrew) (ca. 1918). • Additional prints.
All of the prints, except for one, are signed in pencil.
38 prints (several duplicates. Two of the prints are printed side-by-side on one leaf). Approx. 3X3 cm. to 15X17 17.5 cm. Good overall condition.
Enclosed are two additional prints, unsigned.
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