Auction 69 - Part II - Avant-Garde Art from the Collection of Uzi Agassi

"Toi", by Moishe Broderzon – Moscow, 1919 – Tanka Style Poems

Opening: $300
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
Toi [Dew], by Moishe Broderzon. Moscow: Leben, 5679 [1919]. Yiddish.
Short poems by Moishe Broderzon, written in the style of Japanese Tanka poetry – 31 syllables, written in five lines, in a pattern of 5, 7, 5, 7, and 7 syllables.
The front cover and page 6 feature an identical illustration – a girl holding two bouquets of flowers – possibly by Ben Zion Zuckerman (1890-1944).
[32] leaves, 14 cm. Good condition. A few stains. Minor worming to spine.
Not in NLI.
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