Online Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Part I
"Toi", by Moishe Broderzon – Moscow, 1919 – Tanka Style Poems
Opening: $200
Sold for: $1,500
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] ff., 14 cm. Good condition. A few stains. Minor worming to spine.
Not in NLI.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.
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] ff., 14 cm. Good condition. A few stains. Minor worming to spine.
Not in NLI.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.
Yiddish Culture and Literature, Russian Avant-Garde
Yiddish Culture and Literature, Russian Avant-Garde