Auction 69 - Part II - Avant-Garde Art from the Collection of Uzi Agassi
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Auction 69 - Part II - Avant-Garde Art from the Collection of Uzi Agassi
December 3, 2019
Opening: $500
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Unsold
Himlen in Opgrunt [Heavens in the Abyss], by Chaim Krul (Krol). Lodz: Achrid, 1921. Yiddish, with an additional Polish title page. Linocuts by Esther Karp.
A volume of poetry by Chaim Krul. The entire book – cover, illustrations and text – consists of linocuts by Esther Karp. The illustrations are colored with watercolors. Copy no. 46 from an edition of 200 numbered copies.
Esther Karp (1897-1970) was born in Skierniewice, Poland. Her father, Lipman Karp, owned a photography studio. After she graduated from the local gymnasium, Karp travelled to study painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. During the early 1920s, after graduating from the academy, she moved to Lodz and became associated with the Yung-Yidish group. In 1925, she moved to Paris, where she continued to paint. Throughout her life, Karp suffered from mental disorders, and in her last years was hospitalized in the St. Anne psychiatric hospital in Paris.
[20] leaves, 26.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Cover slightly faded at margins. Small tears to spine.
The Achrid publishing house in Lodz also published other books by Yung-Yidish artists, including a volume of poetry by Rachel Lipstein with linocuts by Dinah Matus (see Kedem catalog 56, item 154).
A volume of poetry by Chaim Krul. The entire book – cover, illustrations and text – consists of linocuts by Esther Karp. The illustrations are colored with watercolors. Copy no. 46 from an edition of 200 numbered copies.
Esther Karp (1897-1970) was born in Skierniewice, Poland. Her father, Lipman Karp, owned a photography studio. After she graduated from the local gymnasium, Karp travelled to study painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. During the early 1920s, after graduating from the academy, she moved to Lodz and became associated with the Yung-Yidish group. In 1925, she moved to Paris, where she continued to paint. Throughout her life, Karp suffered from mental disorders, and in her last years was hospitalized in the St. Anne psychiatric hospital in Paris.
[20] leaves, 26.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Cover slightly faded at margins. Small tears to spine.
The Achrid publishing house in Lodz also published other books by Yung-Yidish artists, including a volume of poetry by Rachel Lipstein with linocuts by Dinah Matus (see Kedem catalog 56, item 154).
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Auction 69 - Part II - Avant-Garde Art from the Collection of Uzi Agassi
December 3, 2019
Opening: $300
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Sold for: $2,250
Including buyer's premium
Tsungenlungen, by Moishe Broderzon. Lodz: Yung-Yidish, 1921. Yiddish. Illustration by the author.
A short puppet play by Moishe Broderzon. The front cover and the title page feature an identical illustration by Broderzon.
Moishe Broderzon (1890-1956), poet, playwright and the founder of several artistic groups in Poland: the Yung-Yidish avant-garde group, the "Ararat" theater in Lodz and the first Yiddish puppet theater – "Khad-gadye". After the occupation of Poland by the Germans, he fled to the USSR and in 1950 was arrested on suspicion of anti-communist activity and sentenced to imprisonment in Siberia. He was released in 1955, returned to Lodz and in 1956 died of a heart attack.
31, [1] pp, 16.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes.
A short puppet play by Moishe Broderzon. The front cover and the title page feature an identical illustration by Broderzon.
Moishe Broderzon (1890-1956), poet, playwright and the founder of several artistic groups in Poland: the Yung-Yidish avant-garde group, the "Ararat" theater in Lodz and the first Yiddish puppet theater – "Khad-gadye". After the occupation of Poland by the Germans, he fled to the USSR and in 1950 was arrested on suspicion of anti-communist activity and sentenced to imprisonment in Siberia. He was released in 1955, returned to Lodz and in 1956 died of a heart attack.
31, [1] pp, 16.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes.
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Auction 69 - Part II - Avant-Garde Art from the Collection of Uzi Agassi
December 3, 2019
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.
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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Auction 69 - Part II - Avant-Garde Art from the Collection of Uzi Agassi
December 3, 2019
Opening: $600
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Sold for: $3,500
Including buyer's premium
S'feld [The Field], literary journal. Three issues (issues nos. 3-5). Lodz, 1921-1923. Yiddish.
Three issues of the literary journal 'S'feld' with works by Moishe Broderzon, Uri Zvi Greenberg, Chaim Krul, Sarah Baum, David Zitman, and others. Issue no. 5, from 1923, is dedicated to the memory of poet David Zitman who died that year and contains poems written by Zitman on his sickbed. The cover of the third issue was presumably designed by painter and sculptor Marek Szwarc (1892-1958. See item 209).
The 'S'feld' journal, edited by Yiddish poet and writer Yisroel Rabon, was published in Lodz during the years 1919-1923 (a total of six issues were published). The journal published, among others, works by members of the Yung-Yidish group.
Issue no. 3: 30 pp; Issue no. 4: 32 pp; Issue no. 5: 30 pp (the first leaf is detached. No cover). 22-24 cm. Condition varies. Stains, tears and blemishes.
Not in NLI.
Three issues of the literary journal 'S'feld' with works by Moishe Broderzon, Uri Zvi Greenberg, Chaim Krul, Sarah Baum, David Zitman, and others. Issue no. 5, from 1923, is dedicated to the memory of poet David Zitman who died that year and contains poems written by Zitman on his sickbed. The cover of the third issue was presumably designed by painter and sculptor Marek Szwarc (1892-1958. See item 209).
The 'S'feld' journal, edited by Yiddish poet and writer Yisroel Rabon, was published in Lodz during the years 1919-1923 (a total of six issues were published). The journal published, among others, works by members of the Yung-Yidish group.
Issue no. 3: 30 pp; Issue no. 4: 32 pp; Issue no. 5: 30 pp (the first leaf is detached. No cover). 22-24 cm. Condition varies. Stains, tears and blemishes.
Not in NLI.
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Auction 69 - Part II - Avant-Garde Art from the Collection of Uzi Agassi
December 3, 2019
Opening: $500
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Unsold
Wegen, Heft A [Roads, Booklet A], anthology of poetry and prose edited by M. Szwarc. Lodz, 1922. Yiddish.
An anthology of poetry and prose featuring works by Moishe Broderzon, Oser Warszawski, Chaim Leib Fox (Fuks), David Koenigsberg, Yitzchak Berliner, Sarah Baum and others. A reproduction of the painting "Adam and Eve" by Joseph Hecht is printed on the front cover.
The artist Joseph Hecht (1891-?) was born in Lodz, studied at the Art Academy in Krakow during the years 1909-1914 and then travelled to Norway, where he worked and exhibited his works until 1919. In 1920, he arrived in Paris, where he devoted himself to engraving and took part in the establishment of the organization "Young Contemporary Engraving Artists" (La Jeune Gravure Contemporaine). There is a dispute as to whether he perished in an extermination camp or died in Paris in 1951.
32 columns (two columns per page), approx. 35 cm. Fair condition. Detached leaves. Minor creases. Closed and open tears to edges (large open tears to back cover). Foxing (mostly on cover). The two parts of the cover are detached from each other and from the booklet.
The anthology is not recorded in OCLC.
An anthology of poetry and prose featuring works by Moishe Broderzon, Oser Warszawski, Chaim Leib Fox (Fuks), David Koenigsberg, Yitzchak Berliner, Sarah Baum and others. A reproduction of the painting "Adam and Eve" by Joseph Hecht is printed on the front cover.
The artist Joseph Hecht (1891-?) was born in Lodz, studied at the Art Academy in Krakow during the years 1909-1914 and then travelled to Norway, where he worked and exhibited his works until 1919. In 1920, he arrived in Paris, where he devoted himself to engraving and took part in the establishment of the organization "Young Contemporary Engraving Artists" (La Jeune Gravure Contemporaine). There is a dispute as to whether he perished in an extermination camp or died in Paris in 1951.
32 columns (two columns per page), approx. 35 cm. Fair condition. Detached leaves. Minor creases. Closed and open tears to edges (large open tears to back cover). Foxing (mostly on cover). The two parts of the cover are detached from each other and from the booklet.
The anthology is not recorded in OCLC.
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Auction 69 - Part II - Avant-Garde Art from the Collection of Uzi Agassi
December 3, 2019
Opening: $600
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Unsold
Three Yiddish literary and artistic anthologies and journals. Lodz and Kiev, 1916-1923.
1. Heften far Literatur un Kunst [Notebooks for Literature and Art]. Editor and publisher: Y. M. Poznanski. First issue. Lodz: E. I M Hamburskich press, 1916.
Featuring works by Moishe Broderzon, David Frischmann, Jacob Reisfeder and others. [1] leaf, 32 pp, 24.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Small open tears to edges of several leaves (not affecting the text). Open tears to cover. Tears along the spine. Stains.
Not in NLI.
2. Shveln, Chodesh-zhurnal far literatur un kunst [Thresholds, Monthly for Literature and Art]. Lodz: Kultura press, November 1923.
Featuring works by Chaim Krul, Moishe Broderzon, Chaim Leib Fuks and others. The issue contains reproductions of works by the Polish artists Marek Szwarc and Izrael Lejzerowicz. 64 pp + [3] reproduction plates, an additional reproduction appears on the front cover. 24.5 cm. Fair condition. The cover is detached and torn. Detached leaves. Tears to edges of leaves (some of them open). Dry and brittle paper. Stains.
Not in NLI.
3. Barg-Aruf [Uphill]. Booklet no. 2. Kiev: Vidervuks, 1923.
Featuring works by Itzik Feffer, Devorah Chorol, Itzik Kipnis and others. 48 pp, 26 cm. Fair-good condition. Small closed and open tears to edges of several leaves (not affecting the text). Open tears to edges of cover and spine. Creases. Stains.
1. Heften far Literatur un Kunst [Notebooks for Literature and Art]. Editor and publisher: Y. M. Poznanski. First issue. Lodz: E. I M Hamburskich press, 1916.
Featuring works by Moishe Broderzon, David Frischmann, Jacob Reisfeder and others. [1] leaf, 32 pp, 24.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Small open tears to edges of several leaves (not affecting the text). Open tears to cover. Tears along the spine. Stains.
Not in NLI.
2. Shveln, Chodesh-zhurnal far literatur un kunst [Thresholds, Monthly for Literature and Art]. Lodz: Kultura press, November 1923.
Featuring works by Chaim Krul, Moishe Broderzon, Chaim Leib Fuks and others. The issue contains reproductions of works by the Polish artists Marek Szwarc and Izrael Lejzerowicz. 64 pp + [3] reproduction plates, an additional reproduction appears on the front cover. 24.5 cm. Fair condition. The cover is detached and torn. Detached leaves. Tears to edges of leaves (some of them open). Dry and brittle paper. Stains.
Not in NLI.
3. Barg-Aruf [Uphill]. Booklet no. 2. Kiev: Vidervuks, 1923.
Featuring works by Itzik Feffer, Devorah Chorol, Itzik Kipnis and others. 48 pp, 26 cm. Fair-good condition. Small closed and open tears to edges of several leaves (not affecting the text). Open tears to edges of cover and spine. Creases. Stains.
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Auction 69 - Part II - Avant-Garde Art from the Collection of Uzi Agassi
December 3, 2019
Opening: $600
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Unsold
Catalog fun der oisshtelung fun yudishe kinstler Warsaw-kehila [Catalog of the exhibition of Jewish artists, the Warsaw community], 1921. Yiddish. Illustrations by Henryk Berlewi.
A catalog listing the 337 works displayed in the exhibition of Jewish art that was held in Warsaw in summer 1921. The exhibition, which was a continuation of an exhibition organized by the Yung-Yidish group in Lodz, displayed works by Henryk Berlewi, Regina Mundlak, Abraham Ostrzega, Maurycy Gottlieb, Samuel Hirszenberg and others. The organizing committee included Abraham Ostrzega, Jakub Appenszlak, Henryk Berlewi, Dr. Michael Weichert and others. As noted at the end of the catalog, the revenues from the exhibition were dedicated to organizing future exhibitions, providing scholarships for artists and founding a union of Jewish artists.
The Jewish-Polish artist Henryk Berlewi (1894-1967) was one of the leading constructivist artists in Poland in the 1920s. He studied art in Warsaw, Antwerp and Paris. During the years 1919-1921, he worked with the artistic and literary avant-garde group Yung-Yidish. Berlewi designed and illustrated books; especially remembered are his illustrations for books by poets Uri Zvi Greenberg and Peretz Markish. In 1924, Berlewi published a theoretical tract titled "Mechano-Faktura" in which he introduced the artistic method he had developed – using mechanical means to create texture. The "Mechano-Faktura", which is based on arrangements of lines and simple geometric forms, using the colors black, white and red, rejects the illusion of space in favor of two-dimensionality. In late 1920s, Berlewi moved to Paris and started painting mainly portraits. After World War II, his works were displayed in several large exhibitions in Paris, as well as in Berlin, Warsaw, Zurich and New York.
[1] title page, 11, [1] pp, [1] blank leaf, 22 cm. Good condition. Creases and a few stains. Traces of gluing on verso of title page.
Not in OCLC.
A catalog listing the 337 works displayed in the exhibition of Jewish art that was held in Warsaw in summer 1921. The exhibition, which was a continuation of an exhibition organized by the Yung-Yidish group in Lodz, displayed works by Henryk Berlewi, Regina Mundlak, Abraham Ostrzega, Maurycy Gottlieb, Samuel Hirszenberg and others. The organizing committee included Abraham Ostrzega, Jakub Appenszlak, Henryk Berlewi, Dr. Michael Weichert and others. As noted at the end of the catalog, the revenues from the exhibition were dedicated to organizing future exhibitions, providing scholarships for artists and founding a union of Jewish artists.
The Jewish-Polish artist Henryk Berlewi (1894-1967) was one of the leading constructivist artists in Poland in the 1920s. He studied art in Warsaw, Antwerp and Paris. During the years 1919-1921, he worked with the artistic and literary avant-garde group Yung-Yidish. Berlewi designed and illustrated books; especially remembered are his illustrations for books by poets Uri Zvi Greenberg and Peretz Markish. In 1924, Berlewi published a theoretical tract titled "Mechano-Faktura" in which he introduced the artistic method he had developed – using mechanical means to create texture. The "Mechano-Faktura", which is based on arrangements of lines and simple geometric forms, using the colors black, white and red, rejects the illusion of space in favor of two-dimensionality. In late 1920s, Berlewi moved to Paris and started painting mainly portraits. After World War II, his works were displayed in several large exhibitions in Paris, as well as in Berlin, Warsaw, Zurich and New York.
[1] title page, 11, [1] pp, [1] blank leaf, 22 cm. Good condition. Creases and a few stains. Traces of gluing on verso of title page.
Not in OCLC.
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Avant-Garde Art
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Auction 69 - Part II - Avant-Garde Art from the Collection of Uzi Agassi
December 3, 2019
Opening: $500
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Unsold
Three books with covers designed by Henryk Berlewi:
1. Der vos Krigt di Petsh [He Who Gets Slapped], by Leonid Andreyev. Yiddish translation: Avraham Morawski. Warsaw: The Levin-Epstein Brothers ("Brider Levin-Epstein un Shutafim"), 1921. Yiddish.
Avraham Morawski's Yiddish translation of the play "He Who Gets Slapped" by Russian playwright and author Leonid Andreyev.
[3], V, 137 pp, 20 cm. Missing pages 138-149 and the back cover. Fair condition. The front cover is detached and torn at its edges (several of the tears are open). The last leaf is detached and torn (missing pieces). Brittle paper. Unopened pages. Stains and tears.
2. Legion, poem by Gabriel Talphir. Warsaw: Peratzim, [1925]. Signed by Talphir on the title page.
80 pp, 28 cm + [1] errata leaf, 15X22.5 cm. Fair condition. Detached cover and leaves (missing spine), stains and tears.
3. Yiddish Teater, Kvartal-Buch [Yiddish Theater, Quraterly], Buch 1 [First Book], edited by Michael Weichert. Poland: B. Kletzkin, 1927. Yiddish.
Articles about Yiddish theater by Jacob Botoshansky, Yitzchak Schipper, Michael Weichert and others; accompanied by four picture-plates – three photographs from various plays, including the play "Shabtai Zvi" of the "Vilner Trupe" (The Vilna Troupe) and a painting of the "Yiddishen Kunst-Teater" in New York.
The editor of the quarterly, the author and playwright Michael Weichert, played a major role in the Jewish cultural life in Poland. He worked as a legal advisor of Jewish charity and culture institutions. In 1940, he founded the Jewish Social Self-Help organization – the JSS. The German authorities allowed the JSS to operate, and for approximately two years it was the most important organization aiding Jews in ghettos. At the end of the war, Weichert was accused of collaboration with the Nazis and was prosecuted by the Polish government. Although the Polish court acquitted Weichert, in 1948 he was retried at an independent "court" founded by the central Jewish committee in Poland for this purpose. In this trial he was found guilty and was sentenced to "bear a badge of shame". In 1958, he immigrated to Israel.
121, [7] pp + [4] plates, 21 cm. Good condition. Stains, mostly on margins of cover. Unopened pages. Tears to edges of cover and leaves. Open tears to spine.
See previous item.
1. Der vos Krigt di Petsh [He Who Gets Slapped], by Leonid Andreyev. Yiddish translation: Avraham Morawski. Warsaw: The Levin-Epstein Brothers ("Brider Levin-Epstein un Shutafim"), 1921. Yiddish.
Avraham Morawski's Yiddish translation of the play "He Who Gets Slapped" by Russian playwright and author Leonid Andreyev.
[3], V, 137 pp, 20 cm. Missing pages 138-149 and the back cover. Fair condition. The front cover is detached and torn at its edges (several of the tears are open). The last leaf is detached and torn (missing pieces). Brittle paper. Unopened pages. Stains and tears.
2. Legion, poem by Gabriel Talphir. Warsaw: Peratzim, [1925]. Signed by Talphir on the title page.
80 pp, 28 cm + [1] errata leaf, 15X22.5 cm. Fair condition. Detached cover and leaves (missing spine), stains and tears.
3. Yiddish Teater, Kvartal-Buch [Yiddish Theater, Quraterly], Buch 1 [First Book], edited by Michael Weichert. Poland: B. Kletzkin, 1927. Yiddish.
Articles about Yiddish theater by Jacob Botoshansky, Yitzchak Schipper, Michael Weichert and others; accompanied by four picture-plates – three photographs from various plays, including the play "Shabtai Zvi" of the "Vilner Trupe" (The Vilna Troupe) and a painting of the "Yiddishen Kunst-Teater" in New York.
The editor of the quarterly, the author and playwright Michael Weichert, played a major role in the Jewish cultural life in Poland. He worked as a legal advisor of Jewish charity and culture institutions. In 1940, he founded the Jewish Social Self-Help organization – the JSS. The German authorities allowed the JSS to operate, and for approximately two years it was the most important organization aiding Jews in ghettos. At the end of the war, Weichert was accused of collaboration with the Nazis and was prosecuted by the Polish government. Although the Polish court acquitted Weichert, in 1948 he was retried at an independent "court" founded by the central Jewish committee in Poland for this purpose. In this trial he was found guilty and was sentenced to "bear a badge of shame". In 1958, he immigrated to Israel.
121, [7] pp + [4] plates, 21 cm. Good condition. Stains, mostly on margins of cover. Unopened pages. Tears to edges of cover and leaves. Open tears to spine.
See previous item.
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Avant-Garde Art
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Auction 69 - Part II - Avant-Garde Art from the Collection of Uzi Agassi
December 3, 2019
Opening: $300
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Unsold
Six illustrated leaves – front covers and leaves from Yiddish booklets and books. Warsaw, Vilnius, Kiev and elsewhere, [ca. 1920s-1930s].
• Leaf with an illustration by Henryk Berlewi. Presumably from the literary almanac "Ringen" (Warsaw, 1921).
• The front cover of the booklet "Yiddisher Arbeter-Pinkes" [The Notebook of Working Jews, by Ya'akov Zerubavel] which was published by Nay Kultur in Warsaw, [1927], illustrated by Henryk Berlewi.
• A leaf with an illustration by Yitzchak Brauner, from a Yiddish booklet.
• The title page of the booklet "Critique" by Isidor Elyashev, published by Kultur Lige [Kiev, 1920]. The logo of the publishing house printed on the bottom of the leaf was presumably designed by Yissachar Ber Ryback.
• The front cover of the book "Di Geshikhte fun der Yidisher Arbeter-bavegung in Rusland" [The History of the Jewish Workers Movement in Russia], by N. [Nachum] A. Buchbinder, Vilnius: Tomor, [1931]. The illustration on the cover is signed "BM".
• The front cover of the booklet "Der Mishpet Ibern Kheyder" [The Trial over the Cheder], 1922. The illustration on the cover is not signed.
Approx. 24X21 cm to 27X23.5 cm. Condition varies.
• Leaf with an illustration by Henryk Berlewi. Presumably from the literary almanac "Ringen" (Warsaw, 1921).
• The front cover of the booklet "Yiddisher Arbeter-Pinkes" [The Notebook of Working Jews, by Ya'akov Zerubavel] which was published by Nay Kultur in Warsaw, [1927], illustrated by Henryk Berlewi.
• A leaf with an illustration by Yitzchak Brauner, from a Yiddish booklet.
• The title page of the booklet "Critique" by Isidor Elyashev, published by Kultur Lige [Kiev, 1920]. The logo of the publishing house printed on the bottom of the leaf was presumably designed by Yissachar Ber Ryback.
• The front cover of the book "Di Geshikhte fun der Yidisher Arbeter-bavegung in Rusland" [The History of the Jewish Workers Movement in Russia], by N. [Nachum] A. Buchbinder, Vilnius: Tomor, [1931]. The illustration on the cover is signed "BM".
• The front cover of the booklet "Der Mishpet Ibern Kheyder" [The Trial over the Cheder], 1922. The illustration on the cover is not signed.
Approx. 24X21 cm to 27X23.5 cm. Condition varies.
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Avant-Garde Art
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Auction 69 - Part II - Avant-Garde Art from the Collection of Uzi Agassi
December 3, 2019
Opening: $300
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Unsold
Albatros, Zhurnal for dem nayem dichter un kinstler oysdruk [Journal for New poetic and artistic expression], edited by Uri Zvi Greenberg. Warsaw: Y. M. Fried, 1922. Yiddish. Cover design by Władysław Weintraub.
The first issue of the modernist Yiddish journal "Albatros", which greatly influenced Yiddish literary circles and Jewish modernism. The issue features the manifesto "To the Opponents of The New Poetry" – a revolutionary composition by Uri Zvi Greenberg, alongside additional groundbreaking compositions, some of them also written by Greenberg. Uri Zvi Greenberg wanted the journal to be groundbreaking both in content and form, and indeed, the graphic design of the journal manifests the expressionist premises of its content.
The issue features a linocut by artist Marek Szwarc. The cover of the issue was designed by Władysław Weintraub. On the inside front cover, an autograph inscription by Uri Zvi Greenberg to Marek Szwarc (Yiddish. Dated: "Warsaw, late Elul 5682 [1922]). The front cover is hand-signed: "Marek 22 Lodz [?]" (presumably, Marek Szwarc's signature).
The second issue of "Albatros" included Uri Zvi Greenbeg's prose poem Royte epl fun Veybeymer ("Red apples from the Trees of Pain"), which dealt with his experiences during World War I. The Polish censors considered the poem to be blasphemous; the journal was banned and Uri Zvi Greenberg was charged with insulting Catholicism. Subsequently, Greenberg left for Berlin, where he published an additional issue of the journal (a double issue, no. 3-4). From there, in 1924, he immigrated to Palestine and continued writing in Hebrew.
Marek Szwarc (1892-1958), a Jewish-Polish painter and sculptor, born in Zgierz (Poland); associated with the School of Paris. Szwarc studied at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris and boarded at the artist's residence La Ruche in the Montparnasse district of Paris, together with Marc Chagall, Chaim Soutine and Fernand Léger. In 1912, he was one of the founders of the art magazine "Mahmadim", which was considered the first Jewish art magazine. He exhibited his first sculpture in 1913 in the Salon d'Automne. During World War I, he spent some time in Odessa and Kiev (where he met the literary circle of Mendele Mocher Sforim, Achad Ha'am and Bialik and the avant-garde writers headed by David Bergelson), and later returned to Poland, where he was one of the founders of the Yung-Yidish group. Although he converted to Catholicism, his identity as a Jew never wavered and many of his works dealt with biblical themes.
19 pp, 36 cm. Fair condition. Dry and brittle paper. Closed and open tears. Detached leaves. Detached covers.
Literature: "Be'ovi Hashir" (Hebrew). Jerusalem: Bialik Institute, 2007.
The first issue of the modernist Yiddish journal "Albatros", which greatly influenced Yiddish literary circles and Jewish modernism. The issue features the manifesto "To the Opponents of The New Poetry" – a revolutionary composition by Uri Zvi Greenberg, alongside additional groundbreaking compositions, some of them also written by Greenberg. Uri Zvi Greenberg wanted the journal to be groundbreaking both in content and form, and indeed, the graphic design of the journal manifests the expressionist premises of its content.
The issue features a linocut by artist Marek Szwarc. The cover of the issue was designed by Władysław Weintraub. On the inside front cover, an autograph inscription by Uri Zvi Greenberg to Marek Szwarc (Yiddish. Dated: "Warsaw, late Elul 5682 [1922]). The front cover is hand-signed: "Marek 22 Lodz [?]" (presumably, Marek Szwarc's signature).
The second issue of "Albatros" included Uri Zvi Greenbeg's prose poem Royte epl fun Veybeymer ("Red apples from the Trees of Pain"), which dealt with his experiences during World War I. The Polish censors considered the poem to be blasphemous; the journal was banned and Uri Zvi Greenberg was charged with insulting Catholicism. Subsequently, Greenberg left for Berlin, where he published an additional issue of the journal (a double issue, no. 3-4). From there, in 1924, he immigrated to Palestine and continued writing in Hebrew.
Marek Szwarc (1892-1958), a Jewish-Polish painter and sculptor, born in Zgierz (Poland); associated with the School of Paris. Szwarc studied at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris and boarded at the artist's residence La Ruche in the Montparnasse district of Paris, together with Marc Chagall, Chaim Soutine and Fernand Léger. In 1912, he was one of the founders of the art magazine "Mahmadim", which was considered the first Jewish art magazine. He exhibited his first sculpture in 1913 in the Salon d'Automne. During World War I, he spent some time in Odessa and Kiev (where he met the literary circle of Mendele Mocher Sforim, Achad Ha'am and Bialik and the avant-garde writers headed by David Bergelson), and later returned to Poland, where he was one of the founders of the Yung-Yidish group. Although he converted to Catholicism, his identity as a Jew never wavered and many of his works dealt with biblical themes.
19 pp, 36 cm. Fair condition. Dry and brittle paper. Closed and open tears. Detached leaves. Detached covers.
Literature: "Be'ovi Hashir" (Hebrew). Jerusalem: Bialik Institute, 2007.
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Avant-Garde Art
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Auction 69 - Part II - Avant-Garde Art from the Collection of Uzi Agassi
December 3, 2019
Opening: $400
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Unsold
In Tsaytens Roysh [In the Noise of Times], by Uri Zvi Greenberg. Lemberg [Lviv]: Bezalel, 1919. Yiddish.?One of Uri Zvi Greenberg's earliest works, featuring a long preface written by him, poems and more.
On the title page, an autograph inscription by Greenberg, presumably to Meir Hartiner: "To Hartiner my brother with love, Uri Zvi Greenberg, 1919" (Hebrew).
Meir Hartiner (1880-1972), writer, translator and editor, immigrated to Palestine in 1938. Wrote for the Yiddish and Hebrew press and edited the newspaper "HaOlam".
63, [1] pp, approx. 21 cm. Good condition. Uneven edges. Stains on the leaves of the book and on its cover. Tears and minor creases to the edges of the leaves and the cover.
On the title page, an autograph inscription by Greenberg, presumably to Meir Hartiner: "To Hartiner my brother with love, Uri Zvi Greenberg, 1919" (Hebrew).
Meir Hartiner (1880-1972), writer, translator and editor, immigrated to Palestine in 1938. Wrote for the Yiddish and Hebrew press and edited the newspaper "HaOlam".
63, [1] pp, approx. 21 cm. Good condition. Uneven edges. Stains on the leaves of the book and on its cover. Tears and minor creases to the edges of the leaves and the cover.
Category
Avant-Garde Art
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Auction 69 - Part II - Avant-Garde Art from the Collection of Uzi Agassi
December 3, 2019
Opening: $300
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Unsold
Eimah Gdolah VeYare'ach [Great Horror and a Moon], by Uri Zvi Greenberg. Tel Aviv: Hedim, 5685 [1924].
Uri Zvi Greenberg's first book in Hebrew and the first that was published in Palestine. An edition of six hundred copies; with a linocut by Marek Szwarc (see item 209).
The book, composed of ten long poems, spurred heated controversy among the literary circles in Palestine and in time was considered a milestone in Hebrew poetry. In a short manifesto that was printed at the beginning of the book, Greenberg wrote: "I am not as modest as I should be. I know perfectly well what my book is and I know perfectly well that the old guard should step aside in Hebrew poetry as well. And this is the solid reply to all the abusers…" (Hebrew). In his book "An Introduction to Uri Zvi Greenberg" (Hebrew. Bialik Institute: 2002), the scholar Dan Miron wrote: "The poet created here the first modern Hebrew long poem after which there is none other, a creation that stands out in the entire view of Hebrew literature as a one-time peak… Greenberg wrote the entire book knowing clearly that he is laying the foundations for modern Hebrew literary culture…"
64 pp, 32 cm. Good condition. Foxing. Stains and blemishes to binding.
Uri Zvi Greenberg's first book in Hebrew and the first that was published in Palestine. An edition of six hundred copies; with a linocut by Marek Szwarc (see item 209).
The book, composed of ten long poems, spurred heated controversy among the literary circles in Palestine and in time was considered a milestone in Hebrew poetry. In a short manifesto that was printed at the beginning of the book, Greenberg wrote: "I am not as modest as I should be. I know perfectly well what my book is and I know perfectly well that the old guard should step aside in Hebrew poetry as well. And this is the solid reply to all the abusers…" (Hebrew). In his book "An Introduction to Uri Zvi Greenberg" (Hebrew. Bialik Institute: 2002), the scholar Dan Miron wrote: "The poet created here the first modern Hebrew long poem after which there is none other, a creation that stands out in the entire view of Hebrew literature as a one-time peak… Greenberg wrote the entire book knowing clearly that he is laying the foundations for modern Hebrew literary culture…"
64 pp, 32 cm. Good condition. Foxing. Stains and blemishes to binding.
Category
Avant-Garde Art
Catalogue