Collection of 18 etchings in preparation for and utilized in Budko’s illustrated edition of the Passover Hagadah (1921).

AUCTION 75 | Thursday, March 08th, 2018 at 1:00 PM

Auction of Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Antiquities, Ceremonial Objects & Graphic Art

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Lot 44

BUDKO, JOSEPH

Collection of 18 etchings in preparation for and utilized in Budko’s illustrated edition of the Passover Hagadah (1921).

Each signed by the artist in pencil, few also marked “probedruck.” Two of the 18 sheets contain nine engraved ornate initial Hebrew letters, others are of individual imagery. Sheet size range from 1.5 x 1.5 inches (3.8 x 3.8 cm) - 8 x 10.5 inches (20 x 26.5 cm).

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

PRICE REALIZED $1,500

Budko’s exquisite illustrated Pesach Hagadah was issued by the Löwit Verlag (Vienna-Berlin) in 1921. See Y.H. Yerushalmi, Haggadah and History, pl. 130-31; Y. Yudlov, Otzar Haggadot no. 2822.