Sovremnnaya Evrejskaya Grafika [“Contemporary Jewish Graphics.”]

Auction 92 | Thursday, February 18th, 2021 at 1:00pm
Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Arts

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Lot 242
ARONSON, BORIS

Sovremnnaya Evrejskaya Grafika [“Contemporary Jewish Graphics.”]

Plates and text illustrations by Chagall, Lissitsky, Rybak, Aronson and others. text in Russian. <<One of 300 copies.>> pp. 116. Half-title with Russian inscription (Buenos Aires, 1949), foxed in places. Original gilt-tooled wrappers. Sm. folio.

Berlin: Petropolis 1924

Est: $700 - $1,000
PRICE REALIZED $600
Impressive scholarly analysis charting the development of a national Jewish art. Issued by the Kiev born, experimental theater designer, Boris Aronson (1899-1980). See Israel Museum Catalogue, Tradition and Revolution (1987) Miscell. no. 174.