STEINER-PRAG, HUGO.

AUCTION 2 | Tuesday, June 03rd, 1997 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art Including Property from a Dutch Private Collector and the Late T. Nachum Gidal

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Lot 159

STEINER-PRAG, HUGO.

Der Golem. Prager Phantasien. ONE OF 265 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. 25 striking lithographs illustrating the famous legend. This copy with ORIGINAL PASTEL AND CHALK DRAWING of a scene in the Prague Jewish Quarter, signed by Steiner-Prag (and noted by him in the colophon). Sheet size approx. 245x340 mm. Drawing: 145x230 mm

Leipzig, Kurt Woolf Verlag, 1916:

Est: $2,500 - $3,000

PRICE REALIZED $2,000

Moody and sinister illustrations to Gustav Meyrink’s treatment of the famous legend. See Jewish Museum Catalogue, Golem! Danger, Deliverance and Art (1988) pp. 57-60 (illustrated) and cat. no. 34.