Hofstein, David. Troyer

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
Lot 233
(CHAGALL, MARC).
Hofstein, David. Troyer
Kiev: Kultur Lige 1922
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PRICE REALIZED $900
“The most impressive Yiddish book illustrations by Chagall during 1917-22 are the drawings he made for Troyer (‘Mourning’), a collection of poems by David Hofstein, which movingly portrays the feelings of the poet after the pogroms against the Jews in the Ukraine during the Civil War.” C. Abramsky, Yiddish Book Illustrations in Russia: 1916-192; in: Tradition and Revolution p.62. See also, S. Wolitz, Chagall’s Last Soviet Performance: The Graphics for Troyer, in: Journal of Jewish Art, Vol. 21/2 (1995/6) pp. 95-115