Kinder Velt [“Children’s World]. Classic Children’s Nursery rhymes translated into Yiddish

AUCTION 15 | Tuesday, March 12th, 2002 at 1:00
Fine Hebrew Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners

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Lot 513
(RYBACK, ISSACHAR BER)

Kinder Velt [“Children’s World]. Classic Children’s Nursery rhymes translated into Yiddish

With title page and 14 illustrations by RYBACK pp.16. Unbound. Folio Israel Museum Catalogue, Tradition and Revolution, no.135 i-xiv (illustrated)

Berlin: Farlag Shveln, c. 1922

Est: $2,500 - $3,000
PRICE REALIZED $2,500
Delightful illustrations each housed within an arch form, reminiscent of the Synagogue Ark. Following his expedition with El Lissitzky to study Jewish folk art motifs, the influence of Synagogue art and architecture can be seen in the work of both artists