Adler, Miklos ("Ben Benjamin"). Sixteen woodcut illustrations

AUCTION 38 | Thursday, November 29th, 2007 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art

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Lot 137
(HOLOCAUST)

Adler, Miklos ("Ben Benjamin"). Sixteen woodcut illustrations

Artist's introduction and captions in four languages: English, Hebrew, Hungarian and Russian A few light stains. Soft printed wrappers, flap of wrapper detached, woodcuts issued on loose leaves. 4to

Debrecen (Hungary): Hechalutz (1946?)

Est: $400 - $600
PRICE REALIZED $850
In his introduction, the artist explains that his book has no title because one cannot find a word to express the tragedy that befell the European Jews in the last years. Hungarian Jewish artist Miklos Adler ("Ben Benjamin"), utilizing the medium of the woodcut, conveys the enormity of the crimes perpetrated against the Jews of Europe in World War Two. Some of these woodcuts by Adler appear in the Passover Hagadah issued in Munich in 1946 under the auspices of the United States Third Army. (The Hagadah was sold in Kestenbaum Sale 37, Lot 91)