Zein Leben un Shafen [“His Life and Work”]

AUCTION 41 | Thursday, September 18th, 2008 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, & Graphic Art

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Lot 314

(RYBACK, ISSACHAR BER).

Zein Leben un Shafen [“His Life and Work”]

ONE OF 350 NUMBERED COPIES. Edited by A. Tscherikower. Yiddish text. Frontispiece portrait and 32 plates recounting Ryback’s oeuvre. Photographic text illustrations. Signed inscription in English on opening blank by the artists’ widow, Sonia Ryback Original linen-boards with gilt-pictorial design on upper cover. Folio

Paris: 1937

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $650

A testimonial volume issued following the artist’s tragically early death, age 38. Includes articles by the artist’s widow, as well as Marc Chagall, Mane-Katz, Arnold Zweig, etc.