Schlaflied für Mirjam [“Lullaby for Miriam”]

AUCTION 51 | Thursday, June 23rd, 2011 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Books, Part II

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Lot 112

BEER-HOFFMAN, RICHARD

Schlaflied für Mirjam [“Lullaby for Miriam”]

Lithographed. On final leaf, signed and numbered by Author, “No.1” Boards. Folio

New York: 1945

Est: $500 - $700

Richard Beer-Hoffman (1866-1945) was an Austrian-Jewish dramatist and poet. He is credited with having employed stream of consciousness in his writings before the technique was made famous by James Joyce, Marcel Proust, et al. His Schlaflied für Mirjam has withstood the test of time and is still widely anthologized. The poem was written for the author's daughter Miriam in Vienna in 1897. According to the explanatory note on f. 4 this very limited edition was produced exclusively "Für Freunde."