Hagadah shel HaKos Hachamishit - Haggadah de la Cinquième Coupe.” Magnificently illustrated by Raymond Moretti. Calligraphy by Asher Amar.

AUCTION 72 | Thursday, March 16th, 2017 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Holy Land Maps & Fine Art

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Lot 107

(HAGADAH).

Hagadah shel HaKos Hachamishit - Haggadah de la Cinquième Coupe.” Magnificently illustrated by Raymond Moretti. Calligraphy by Asher Amar.

<<One of 299 numbered copies>> signed by the artist and publisher. Text in Hebrew and French. With 21 magnificent lithographs by Raymond Moretti (17 in color, 4 black-and-white), 12 double-paged. Each signed by the artist in pencil. Introduction by Chief Rabbi Shlomo Goren. Commentary by Rabbi Léon Ashkenazi and preface by Rabbi Tsvi Yehouda Hacohen Kook. Loose as issued in original green velvet clamshell box with gilt lettering in Hebrew and English. Folio.

Paris - Jerusalem: Georges Israel 1980

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,800

French artist Raymond Moretti (1931-2005) here illustrates the Passover Hagaddah utilizing the Hebrew alphabet as elements in their most abstract form.