Auction 2 · Lot 233

Hofstein, David. Troyer

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $900

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(CHAGALL, MARC).

printer

Kultur Lige

Place

Kiev

Publication

1922

Description

Front cover, title and six illustrated pages by Chagall

references

Shmeruk 1537 (illustrated); Israel Museum Catalogue, Tradition and Revolution (1987) no. 150 i-vi (illustrated)

summary

“The most impressive Yiddish book illustrations by Chagall during 1917-22 are the drawings he made for Troyer (‘Mourning’), a collection of poems by David Hofstein, which movingly portrays the feelings of the poet after the pogroms against the Jews in the Ukraine during the Civil War.” C. Abramsky, Yiddish Book Illustrations in Russia: 1916-192; in: Tradition and Revolution p.62. See also, S. Wolitz, Chagall’s Last Soviet Performance: The Graphics for Troyer, in: Journal of Jewish Art, Vol. 21/2 (1995/6) pp. 95-115

32 pp. Heavy central crease on most ff. resulting in tear, corners chipped, each leaf (including original pictorial printed wrappers) expertly encased in acetate and bound in modern linen boards, sm. folio

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