Chaliastra [Yiddish Language Art Periodical]. No. 2

Estimate: $800–$1,200
Hammer price: $1,200

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author

(CHAGALL, MARC).

printer

Jakubowitsch and Romano

Place

Paris

Publication

1924

Description

Cover illustration (recurs on p. 74) and four other illustrations by Chagall

summary

One of Chagall’s last illustrated Yiddish works of the period. Included are excerpts of Chagall’s autobiography (pp.70-73). Not listed in Israel Museum Catalogue, Tradition and Revolution (1987) nor Museum of Modern Art Catalogue, The Russian Avant-Garde Book (2002)

pp. 84. Lightly browned, minor stains. Original illustrated wrappers, front wrapper detached, bound into modern boards. 4to

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