Auction 75 · Lot 44
Collection of 18 etchings in preparation for and utilized in Budko’s illustrated edition of the Passover Hagadah (1921).
- Estimate
- $2,000–$3,000
- Hammer price
- $1,500
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
BUDKO, JOSEPH
Description
Each signed by the artist in pencil, few also marked “probedruck.” Two of the 18 sheets contain nine engraved ornate initial Hebrew letters, others are of individual imagery.
summary
Budko’s exquisite illustrated Pesach Hagadah was issued by the Löwit Verlag (Vienna-Berlin) in 1921. See Y.H. Yerushalmi, Haggadah and History, pl. 130-31; Y. Yudlov, Otzar Haggadot no. 2822.
Sheet size range from 1.5 x 1.5 inches (3.8 x 3.8 cm) - 8 x 10.5 inches (20 x 26.5 cm).
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