Auction 51

“Yiddische Künstler” – books on Jewish artists in Yiddish. Warsaw/New York, with many prints of illustrations and pictures.

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Four volumes of Yiddish writing on Jewish artists, including many reproductions of artwork:

1. Two volumes of the work “Perished Jewish Artists”, by Yosef Sandel, printed by “Yiddische Buche”, Warsaw 1957. First section: 247, [2] pages, [62] facsimile images, [2] pages. Second section: 262, [1] pages, [82] facsimile images, [2] pages. 20.5cm. Taped spines, various defects and stains, overall good condition.

2. Yiddische Künstler: “Jewish Artists, Articles about Jewish artists and sculptors accompanied by 33 images”. By Yaakov Rashel, printed in New York 1943. 159, [1] pages. 23.5cm. Defects in the binding, small tear on the title page and a few additional defects. Stains, overall good condition.

3. “100 Jewish-American Artists”, duplicated Yiddish and English pages on each artist. By Louis Lazawick, printed by Ikuf, New York 1947. Xv, 207, xv pages. 30.5cm. Slight tear to one leaf, light defects and stains, overall good condition.