Auction 109 Winner's Unlimited - Eretz Israel & Zionism, Postcards & Photographs, Posters, Maps, Judaica, Holy books, Letters from Rabbis & Rebbes
By Winner'S
Aug 21, 2018
3 Shatner Center 1st Floor Givat Shaul Jerusalem, Israel
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LOT 277:

Passover Haggadah with Woodcuts by Jacob Steinhardt - Limited Edition of 1000 Copies

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Passover Haggadah with Woodcuts by Jacob Steinhardt - Limited Edition of 1000 Copies

Passover haggadah with woodcuts by Jacob Steinhardt, text design by Franziska Baruch, published by Dvir, Tel Aviv 1979, 1000-copy edition. Nice copy in the original case.

Steinhardt [1887-1968] was known for woodcuts he produced since 1912 in the German Expressionist style. The illustrations in this haggadah were done during the climax of the renaissance of Jewish art in Berlin in the early 1920s, and since then became his most popular works. The original version published in 1921 sold out so quickly that in 1923 Ferdinand Ostertag decided to print a mass-produced reduced-size affordable version. The writing in the haggadah, by Franziska Baruch, was done in a way that preserves the compositional tension and expressive force of the woodcuts on each page.

With the exception of light stains on the case, very fine condition.


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