zehktsen tseykenungen tsu Sholem Aleykhems verk "Motl Peysi dem Hazens yinger". Introd. by Baal-Makhshoves (pseudonym of Israel Isidor Elyashev). Berlin, Klal-Verlag, 1922, (22) p., 16 lithogr. plates by Rachel Szalit-Marcus orig. gilt boards, folio, together in non-orig. hcl. portfolio w. ties. Paper over spine dam., boards w. a few stains. The Lithuanian-born artist Rahel Szalit-Marcus (1894-1942) depicted Eastern European Jewish life. She moved to Berlin in 1916, exhibited with the Berlin Secession and was member of the November group. Fleeing from Berlin to Paris did not save her life from the Nazis; she was arrested and murdered in Auschwitz in 1942. The present work forms illustrations to Sholem Aleichem's (sometimes called the Jewish Mark Twain) last novel Motl, Peysi the Cantor's Son.
zehktsen tseykenungen tsu Sholem Aleykhems verk "Motl Peysi dem Hazens yinger". Introd. by Baal-Makhshoves (pseudonym of Israel Isidor Elyashev). Berlin, Klal-Verlag, 1922, (22) p., 16 lithogr. plates by Rachel Szalit-Marcus orig. gilt boards, folio, together in non-orig. hcl. portfolio w. ties. Paper over spine dam., boards w. a few stains. The Lithuanian-born artist Rahel Szalit-Marcus (1894-1942) depicted Eastern European Jewish life. She moved to Berlin in 1916, exhibited with the Berlin Secession and was member of the November group. Fleeing from Berlin to Paris did not save her life from the Nazis; she was arrested and murdered in Auschwitz in 1942. The present work forms illustrations to Sholem Aleichem's (sometimes called the Jewish Mark Twain) last novel Motl, Peysi the Cantor's Son.
Try LotSearch and its premium features for 7 days - without any costs!
Be notified automatically about new items in upcoming auctions.
Create an alert