Lot 306
Siegmund Forst - Signed and Numbered Woodcuts
Seven woodcuts signed in pencil by artist Siegmund Forst and numbered.
Rabbi with Torah Scroll; Jonah inside the Fish; Chanukkah; the Rabbi's Table; the Rabbi and his Chassidim; MiShenichnass Adar Marbim beSimcha; Death of the Kedoshim. Most are described in pencil.
Forst was born in Vienna in 1904. Studied in Kunstakademie - Academy of Arts in Vienna. In 1939 he left for Hamburg and then continued to the U.S. where he devoted himself to letter-design and calligraphy. He published an illustrated Haggada for Passover, illustrated a children's book (using his Hebrew name, Asher Forst), created woodcuts and was very involved in the Jewish traditions and festivals. An exhibition of his works was displayed in Yeshiva University in 1997. Attached: Siegmund Forst - a Lifetime in Arts and Letters, publication of Yeshiva University Museum, 1997. Various sizes. Good condition.
