Lot 264
Troyer – David Hofstein and Marc Chagall – Kiev, 1922
Troyer – [Sadness], David Hofstein. Illustrations by Marc Chagall. Kiev: Kultur-Lige, 1922. Yiddish.
Poems by David Hofstein, relating to the Ukrainian pogroms. Typography on the cover and illustrations within the book - by Marc Chagall. The drawings show a man with dropped arms or a stack of houses connected to a body with no head, portraying the pogroms.
XXIII, [1] pp, [4] illustration plates (one plate appears twice), 32 cm. Fair condition. Stains, tears, some of which are rough, creases and wear. The cover, all of the leaves and all the damages are professionally restored. New, heavy cardboard binding.
