Lot 373
"Death of the Lion" – Etchings by Hugo Steiner, 1922
Der Tod des Löwen [Death of the Lion]. By Auguste Hauschner, with etchings by Hugo Steiner-Prag. Leipzig-Prague: K. André, 1922.
A fine edition, heavy paper, copy no. 113 from an edition of 400 copies, including ten etchings signed in pencil. Hugo Steiner-Prag (1880-1945), illustrator and designer of children's books. Studied art in the Prague Academy and in 1907 moved to Leipzig where his career thrived as a teacher and illustrator. Following the Nazi seizure of power his work was ceased and he returned to Prague where he published etchings of the Ghetto, In 1941 Steiner-Prag moved to the USA where he worked as a teacher and illustrated books for important publishing houses.
174 pp, 23.7 cm. Very good condition, elegant leather binding with a piece of the original leather binding set into it.
