Lot 261
Baruch Agadati – "Oman HaRikud Ha'Ivri" – Tel-Aviv, 1925 – Numbered Copy, with a Dedication by Agadati
Baruch Agadati, Oman HaRikud Ha'Ivri [Baruch Agadati, a Hebrew Dance Virtuoso]. Tel-Aviv: Hedim, 1925. Limited edition of one hundred copies, with a dedication handwritten by Agadati.
A book about the artistic activity of the dancer and painter Baruch Agadati, one of the pioneers of film making and dance in Palestine and a prominent figure in the cultural life in Tel-Aviv in the 1920s and 1930s. The book comprises three essays: "Harikud VeHarakad" by Asher Barash; "Omanuto shel Baruch Agadati" by Yitzchak Katz; "Rikudav shel Baruch Agadati" by Menashe Rabinovitz (Rabina); as well as thirty-two reproductions of good quality, featuring photographs of dancers, illustrations and sketches.
Copy no. 50 [B] out of an edition of 100 numbered copies. Artistic binding created in Elhanan Hefetz studio. On the front binding are the inscription "HaRikud HaIvri / Baruch Agadati" and a cardboard label with an illustration by Pinchas Litvinovsky.
On the front endpaper appears a dedication handwritten by Baruch Agadati: "To Moshe Chelouche, fondly, 25.7.1927, Tel-Aviv, B. Agadati".
[4], 24 pp, 32 reproductions, 33 cm. Good condition. Stains (a small number of stains on reproductions). Some creases. Minor blemishes at margins and corners of binding. Traces of gilt on the inscription on the front binding.
