Lot 274
"Genesis" – Woodcuts by Joseph Budko – Berlin, 1920s
Genesis, Zwölf Holzschnitte [Genesis, twelve woodcuts], by Joseph Budko. Berlin: Welt-Verlag, [1923].
A portfolio with eleven woodcuts (out of twelve) by Joseph Budko (1888-1940). Printed in 100 copies; twenty of them, numbered I-XX, bound in parchment boards (with gilt title). This copy is numbered XVI.
All 11 woodcuts are signed in pencil by Budko and matted. With the title page insert.
Woodcuts: 5X6 cm. on average. Parchment boards: 17X25 cm. Good condition. Stains on the woodcuts and the mats. Stains and minor tears to boards. One woodcut ("Die Arche" ["Noah's Ark"]) is missing.
