Auction 7 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Chaliastre - Paris, 1924
Opening: $200
Sold for: $563
Including buyer's premium
Chaliastre 2. Leitung Peretz Markish, Ozer Varshavsky. Chaliastre Publishing, Paris, 1924
Second issue of Chaliastre almanac, published in Paris. This issue includes reproductions of works by Marc Chagall, who also designed the cover. Cover portrays Paris conquered by the group of Jewish poets and authors: they are shown climbing the Eiffel Tower, one holding a flag on which "Paris" is written in Yiddish, and another carries to the top of the tower a bundle of scrolls resembling Torah scrolls, but with the word Chaliastre written on them. In this copy the cover is missing, see page 74 in booklet. Printed in 1,000 copies.
84 pages, 22 cm
Good condition. Original cover missing. Bound in hard cover. Edges a little chopped.
Second issue of Chaliastre almanac, published in Paris. This issue includes reproductions of works by Marc Chagall, who also designed the cover. Cover portrays Paris conquered by the group of Jewish poets and authors: they are shown climbing the Eiffel Tower, one holding a flag on which "Paris" is written in Yiddish, and another carries to the top of the tower a bundle of scrolls resembling Torah scrolls, but with the word Chaliastre written on them. In this copy the cover is missing, see page 74 in booklet. Printed in 1,000 copies.
84 pages, 22 cm
Good condition. Original cover missing. Bound in hard cover. Edges a little chopped.
Illustrated books: Modernism, Avantgarde
Illustrated books: Modernism, Avantgarde