1. Le Défenseur de Paris [defender of Paris], lithograph by Abel Pann (signed in the plate), [1915]. The lithograph depicts Ferdinand Foch, a French WW I general and later the Marshal of France, Field marshal of Britain and Marshal of Poland, defender of Paris. Foch is depicted as a large porcupine-like figure with fingers resembling canons. The Eifel Tower appears on the right and Montmartre and "Basilique du Sacré-Cœur" on the left.
65X50 cm. Good-fair condition. Dampstains on upper left margin. Creases and folding marks. Tears at margins and folding lines.
2-3. In the Name of the Czar, 24 Original Pictures by Abel Pann. Published by The American Jewish Chronicle, [1918?]. English. Two copies. Lithographs by Abel Pann depicting the pogroms against Ukrainian Jews, titled in English. First English edition of the portfolio "The Tear Jug".
[23] leaves, 45.5 cm. Lithograph no. 2 is lacking in both copies of the portfolio. Fair overall condition. Particularly fragile paper. Tears, some open. Lacking corners. Rough tears to first leaves of one copy. Margins of one lithograph are trimmed bordering text.