Auction 24 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Baruch Agadati – Virtuoso Dancer – Tel-Aviv, 1925

Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Baruch Agadati, a virtuoso dancer. Tel-Aviv: "Hedim", 1925.
Printed on the cover: "HaRikud HaIvri". A very impressive book, in album-format, about the artistic activity of the dancer and the painter Baruch Agadati, of the film making and dancing pioneers in Eretz Israel and a prominent figure in the cultural life in Tel-Aviv in the 1920s and 30s. Three essays appear in the book: "Harkod VeHarked" 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 photos of dancers, illustrations and sketches of dancers' figures. Printed on "excellent paper" in 100 copies, this copy is not numbered. Preceding the title-page appears a dedication handwritten by Agadati "for the friendly Prof. Schor, Tel-Aviv, 30.6.26. B. Agadati". [3], 24, [1] pp. 32 reproductions, 34 cm. Good condition. Rare.
Art and Art Books, Bibliophilia and Hebrew Literature
Art and Art Books, Bibliophilia and Hebrew Literature