Auction 93 Part 1 - Manuscripts, Prints and Engravings, Objects and Facsimiles, from the Gross Family Collection, and Private Collections

Ben Shahn – Ecclesiastes – Deluxe Edition – Two Signed Lithographs

Opening: $300
Sold for: $1,625
Including buyer's premium

Ecclesiastes, or the Preacher, bibliophile edition by Ben Shahn. Paris: Trianon Press, 1967. Hebrew and English.
The Book of Ecclesiastes, written and illustrated by Jewish–American artist Ben Shahn (1888–1969). The book was published in a limited edition of 240 copies. Copy "O" from a deluxe edition of only 26 copies (numbered A–Z), including 2 original lithographs signed by the artist and a portfolio with a set of the works and a series of progressive states of one of the plates. The book and portfolio are placed in the original cardboard slipcase.


[46] pages, [2] signed lithographs, [8] plates, [28] prints (progressive states). 33 cm. Good condition. Minor defects to carboard slipcase.


Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, ALE.88.

Facsimiles, Bibliophilia and Research Books
Facsimiles, Bibliophilia and Research Books