Four books with wrappers and illustrations designed by Joseph Chaikov:
1. Zilber-Hor [Silver Hair], poems by Menashe Halpern. Moscow: Khaver, 1918.
78, [2] pages.
2. Shveln [Thresholds], poems by Peretz Markish. Kiev: Yiddisher Folks-Farlag, 1919.
163 pages, [3] leaves.
3. Samet [Velvet], poems by L. Reznick [Lipe Reznik]. Kiev: Kultur Lige, 1922.
39, [1] pages.
4. Bereshit, Part I, literary anthology including works by Isaac Babel, Yocheved Bat-Miriam, Gershon Hanovits and others (no other parts were published). Moscow-Leningrad (Berlin: Gutenberg), 1926.
[1], 199, [5] pages.

Four books. Size and condition vary. The items were not thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.

Joseph Moisevich Chaikov (1888-1979) – Kiev-born Jewish sculptor, graphic artist, painter, educator and theoretician. Chaikov studied in Paris during the years 1910-1914 and participated in the Parisian Salon d'Automne exhibition in 1913. After World War I, he was one of the founders of Kultur Lige in Kiev, taught sculpture and illustrated books – mostly children's books – and in the years after the revolution, also designed propaganda banners and posters. In 1921, the Melukhe-farlag publishing house in Kiev published his treatise "Sculpture", which is considered the first Yiddish book on sculpture and focuses on avant-garde in sculpture and the place of sculpture in Jewish art. During the years 1923-1930 he taught cubist sculpture inspired by Russian futurism in Moscow, at the Vkhutemas – Higher Art and Technical Studios (alongside Alexander Rodchenko and El Lissitzky) and was also appointed the head of the union of Russian sculptors.
During the next decades, Chaikov continued to work in a variety of artistic styles and media, moving away from the style that characterized his early work.

Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, B.1418, B.1423, B.1431, B.1428.