Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
Including: sketches by Ze'ev Raban and Bezalel items, hildren's books, avant-garde books, rare ladino periodicals, and more
First Monograph on Aleksandra Ekster – Berlin, 1922
Opening: $100
Sold for: $138
Including buyer's premium
Александра Экстер как живописец и художник сцены [Aleksandra Ekster as a Painter and Stage Designer], by Yakov Tugendhold. Berlin: Saria (Заря), 1922. Russian.
The earliest known monograph on Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Ekster (1882-1949), a Ukrainian-born avant-garde and cubo-futurist painter, and stage and costume designer. Ekster was among the most notable artists of the Russian and Ukrainian avant-garde. She lived and worked in a number of cities, among them Kiev, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Vienna, and Paris, and taught and influenced many artists, including Boris Aronson, Yissakhar Ber Rybak, and Yitzhak Frenkel.
The text is followed by 39 illustration plates; four additional plates (three of them in color) are tipped-in. These offer glimpses of Ekster's work in a number of different fields, namely painting and costume and stage design.
The author, art critic Yakov Alexandrovich Tugendhold (1882-1928), was also responsible for the earliest Russian-language monograph on Marc Chagall, in addition to a wide variety of other art-related books. He served as an expert consultant and purchaser for art collector Sergei Shchukin's renowned collection of Impressionist art.
31, [1] pp. + [4] plates, XXXIX plates (missing plate no. II; another copy of plate XIII is bound instead, upside down), 21.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, including minor dampstains to edges of some leaves. Minor creases and blemishes. Minor tears to edges of cover and to spine.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.
The earliest known monograph on Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Ekster (1882-1949), a Ukrainian-born avant-garde and cubo-futurist painter, and stage and costume designer. Ekster was among the most notable artists of the Russian and Ukrainian avant-garde. She lived and worked in a number of cities, among them Kiev, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Vienna, and Paris, and taught and influenced many artists, including Boris Aronson, Yissakhar Ber Rybak, and Yitzhak Frenkel.
The text is followed by 39 illustration plates; four additional plates (three of them in color) are tipped-in. These offer glimpses of Ekster's work in a number of different fields, namely painting and costume and stage design.
The author, art critic Yakov Alexandrovich Tugendhold (1882-1928), was also responsible for the earliest Russian-language monograph on Marc Chagall, in addition to a wide variety of other art-related books. He served as an expert consultant and purchaser for art collector Sergei Shchukin's renowned collection of Impressionist art.
31, [1] pp. + [4] plates, XXXIX plates (missing plate no. II; another copy of plate XIII is bound instead, upside down), 21.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, including minor dampstains to edges of some leaves. Minor creases and blemishes. Minor tears to edges of cover and to spine.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.
Yiddish Children's Books, Poetry and Periodicals, Avant-garde
Yiddish Children's Books, Poetry and Periodicals, Avant-garde