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

Ilya Schor – "The Earth is the Lord's" – Sixteen Woodcuts Signed by the Artist

Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,625
Including buyer's premium

"The Earth is the Lord's", 16 woodcuts produced by Ilya Schor. [Ca. early 1950s].
Sixteen woodcuts, signed in pencil "I Schor" and numbered 97/100, produced by Ilya Schor for the book by Abraham Joshua Heschel – The Earth is the Lord's: the inner world of the Jew in East Europe. Matted and placed in a fine portfolio with embossed spine.


[16] woodcuts. Size varies: Approx. 25.5X12.5 – 16X14 cm. Passe–Partout: 28X21.5 cm. Good condition.


Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, ALE.40.

Art and Artists' Books
Art and Artists' Books