Auction 93 Part 1 - Manuscripts, Prints and Engravings, Objects and Facsimiles, from the Gross Family Collection, and Private Collections
Joseph Budko – Illustrations for Bialik's Jubilee Edition – Nine Hand-Signed Woodcuts, in Fine Vellum Portfolio
Portfolio, with 19 illustrations made by Joseph Budko for the anniversary edition of the writings of Hayim Nahman Bialik. [Berlin? 1923?].
Nine woodcuts, all signed in margins by Joseph Budko, matted. The names of the poems are written in Budko's handwriting (on margins or Passepartout); the last woodcut is dated "1923".
Bialik's Jubilee Edition was designed by Budko. It was published in four volumes in 1923 and is considered to be one of the finest achievements of modern Hebrew publishing. The present portfolio was presumably created in the same period, it was bound with vellum similar to the binding of the four-volume edition, with a different impression on the front cover – the Hebrew letter "Beit", within a decorative frame, illustrated with animals and flowers.
[19] woodcuts. Size varies. Good condition. Portfolio: approx. 31 cm. Good condition. Some stains and Paint smears.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, ALE. 43.