Auction 93 Part 1 - Manuscripts, Prints and Engravings, Objects and Facsimiles, from the Gross Family Collection, and Private Collections
Joseph Budko – Illustrations for the Passover Haggadah, Hand-Signed Etchings – Limited Portfolio Edition – Berlin-Vienna, 1921
Illustrations for the Passover Haggadah, 26 etchings by Joseph Budko, contained in the original portfolio. Berlin-Vienna: R. Löwit, [1921?].
Portfolio edition of Budko's Haggadah illustrations; 26 etchings, signed by the artists, and matted, with a colophon leaf (numbered and signed by Budko). The etchings are contained in the original portfolio; the portfolio's cover features the inscription "Haggadah Shel Pesach" (Hebrew), in hand-cut parchment letters.
The present copy is numbered 12/15 in the colophon (the number 15 was erased, and the number 32 was added in pen; Budko's signature appears near the corrected number).
26 plates. Size varies. Good condition. Portfolio: 32.5 cm. Stains and minor blemishes.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, ALE.38.