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

Kunst-Ring Almanach – Illustrated Literary Anthology, 1922 – El Lissitzky, Joseph Chaikov, Marc Chagall and Others

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Kunst-Ring Almanach [Almanac of the Art Circle], edited by K. [Kalman] Singman. First booklet. Berlin: Iddish publishing house, Ever Press, [ca. 1922]. Yiddish. Second edition.
First issue of the artistic-literary anthology Kunst-Ring Almanach, printed in Berlin (first issued in Kharkhiv, 1917).
Works by Moishe Broderzon, Bal-Makhshoves, Jonah Rosenfeld, Daniel Charney, and others, with several illustrations by El Lissitsky, Joseph Chaikov, Marc Chagall, and other avant-garde artists. The publishing house logo printed on the title page was designed by Lissitzky.
Without original paper wrappers.


[1], 70 pages. 22 cm. Good condition. Stains (primarily to endpapers and inside binding). Marginal tears to several leaves. Non-original cloth binding, worn.


Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, B.1532.

Illustrated Books, Avantgarde Books, Children's Books
Illustrated Books, Avantgarde Books, Children's Books