Auction 47 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Passover Haggadah, Palestine Field Survey Company, Italy, 1946 – Letters from Ze’ev Lipman, Illustrator of the Haggadah

Opening: $600
Unsold
Passover Haggadah, Palestine Field Survey Company 524, Italy, 1946.
Non-traditional Haggadah, photocopy of typewritten text, with illustrations. (Name of illustrator is not mentioned in the Haggadah).
Enclosed is a letter sent by the illustrator, typographer and designer Ze’ev Lipman, from Italy, to a girl friend in Eretz Israel: “I am sending you the finished Haggadah. My illustrations suffered due to the fast reproduction process but I hope that you like them anyway”. Enclosed are seven additional letters which Lipman sent to a girl friend; in one of the letters he also mentioned his illustrations for the Haggadah.
Later Lipman founded “Roli” Studio for graphic design with Gerd Rothschild. Size varies, overall good condition. The Haggadah is in very good condition, in the original envelope in which it was sent.
Passover Haggadot
Passover Haggadot