Auction 50 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Willy Davidson – "Earth and Iron" – Twelve Signed Lithographs – Hamburg, 1921
Opening: $500
Sold for: $875
Including buyer's premium
Erde und Eisen, Zwölf original Steinzeichnungen von Willy Davidson. Hamburg: Adolf Harms, 1921. German.
12 lithographs by Jewish-German artist Willy Davidson, all signed in pencil. Copy 12/100, signed on colophon by the artist. Held in half-vellum portfolio, with gilt embossing of the artist's signature.
Willy Davidson (1890-1933) lived and worked in Hamburg and was part of the Haburgische Sezession movement. He died a short time prior to the Nazi rise to power, and because his entire family perished, his biography and oeuvre remained somewhat obscure.
[1], [12] leaves, 40X50 cm. Good condition. Light foxing. Binding rubbed and slightly worn.
12 lithographs by Jewish-German artist Willy Davidson, all signed in pencil. Copy 12/100, signed on colophon by the artist. Held in half-vellum portfolio, with gilt embossing of the artist's signature.
Willy Davidson (1890-1933) lived and worked in Hamburg and was part of the Haburgische Sezession movement. He died a short time prior to the Nazi rise to power, and because his entire family perished, his biography and oeuvre remained somewhat obscure.
[1], [12] leaves, 40X50 cm. Good condition. Light foxing. Binding rubbed and slightly worn.
Bibliophilia and Art Books, Prints, Israeli and International Art
Bibliophilia and Art Books, Prints, Israeli and International Art