Eretz Israel 1920, 10 etchings by Nachum Gutman. Signed in pencil. Published by "I.G.A", Israel, 1979. Hebrew and English.
Ten etchings by Nachum Gutman, signed in pencil (in Hebrew or in English), marked E.A. Inserted in original portfolio. Unnumbered copy out of an edition of 120 copies.
"Guttman painted the various neighborhoods of Jerusalem when he was but a boy of 11… Using these sketches as a guide, he made a limited number of stoneprints in Vienna in 1920… Fifty-eight years after that these prints were done anew by the etching workshop of 'Bezalel', under the supervision of Nachum Guttman… in these etchings - the paintings of the very beginning - here we have its sounds, its colors, the very odors of the Land of Israel, which we will never again see…" (from the introduction by Shlomo Shva).
[10] etchings + [3] leaves. (Etching size varies). Portfolio: 35.5X38 cm. Good condition. Light worming to title page and inner part of front binding. Light stains to binding and tissue guards.
Provenance: Shlomo Shva collection.