Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture

Israel Paldi – Jaffa, Eleven Woodcuts – Tel-Aviv, 1925 – Dedication Handwritten by Paldi to Aryeh Lubin

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Jaffa, eleven woodcuts by Israel Feldman [Paldi]. Tel-Aviv, 1925.
Portfolio with eleven woodcuts depicting Jaffa and Tel-Aviv, accompanied by two leaves with a colophon and list of works; one in Hebrew (woodcut) and one in English. Printed in one hundred copies. The copy before us is unnumbered.
On the inside of the portfolio's front cover appears a dedication handwritten by Paldi to the artist Aryeh Lubin: "To my friend Aryeh Lubin / Israel Feldman / Av 1925" (Hebrew). Paldi added a small illustration of a fish by the dedication.
[2] leaves + 11 prints (each leaf is matted), 31 cm (size of woodcuts varies). Good-fair condition. Stains (mostly to passé-par-tout and around the woodcuts). Small tears to margins of leaves. Portfolio lacks flaps, stained, with some blemishes and tears.
Israeli & International Art – Painting and Prints
Israeli & International Art – Painting and Prints