Collection of items related to Joseph Budko, including etchings and woodcuts by him, photographs, postcards and more.
The collection includes:
* Ten photographs. Including: two photographs of Joseph Budko in his home town of Plonsk, 1926 (one was photographed in the synagogue); group photograph of the visit of the British High Commissioner Arthur Wauchope to New Bezalel, 1936; photograph of Joseph Budko giving a painting lesson on the roof of Bezalel; three photographs of Hermann Struck (divided on reverse for use as a postcard); and more.
* Twelve small woodcuts, most on thin paper. Including woodcuts from the "Hassidic Legends" (Chassidische Legende), illustrations to poems by Hayim Nahman Bialik, and more. Unsigned.
* Two etchings, signed in pencil by Budko, and two unsigned prints.
* "Greeting Sheet" (Gedenkblatt) with original etching by Budko.
* Four leaves - trial prints of Budko's woodcuts for Heinrich Heine's "The Rabbi of Bacharach" (published in Berlin in 1921); and two leaves with trial prints of ornamental initials (these may also have been intended for "The Rabbi of Bacharach").
* A sheet with twelve small prints. Apparently a trial print for the book "Das Jahr des Juden".
* Eleven bookplates (some of them etchings), designed by Joseph Budko. Bookplates of Moses Marx, Emil Netter, Heinrich Eisemann, Budko himself and others.
* Two official postcards from the 12th and 13th Zionist Congresses, with illustrations by Budko.
* Catalogue of "Joseph Budko, Memorial Exhibition at the National Museum Bezalel", published by the Board of Governors of the New Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts. Jerusalem, 1940.
* Other items, including pamphlets, reproductions of Budko's works, postcards and more.
About 80 items in all. Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Shlomo Shva collection.