Auction 45 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

"The Lay of the Love and Death of the Cornet" - Illustrations by Avigdor Arikha / Two Prints by Arikha - Dedications to Haim Hefer

Opening: $250
Sold for: $313
Including buyer's premium
1. The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke, Rainer Maria Rilke, Hebrew by Yitzchak Shenhar, with a series of drawings by Avigdor Arikha. Tarshish publishing house, Jerusalem, 1953. Printed in 1250 copies. Preceding the title page, a dedication to Haim Hefer by Avigdor Arikha (Jerusalem 1953). [31] leaves, 27.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Damages to cover (dark margins, stains, tears at margins. Torn spine, fastened with adhesive tape)
2-3. Caine and Abel, two prints created by Avigdor Arikha, 1954. Signed and dated. With handwritten dedications to Haim Hefer. 20.5X28 cm. Good condition.
From the collection of Haim Hefer.
Posters, "Bezalel", Bibliophilia, Israeli and International Art
Posters, "Bezalel", Bibliophilia, Israeli and International Art