31 prints: The letters of the Hebrew alphabet, artistically rendered by Israel Leibo. [Europe, 1930s].
The individual letters of the Hebrew alphabet (22 regular letters, 5 closing letters, and four letters marked with a "dagesh" [diacritic dot]) are presented within illustrations highlighting Hebrew words that open or close with them.
All the prints (with the exception of the first) are signed in print, in Hebrew and English: "י. לייבא" / "J. Leibo." Most of them are mounted onto thick paper. Housed in a paper portfolio. Enclosed: A handwritten sheet (in German), containing a list of the Hebrew letters and the illustrated subjects.
Israel Leibo (1912-1987), Jewish painter, native of Tallinn (today Estonia). Studied under the painter Max Liebermann in Berlin. Active in Paris in the 1930s, maintaining connections with the School of Paris. Moved to England in 1939.
31 prints, approx. 11.5X11.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. 27 of the prints tipped in to paper plates., 28 cm. Housed in paper portfolio. Tears and wear to portfolio.