Auction 64- Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

"Shvarts-Shabes", Poem by Moshe Broderzon – Published by "Yung Yiddish", 1921 – Woodcut by Jankel Adler / Five Woodcuts by the Author

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"Shvarts-Shabes" [Black Sabbath], by Moshe Broderzon. Lodz: "Yung Yiddish", 1921.
A long poem by the Yiddish poet Moshe Broderzon, founder of the avant-garde group "Yung Yiddish". The poem is accompanied by five woodcuts by the author (one on the front cover), and one additional woodcut by the painter Jankel Adler – portrait of Broderzon.
A handwritten ownership inscription appears on the second leaf (possibly by the Yiddish Poetess Rikuda Potash), and below it: "No. 7".
For information about Broderzon, see next item.
30, [2] pp. Good-fair condition. Stains, creases and blemishes. Tears at inner margins of some pages (slight damage to one of the woodcuts). Cover is partially detached, with tears at margins, along the spine, and an open tear at top corner of rear cover.
Yiddish Literature and Periodicals – Avant-garde
Yiddish Literature and Periodicals – Avant-garde