Auction 24 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Perl Oyfen Bruk – Moshe Brodersohn / Illustrations by Joseph Hecht – Lodz, 1920

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Perl oyfen bruk, Moshe Brodersohn. Illustrations by Joseph Hecht. Jung-Yiddish publishing, M. Maymon printing press, Lodz, 1920. Yiddish.
Illustration on front cover, with identical title-page. Five additional illustrations within the book. The artist Joseph Hecht (1891-?) was born in Lodz, studied in Krakow Art academy between the years 1909-1914 and then traveled to Norway where he worked and exhibited until 1919. In 1920 arrived in Paris, worked mainly on etchings and participated in the founding of the organization "Young Contemporary Etching Artists". It is uncertain whether he was murdered in an extermination camp or whether he died in Paris in 1951. 78, [2] pp, 23.5 cm. Printed on brown paper. Tears to cover and to book – mainly to first and last leaves, professionally restored.
Avant-Garde, Modernism and Yiddish Literature
Avant-Garde, Modernism and Yiddish Literature