Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture

Three Books with Prints by Jacob Steinhardt – Stories by I.L. Peretz / Poems by Arno Nadel – Berlin, 1920 – Signed Prints

Opening: $400
Sold for: $525
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Three books with prints by Jacob Steinhardt (1887-1968). Berlin: Fritz Gurlitt, 1920. German.
1. Gleichnisse [Parables], by I.L. Peretz, translated to German by Alexander Eliasberg.
Eight short stories by I.L. Peretz ("The Hanukkah Menorah", "The Days of the Messiah" and more), accompanied by eight lithographs by Steinhardt. All the lithographs are signed in pencil.
88, [1] pp. + [8] lithographic plates, 29.5 cm.
2. Musikalische Novellen [Musical Novels], by I.L. Peretz, translated to German by Alexander Eliasberg.
Five stories by I.L. Peretz, accompanied by five lithographs by Steinhardt. All the lithographs are signed in pencil.
64 pp. + [5] lithographic plates, 29.5 cm.
3. Rot und Glühend ist das Auge des Juden [Red and Glowing is the Eye of the Jew], by Arno Nadel.
Poems by Arno Nadel, accompanied by seven (of eight) reproductions (heliogravures) of etchings by Steinhardt and one original etching. The original etching and the title page are signed by Steinhardt, in pencil.
[25] ff. Missing one heliogravure. 29.5 cm.
Good overall condition.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
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