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LISSITZKY, EL [LAZAR MARKOVICH] (1890-1941), illustrator
RASKIN, BEN ZION. Der Bar [The Bear]. Kiev and St. Petersburg: Yidisher Folks Ferlag, 1919. Small 4to. 12pp. With eight illustrations. Original decorated wrappers. Overall toning.
LOT NOTES
This is the first and only edition of this rare Yiddish childrens book illustrated by Lissitzky. In 1919, he and Raskin signed a contract with Yidisher Folks Ferlag in Kiev to produce eleven titles in their \Kinder Gartn\" or Kindergarten series. Only three (including Der Bar) were published. The cover of each title sports the same abstract picture of a rooster on a roof crowing. Lissitzky`s playful child-like drawings adroitly combined traditional Jewish and modernist elements. Many of these books were confiscated in 1948 when Stalin outlawed Yiddish and Hebrew. Apter-Gabriel 94."
LOT NOTES
This is the first and only edition of this rare Yiddish childrens book illustrated by Lissitzky. In 1919, he and Raskin signed a contract with Yidisher Folks Ferlag in Kiev to produce eleven titles in their \Kinder Gartn\" or Kindergarten series. Only three (including Der Bar) were published. The cover of each title sports the same abstract picture of a rooster on a roof crowing. Lissitzky`s playful child-like drawings adroitly combined traditional Jewish and modernist elements. Many of these books were confiscated in 1948 when Stalin outlawed Yiddish and Hebrew. Apter-Gabriel 94."
Estimate: $8,000 – $12,000
