Auction 104 Part 2 Jerusalem Sale: Selected Items from the Collection of Amos Mar Chaim
Hermann Struck and Arnold Zweig – "New Canaan " –Lithographs by Struck – Lithographs by Struck – Berlin, 1925 – Elegant, Vellum-Bound Copy
Opening: $200
Sold for: $550
Including buyer's premium
"Das Neue Kanaan, Eine untersuchung über land und geist, von Arnold Zweig; 15 Steinzeichnungen von Hermann Struck " ["New Canaan… "]. Berlin: Horodisch & Marx, 1925. German.
"New Canaan… " – work by Arnold Zweig dealing with the relationship and connection between the Land of Israel and spirituality, and the idea of the return to the Promised Land in the spirit of the Zionist movement; accompanied by 15 illustrations in lithographic print by Hermann Struck, depicting the landscapes and inhabitants of the land.
Elegant copy, printed on special paper, with lithographs signed by Struck, and with handsome vellum binding with gilt impressions on spine. (In sum total, one hundred copies were printed, with lithographs signed by Struck; the present copy is particularly special ["Beleg."], and is distinct from copies belonging to the standard, numbered limited edition, but is identical to copies belonging to the most limited edition of only 15 copies to which it clearly belongs.)
[21] leaves, 39.5 cm. Gilt upper edges. Good condition. Stains. Original vellum binding. Minor blemishes to binding. Kept in (slightly blemished) original cardboard portfolio.
Israeli and International Art
Israeli and International Art 