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  Land of Palestine [SIGNED BY ARTIST]  
  הציורים מעשה ידי שאול ראסקין  

 
Author Raskin, Saul
Place of Publication New York
Publication Name Academy Photo Offset
Year 1947
Language(s) English Yiddish
Description
SIGNED BY SAUL RASKIN (1878-1966) - a Russian born American artist, writer, lecturer and teacher best known for his depiction of Jewish subjects.SIGNED BY SAUL RASKIN in English and Hebrew with DEDICATION dated 1947. Saul Raskin (1866-1966) was an important 20th century Jewish artist who moved to the United States from Eastern Europe, known for his illustrations for classic Jewish religious books: Ethics of the Fathers, Passover Haggadah and the five scrolls. A proud Zionist, Raskin toured the Land of Israel several times (starting from 1920s) and issued in 1947 a book containing a selection of his pictures depicting various places and people in Israel, with an emphasis on the first Jewish settlers. The introduction is in English, captions and short descriptions of the drawings in English and Hebrew, and the main body of the text text in Yiddish. 360x285mm. 360 pages. Brown oblong Hardcover with illustrated dust-jacket. Blue lettering on cover and spine. Jacket yellowing. Jacket spine torn. Jacket edges worn and tattered. Cover bottom corners and spine edges slightly bumped. Text block edges yellowing and slightly stained. Sticker on front inner cover upper corner. Artist`s signed dedication on front whitepage. Inner cover yellowing/slightly age-stained. Pages slightly yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This beautifully illustrated album, signed and dedicated by the artist, is in good condition.
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Catalog Index Number MS 19 13


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