A Fine Copy of Ben Shahn's Haggadah, With Signed Lithograph by the Artist
Haggadah for Passover. Copied and Illustrated by Ben Shahn.
Paris: Trianon Press, 1966.
illustrator]. SHAHN, Ben. TRIANON PRESS. Haggadah for Passover. Copied and Illustrated by Ben Shahn. Paris: Trianon Press, 1966.
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SHAHN, Ben, [illustrator]. Haggadah for Passover. Copied and Illustrated by Ben Shahn. Paris: Trianon Press, 1966.
Limited edition. One of 292 copies signed by the artist, this being number 100. Large folio (15 1/2 x 12 inches; 395 x 305 mm). [xxiv], 135 pp. Illustrations and text by Ben Shahn. Pictorial borders and some illustrations in color. Signed by Shahn on the double-page lithograph. Printed on pure rag Arches Vergé paper especially manufactured to match the paper used by the artist. Text in both Hebrew and English.
Unsewn as issued in original glassine covered stiff wrappers. Wrappers lettered in gilt. The lightest amount of foxing to the first few leaves. Still a fine, beautiful copy. Housed in the publisher’s original clasped, silk-lined parchment box. Publisher's box with the usual minor natural toning, otherwise fine.
From Shahn's introduction: "The making of this book has proceeded much more in the manner of a painting perhaps, than of a proper book. It reflects my memoirs of the Passover in my father's house. It reflects my early impressions and feelings; the images that were always invoked in my fancy by the majestic and meaningful ritual."
"The most elaborate of Shahn's deluxe books were his Ecclesiastes, published in two editions in 1965 and 1966 and his Haggadah, published in 1966. The later included twelve Haggadah illustrations he had executed in 1931, which had never been published, plus ten new drawings and a full color title page and frontispiece. Shahn dedicated his 1966 Haggadah- the service of narrative and prayer that accompanies the ritual meal inaugurating he Jewish Passover feast-to his father Joshus Hessel Shahn." (Ben Shahn, Pohl, pg 30).
HBS 69553.
$3,500.
Price: $3,500.00
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