Bidspirit auction | BUDKO, JOSEPH

BUDKO, JOSEPH - Collection of 18 etchings in preparation for and utilized in Budko’s illustrated edition of the Passover Hagadah (1921).. Each signed by the artist in pencil, few also marked “probedruck.” Two of the 18 sheets contain nine engraved ornate initial Hebrew letters, others are of individual imagery. Sheet size range from 1.5 x 1.5 inches (3.8 x 3.8 cm) - 8 x 10.5 inches (20 x 26.5 cm). Est: $2,000 - $3,000 Budko’s exquisite illustrated Pesach Hagadah was issued by the Löwit Verlag (Vienna-Berlin) in 1921. See Y.H. Yerushalmi, Haggadah and History, pl. 130-31; Y. Yudlov, Otzar Haggadot no. 2822.