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LOT 349:
"Book of Ruth" - Fourteen Woodcuts by Ludwig Schwerin - Sketch for a Book - 1934
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"Book of Ruth" - Fourteen Woodcuts by Ludwig Schwerin - Sketch for a Book - 1934
Das Buch Ruth [Book of Ruth], sketch for a book with fourteen woodcuts by Ludwig Schwerin (1897-1983). [Berlin?], 1934. German.
Sketch for the "Book of Ruth" illustrated by Ludwig Schwerin. Fourteen thick sheets of paper; attached to each one is a woodcut by Schwerin, depicting a scene from the Book of Ruth. Below the woodcuts appear titles written by hand, in German (apparently in Schwerin's handwriting). Written below the first woodcut (title page of the book): "14 holz-Schnitte um Ludwig Schwerin, 1934" [14 woodcuts by Ludwig Schwerin, 1934].
The woodcuts were printed on tracing paper. All are signed in the plate, in monogram, and two are dated.
Apparently this book was never published.
[14] leaves. First leaf: 21 cm, all the other leaves: 25 cm. Good-fair overall condition. Stains on leaves and woodcuts (many stains on most of the woodcuts). Two woodcuts are partly detached from the leaves. Tear at upper corner of one of the woodcuts. Widthwise cuts made with a knife to most of the leaves, separating them to two parts. Several leaves are whole, and the two parts of some of the cut leaves are partly detached. Pieces of paper and adhesive tape are pasted to the cuts of two leaves. Inserted in a new cloth-covered folder, with a leather label on the front, inscribed "Das Buch Ruth".
