Had Gadya: The Only Kid: Facsimile of El Lissitzky's Edition of 1919

by El Lissitzky and Arnold Band

This illustrated version of the popular Passover song "Had gadya" was the wonderfully playful offspring of the avant-garde artist El Lissitzky (1890-1941). It dates to a little-known period early in his career when he immersed himself in the Jewish cultural renaissance that flourished in Russia from roughly 1912 to the early 1920s. Signed with his Hebrew given name, this volume-with its wraparound cover, colorful lithographic montages, and stylized...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 089236744X
• ISBN13: 9780892367443
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 42 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 11.0" x 9.6"