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Description:
Uriel Birnbaum (Austrian, 1894-1956)
Weltuntergang [End of the World, A Dozen Original Lithographs], Vienna: Carl Konegen, 1921. Portfolio accompanied by a sonnet composed by the artist, 98 of 150 numbered copies, (tack holes to corners, imperfections).
Note: An expressionist painter, author, and poet, Birnbaum was the son of the Zionist philosopher Nathan Birnbaum.
From the Collection of Congregation Mishkan Tefila
Estimate $200-300
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