Bidspirit auction | Itzchak Belfer The Holocaust: Paintings

Itzchak Belfer The Holocaust: Paintings and Drawings 1st ed. 1971 - Itzchak Belfer. The Holocaust: Paintings and Drawings Organization of Former Nazi Prisoners in Israel Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, First edition, 1971, Unpaginated 56 pp. DJ, hard cover, 33 x 24 cm., b/w illustrations throughout. With a short introduction in Hebrew, Yiddish and English Condition: DJ worn, rubbed, small tears to edges, rubbing to edges of hard cover. Some foxing to endpapers, small single foxing stains to edges of several pages Belfer was brought up in the Janusz Korczak Home in Warsaw. He escaped to the forest ahead of the establishment of the Ghetto. After the war he was interned on Cyprus before he was able to reach Israel. His art training began in Cyprus and continued in Israel. The works here are grim ink drawings with a rough texture.