(Felixmuller, Conrad). ABC. Ein geschutteltes, geknutteltes Alphabet in Bildern Mit Versen von Londa und Conrad Felixmuller. 1925
(Dresden: F. Emil Boden for the artist, 1925). First and limited edition, one of approximately 10 copies signed and hand-colored by Felixmuller (from a total edition of 350). Oblong 4to. Unpaginated. Illustrated with 16 full-page hand-colored woodcuts. Stiff buff string-sewn pictorial wrappers, printed in red and blue, lightly foxed; scattered foxing through. From the library of Eduard Rosenbaum (1887-1979), Anglo-German economist and librarian, close friend of the author. Jentsch 154; Rifkind 617; Sohn pp. 348-363
Well-preserved and special hand-colored copy of this rare and important ABC book for children, by German artist Conrad Felixmuller and his wife, Londa.
Felixmuller (1897-1977) was trained at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, and very active during the Weimar Republic era of Germany. When the Nazis rose to power in 1933, many of his works were labeled as "degenerate art" and seized, making publications such as this, from his early career, increasingly scarce.
This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Provenance
From the collection of Justin G. Schiller
