The Damama Estate Collection
Sun, Mar 7, 2021 05:00PM EST
Lot 569
Ludwig & George Wronkow Handmade Illustrated Book 1972
Estimate: $100 - $1,000
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $10 |
| $200 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
| $500,000 | $50,000 |
This book includes 11 double-sided pages. Approx. 9 in. x 12 in. Weight 8 oz.
Hughes Auctions is thrilled to present 29 lots of original handmade Artist Booklets by gifted designers Ludwig and George Wronkow, ranging in date from 1955-1971 (please see other lots offered in this auction). These gifted Jewish-German brothers worked for the left-leaning Mosse Publishing house in Berlin during the 1920’s and 1930’s. They fled Nazi Occupation in 1938 and immigrated to the U.S., becoming involved in New York’s German Language Anti-Nazi newsletter AUFBAU. These delightfully intricate, exuberant and highly creative poetic books were gifts given to each other every year as birthday presents, some containing a blank check for the receiving brother to purchase a new hat. We have not translated the German text, but it seems to be highly personal, humorous, filled with memories of the recent year, and other booklets resemble a complete manuscript for a charming, quirky book. Their subjects are wide ranging. Colorful cartoons, ingenious illustrations, careful collages, hand-lettered poetry and memories really display the love and care these brothers shared for each other. We cannot over-emphasize the delightfulness of this intimate format.
Hughes Auctions is thrilled to present 29 lots of original handmade Artist Booklets by gifted designers Ludwig and George Wronkow, ranging in date from 1955-1971 (please see other lots offered in this auction). These gifted Jewish-German brothers worked for the left-leaning Mosse Publishing house in Berlin during the 1920’s and 1930’s. They fled Nazi Occupation in 1938 and immigrated to the U.S., becoming involved in New York’s German Language Anti-Nazi newsletter AUFBAU. These delightfully intricate, exuberant and highly creative poetic books were gifts given to each other every year as birthday presents, some containing a blank check for the receiving brother to purchase a new hat. We have not translated the German text, but it seems to be highly personal, humorous, filled with memories of the recent year, and other booklets resemble a complete manuscript for a charming, quirky book. Their subjects are wide ranging. Colorful cartoons, ingenious illustrations, careful collages, hand-lettered poetry and memories really display the love and care these brothers shared for each other. We cannot over-emphasize the delightfulness of this intimate format.
