Itamar / איתמר

Siani, Itamar (Illustrations by); Arie Liphshitz (Introduction by). Itamar / איתמר. NP: NP , 1979. First edition. Folio. 95, [1]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over paper covered boards, with gold lettering on spine and blind-stamped lettering on covers. Pictorial endpapers. This work on Itamar Siani, a Yemenite-Israeli artist, contains a selection of paintings created by the artist over a period of 20 years. His present work is devoted mainly to the Jews from Yemen expressing a world of hard reality and of mystery in the life of the Yemenite Jewish community. Dust-jacket partly creased, sunned, with sporadic closed tears along edges. Lower corners bumped, not affecting pages throughout. Binding age-toned along edges. Text in English and Hebrew. Dust-jacket and binding in overall fair to good-, interior in good+ to very good condition. g. Hardcover. (38486) $65