Art and Illustrated Books Collection

Walden, Herwarth. Die Judentochter. Dichtung aus des Knaben Wunderhorn, fuer Gesang und Klavier (191?).

An important subset of the Leo Baeck Institute’s Rare Book Collection is a collection of illustrated books, artists’ books, and artists’ portfolios. Among them are many limited editions of 20th century artists’ portfolios and several illustrated 18th century books on Jewish customs. A 2008 Metro Grant provided funds to begin digitizing this collection.

A large part of this collection is now accessible online and includes portfolios and illustrated books by Hermann Struck, Emil Orlik, Max Liebermann, Hugo Steiner-Prag, Charlotte Berend-Corinth, Arno Nadel, just to name a few.

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Send questions or comments regarding the LBI collections to lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org.