Nights – Linoleum Prints by Eri Glass, a booklet containing 28 large plates on a full page, depicting harrowing scenes from the years of the Holocaust. Published by Kibbutz HaMeuhad, text by Dov Shtok. Tel Aviv, 1943.
Eri Glass created the series “Nights” in 1942, at Kibbutz Yagur. His granddaughter, Hagar Lev, recounted:
“In the winter of 1942, while hospitalized in the kibbutz’s sickroom, amidst fever-induced hallucinations, the artist Eri Glass… envisioned terrifying scenes… While burning with fever, he began sketching ruthless drawings in black and white that told what people did not know, did not want to know, or refused to admit they knew in 1942 about the horrors unfolding in Europe against the Jews.” Glass sought to print the series in the Land of Israel, but the publishing houses he approached refused his request, fearing the works would cause panic among the public, who still did not believe the harsh rumors arriving from Europe. As a result, Glass printed the series in South Africa.
Eri Glass [1897–1973] was born in Berlin as Arich Glass. He studied at the Academy of Arts in Munich and between 1919–1920 at the modern academy ‘Das Bauhaus’. He was close to Max Liebermann and worked under his guidance for several years. A rare booklet, printed in a limited number of copies, is listed in the bibliographic catalog according to a copy in the Shaarei Tzion Library.
34 pages, 33X24 cm. Tears along the spine. Good condition.
