Lazar Krestin. Self-portrait, limited and signed copy. The lithograph was bound at the beginning of an album of Krestin’s works which was published in Vienna in 1924, in a limited edition of only 50 copies, with his signature.
20×15 cm. Signed in the plate and an original signature at the bottom of the picture. In a passe-partout.
Lazer Krestin (1868-1938) was one of the prominent artists in the Judaic genre. One of the prominent students of Isidor Kaufmann, he became famous for his portraits of Eastern European Jewish figures. He worked in Munich, Vienna, and Odessa until he immigrated to Israel in 1910 at the invitation of Boris Schatz, the founder of Bezalel.
Very fine condition.