Had Gadya

Edited by ARNOLD J. BAND

Had Gadya: The Only Kid: Facsimile of El Lissitzky's Edition of 1919
By Edited by Arnold J. Band
42 Pages. Getty Research Institute. $24.95

Here are a number of El Lissitzky's unusual and attractive illustrations for the famed Passover song, "Had Gadya."

The song's creepy-looking fish.














Here we see Lassitzky's idea of a Pesach rooster.














Finally, take a look at the inevitable "Had Gadya" slaughter.

Excerpted from HAD GADYA, edited by Arnold J. Band. Copyright 2004. All works by El Lissitzky are © 2004 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. Used with permission.