Tradition and Revolution: The Jewish Renaissance in Russian Avant-Garde Art 1912-1928.
Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 1987 [1988]. Second Edition. Softbound. Quarto, paper covers in a card cover, 262 pp., many b/w and some color illustrations, chronology of Jewish Events, glossary, list of illustrations, bibliography of artists, index. Very Good. Item #71719
ISBN: 9652780715
Preface by Martin Weyl. Foreword by Meira Perry-Lehmann. Introduction by Apter-Gabriel. Articles are "The Jewish National Art Renaissance in Russia," Seth L. Wolitz, "From the Pale of Settlement to the Reconstruction of the World," John E. Bowlt, "Yiddish Book Illustrations in Russia: 1916-1923," Chimen Abramsky, "Chagall and the Jewish Revival: Center or Periphery?" Ziva Amishai-Maisels, "El Lissitzky's Jewish Works," Apter-Gabriel, "Art and Stage Design: The Jewish Theatres of Moscow in the Early Twenties," Avram Kampf, "The Future in Search of its Past: Nation, Ethnos, Tradition and the Avant-Garde in Russian Jewish Art Criticism," Nicoletta Misler, "Catalog of the Exhibition," Apter-Gabriel.
Appendixes are "Paths of Jewish Painting," I. Ruback and B. Aronson, "introduction from the Catalog of the 'Jewish Exhibition of Sculpture, Graphics, and Drawings," February-March, 1920, unsigned, "Sculpture," Joseph Tchaikov, "The Victory Over Art," El Lissitzy, "Memoirs Concerning the Mohilev Synagogue," El Lissitzky, "Contemporary Jewihs Graphics," Boris Aronson.
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