Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture

Issachar Ber Rybak – "In the Jewish Fields of Ukraine" – Paris, 1926 – Signed, Limited Edition Copy

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Oyf di yidishe felder fun Ukaraine, [In the Jewish Fields of Ukraine] by Y.B. Rybak. Paris: A. Simon & Cie. 1926. Yiddish. Copy no. 2 of an edition of 50 copies, on Dutch paper, signed by Rybak.
The impressions of the writer, the artist Issachar Ber Rybak (1897-1935), following his journey to the agricultural settlements of the Kherson region and Crimea: "For two months I lived in the new Jewish villages in the province of Kherson and in the Crimes. I slept in their huts and shared their bread and potato meals, watched them at work".
The book contains 25 high-quality reproductions (some in color) of works depicting Jewish figures and Jewish craftsmen in the Jewish settlements of Southern Ukraine. Numbered and captioned on the tissue guards.
16, [1] pp, [25] plates, [1] pp. Approx. 38 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Creases to tissue guards. Stains and minor blemishes to binding.
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