Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica

Shtetl Life
(112 words)

Curator

Florence B. Helzel.

Collection

Nathan and Faye Hurvitz.

Imprint

Berkeley, Calif., USA, 1993. 155 pp., illustrations: 75 b&w, 24.5 × 17 cm. English.

ISBN

0943376599

Location

Judah L. Magnes Museum (3 October 1993–31 January 1994)

Description

Prints and drawings illustrating the secular and spiritual existence of shtetl Jews. Most of the 52 artists represented were born in a shtetl or to shtetl parents. Brief introductory texts on: the Hurvitz Collection (Florence B. Helzel), a few prominent artists (Helzel), and the nature of the shtetl (Steven J. Zipperstein). Descriptive entries, each with biographical information on the artist. 75 items.

main keywords

DRAWINGS/SKETCHES
EASTERN EUROPE
GRAPHIC ARTS
JEWISH ARTISTS
PRINTS
SHTETLS

minor keywords

Painters, Jewish

Related ephemera

Exhibition leaflet, 4 pp., 3 b&w illus., 14 × 21.6 cm.

Cite this page
“Shtetl Life”, in: Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica. Consulted online on 30 May 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004444522_COCO_CC1236>
First published online: 2019



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