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

Recollection: Lost Synagogues of Poland and Russia
(128 words)

Author

Jack Henry Kunin.

Imprint

Golden, Colo., USA, 1995. Leaflet, 8 pp., cover illustration only, 21.5 × 11 cm. English.

Location

Foothills Art Center (23 September–25 October 1995)

Description

An 80-foot-long panoramic sculpture that reproduces in carved, varicolored woods the facades of Polish and Russian synagogues destroyed in the Holocaust. Leaflet with introduction to the work, personal history of the artist, and the types of synagogues featured. 1 item.

main keywords

COOPER, SUSAN
SYNAGOGUES
SYNAGOGUES, MODELS/RECONSTRUCTIONS
POLAND
RUSSIA/SOVIET UNION

minor keywords

Holocaust
Jewish Art, contemporary/modern
Synagogues, architecture
Synagogues, destruction of
Synagogues, Poland
Synagogues, Russia/Soviet Union
Synagogues, wooden

Other venues

Mizel Museum of Judaica, Denver, Colo., USA (6 November 1995–25 February 1996); Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, Colo., USA (16 March–18 May 1996); Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Colo., USA (14 June–4 August 1996); Museum of Tolerance, Los Angeles, Calif., USA (1997)

Cite this page
“Recollection: Lost Synagogues of Poland and Russia”, in: Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica. Consulted online on 05 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004444522_COCO_CC1343>
First published online: 2019



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