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

Papier ist doch weiss? Eine Spurensuche im Archiv des Jüdischen Museums Wien
(183 words)

Translated titlePaper is White, isn’t it? A Search for Clues in the Archive of the Vienna Jewish Museum
Editor & Curator

Werner Hanak.

Imprint

Vienna, Austria, 1998. 175 pp., illustrations: 140 col., 22 b&w, 30.5 × 24.5 cm. German.

ISBN

3901398074

Location

Jüdisches Museum Wien (30 January–22 March 1998)

Description

The history, donors and objects of the hitherto inaccessible archives of the Jewish Museum in Vienna. Detailed chronology of the Museum’s collection, 1893–1996 by Christa Prokisch. Exhibits were presented in two main sections: the first on the founders of the old Jewish Museum of Vienna and the history of the two Jewish Museums of Vienna, the second on Viennese history as documented in the archives. Introductory texts on various topics. Descriptive entries. 121 items.

main keywords

HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
JÜDISCHES MUSEUM WIEN, HISTORY OF
PHOTOGRAPHS
PRINTED BOOKS
VIENNA

minor keywords

Amulets
Austria
Franck, Paul-Jean
Judaica exhibitions, pre-World War II (photographs of)
Ketubbot
Medicine
Micrography
Mizrach
Mordechai Sofer Stam of Nitra (scribe-artist)
Prints, biblical images
Scrolls of Esther, engraved borders
Synagogues, Austria
Synagogues, Vienna
Szyk, Arthur
Theater

Related ephemera

Exhibition leaflet, 6 pp., 6 col. illus., 21 × 10 cm. German and English; Invitation to exhibition opening, card, no illustrations, 21 × 10 cm.

Cite this page
“Papier ist doch weiss? Eine Spurensuche im Archiv des Jüdischen Museums Wien”, in: Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica. Consulted online on 02 April 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004444522_COCO_CC1543>
First published online: 2019



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