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

Ganz rein! Jüdische Ritualbäder. Fotografien von Peter Seidel
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Translated titleCompletely Clean! Jewish Ritual Baths. Photographs by Peter Seidel
Curators

Fritz Backhaus, Daniela Eisenstein, Felicitas Heimann-Jelinek, Hanno Loewy, Gerhard Milchram.

Imprint

Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 2010. 111 pp., illustrations: 22 col., 1 b&w, 22 × 22 cm. German.

ISBN

9783854931720

Location

Jüdisches Museum Hohenems, Austria (7 March–3 October 2010)

Description

A photographic exhibition jointly organized by the Jewish museums of Fürth, Frankfurt am Main, Hohenems and Vienna, showing Peter Seidel’s series on Jewish ritual baths (mikva’ot). 20 color photographs of mikva’ot from around the world (mostly in Europe) dating from ancient to modern times. Includes several essays concerning the mikvah and Seidel’s work, as well as an artist’s statement. 20 items.

main keywords

MIKVAH
PHOTOGRAPHS
SEIDEL, PETER

minor keywords

Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Ashkenaz, 15th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Spain, 12th–14th C
Ostia
Prints, Jewish customs & ceremonies

Related ephemera

Exhibition leaflet, 6 pp., 5 col. illus., 21 × 10 cm. German and English; Invitation to exhibition opening in Frankfurt, leaflet, 2 col. illus., 21 × 10.5 cm.

Other venues

Jüdisches Museum Franken, Fürth, Germany (7 July–31 October 2010); Museum Judengasse Frankfurt, Germany (5 May–30 October 2011); Museum Judenplatz (of the Jüdisches Museum Wien), Austria (January–December 2012); Jüdisches Kulturmuseum Augsburg-Schwaben, Augsburg, Germany (14 May–26 July 2015)

Cite this page
“Ganz rein! Jüdische Ritualbäder. Fotografien von Peter Seidel”, in: Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica. Consulted online on 01 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004444522_COCO_CC2011>
First published online: 2019



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