[JEWISH RENAISSANCE - A COLLEAGUE OF CHAGALL] S. Iudovin: graviury na dereve [S. Iudovin: woodcuts]

First and only edition of this monograph on Solomon Iudovin (or Yudovin, 1892-1954), an important Soviet Jewish artist originally from near Vitebsk, in today's Belarus. From 1907 to 1910, Yudovin studied in Vitebsk under Yehuda Pen and from 1910 until 1917 he continued his studies in St. Petersburg. His uncle S. Ansky (1863-1920) invited him to participate in a series of ethnographic expeditions in Ukraine's Jewish villages across the Pale of Settlement, which would significantly impact his future work. After the revolution, he lived in Vitebsk, where he collaborated with Mark Chagaoo and organized a group exhibition of Jewish artists. In 1929, he organized an exhibition of Jewish folk art at the I. L. Perets Society in Vitebsk. In the second half of the 1920s, he served as chief curator of the St. Petersburg Jewish Society for History and Ethnography. He was a prolific illustrator of numerous Jewish writers, including Sholem-Aleikhem, Dovid Bergelson, and Mendele Moikher Sforim, among others. While more realistically oriented than his compatriots in the Kultur Lige and other representatives of the Jewish Renaissance, his work is highly valued for its technical mastery and he ranks among the important Jewish-influenced artists of his time.

The volume contains two essays, "Graviury S. Iudovina" (S. Iudovin's engravings) by E. Gollerbakh and "Sotsial'nye korni tvorchestva S. Iudovina" (The social roots of S. Iudovin's artwork) by I. Ioffe. The texts are illustrated with forty-nine woodcuts by Iudovin. Also appended is a chronological list of all woodcuts and linotype prints produced by Iudovin to date.

One of 1200 copies, of which 50 copies were numbered and contained an additional engraving on a separate leaf; this copy is unnumbered. First and only edition of this monograph on Solomon Iudovin (or Yudovin, 1892-1954), an important Soviet Jewish artist originally from near Vitebsk, in today's Belarus. From 1907 to 1910, Yudovin studied in Vitebsk under Yehuda Pen and from 1910 until 1917 he continued his studies in St. Petersburg. His uncle S. Ansky (1863-1920) invited him to participate in a series of ethnographic expeditions in Ukraine's Jewish villages across the Pale of Settlement, which would significantly impact his future work. After the revolution, he lived in Vitebsk, where he collaborated with Mark Chagaoo and organized a group exhibition of Jewish artists. In 1929, he organized an exhibition of Jewish folk art at the I. L. Perets Society in Vitebsk. In the second half of the 1920s, he served as chief curator of the St. Petersburg Jewish Society for History and Ethnography. He was a prolific illustrator of numerous Jewish writers, including Sholem-Aleikhem, Dovid Bergelson, and Mendele Moikher Sforim, among others. While more realistically oriented than his compatriots in the Kultur Lige and other representatives of the Jewish Renaissance, his work is highly valued for its technical mastery and he ranks among the important Jewish-influenced artists of his time.

The volume contains two essays, "Graviury S. Iudovina" (S. Iudovin's engravings) by E. Gollerbakh and "Sotsial'nye korni tvorchestva S. Iudovina" (The social roots of S. Iudovin's artwork) by I. Ioffe. The texts are illustrated with forty-nine woodcuts by Iudovin. Also appended is a chronological list of all woodcuts and linotype prints produced by Iudovin to date.

One of 1200 copies, of which 50 copies were numbered and contained an additional engraving on a separate leaf; this copy is unnumbered.