Through paintings, costume and set designs, posters, photographs, film clips and theater ephemera this exhibition will bring to light an exhilarating but fleeting moment in the cultural history of the Soviet Union when innovative visual artists joined forces with avant-garde playwrights, actors, and theatrical producers.

On view November 9, 2008 - March 22, 2009


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Natan Altman
Poster for Jewish Luck, 1925
Printed on paper
40 x 28 in. (100 x 71.5 cm)
Collection of Merrill C. Berman, Rye, New York
Art © Estate of Natan Altman/RAO, Moscow/VAGA, New York

 






Morocco: Jews and Art in a Muslim Land

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Photo of Esther Play for Purim
Tangier, 1914
Copy Photograph
Collection of Mrs. Sonia Azagury
Charles-Émile Vernet-Lecomte (Paris, 1821 - Paris, 1900)
Femme Juive de Tanger
Paris, 1868
Oil on canvas
Private Collection
Pair of Fibulae (tizerzai)
Ait Baha, Chtouka people, western Anti-Atlas Mountains, late 19th - early 20th century
Silver: cast and engraved
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchased with funds given by the Judaica Acquisitions Fund, 1999-60 a,b
Wedding Contract with Hamsa
Larache, 18 February 1891
Watercolor and ink on paper
Collection of Rabbi and Mrs. M. Mitchell Serels
Grand Costume (keswa el-kbîra)
Rabat, late 19th century
Skirt: silk velvet with gold metallic ribbon and passmenterie; lining: polished cotton; bodice: silk velvet with gilt metallic embroidery, leather; sleeves: transparent silk chiffon with gold brocade

The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchased with funds given by the Judaica Acquisitions Fund, 1993-195 a-e
Hanukkah Lamp
Meknes, early 20th century
Silver: openwork and engraved
The Jewish Museum, New York, Gift of Dr. Harry G. Friedman, F 5606



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