On the Jewish Fields of Ukraina

AUCTION 4 |
Tuesday, March 03rd,
1998 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners
Lot 208
RYBACK, ISSACHAR BER.
On the Jewish Fields of Ukraina
Paris: 1926
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PRICE REALIZED $850
Ryback had once described the “national element” of the Jewish artist as preferring deep, dark tones; “Whenever color is bright the Jewish artist turns it down.” Following his sojourn among the Jewish Kolkozes, Ryback found the means to reverse his theories (viz. introduction): “To me, who grew up in the Pale amid the wan, worn out faces; the healthy, sunburnt, wind beaten men and women were a perfect joy, and indeed revealed to me new colors.”