Oyf di Yiddisher Feld fun Ukraina [“On the Jewish Fields of the Ukraine.”]
AUCTION 32 |
Thursday, March 23rd,
2006 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Autographed Letters, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
Lot 180
RYBACK, ISSACHAR BER
Oyf di Yiddisher Feld fun Ukraina [“On the Jewish Fields of the Ukraine.”]
Paris: 1926
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
PRICE REALIZED $2,250
Boldly inscribed in English by Ryback: “To Samuel Willig - To remember an afternoon spent in our studio in Paris. September 11, 1929. I. Ryback.”
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.”
Ryback: See also Lots ***