Oyf di Yiddisher Feld fun Ukraina [“On the Jewish Fields of the Ukraine.”]
AUCTION 66 |
Thursday, November 19th,
2015 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art
Lot 305
RYBACK, ISSACHAR BER
Oyf di Yiddisher Feld fun Ukraina [“On the Jewish Fields of the Ukraine.”]
Paris: 1926
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
PRICE REALIZED $1,000
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 Ukraine’s Jewish collective-farms (kolkhozes), 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, sun-burnt, wind-beaten men and women were a perfect joy and indeed revealed to me new colors.”