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Return to Vilna in the Art of Samuel Bak
Roger Hargreaves
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Description for Return to Vilna in the Art of Samuel Bak
Hardcover. Bak's journey was marked by memories and profound sadness and an awareness of his responsibility to express the spirits of all who were destroyed during the Holocaust. This book aims to pay tribute to the artist's return to his birthplace, to the place of his childhood; to streets of his tenuous survival during World War II. Num Pages: 120 pages, colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 907.
This book is a tribute to the artist's return to his birthplace, to the place of his childhood, once filled with happiness; to the streets of his tenuous survival during World War II, and to the memorial for his grandparents and father. Bak's journey was marked by memories and profound sadness and a great awareness of his responsibility to express the spirits of all who were destroyed during the Holocaust. Scholar Lawrence L. Langer provides commentary on the rich symbolic significance and uniqueness of the artist's work.
This book is a tribute to the artist's return to his birthplace, to the place of his childhood, once filled with happiness; to the streets of his tenuous survival during World War II, and to the memorial for his grandparents and father. Bak's journey was marked by memories and profound sadness and a great awareness of his responsibility to express the spirits of all who were destroyed during the Holocaust. Scholar Lawrence L. Langer provides commentary on the rich symbolic significance and uniqueness of the artist's work.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Pucker Art Publications
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Boston, MA, United States
ISBN
9781879985179
SKU
V9781879985179
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About Roger Hargreaves
Samuel Bak has had solo exhibitions at private galleries in New York, Boston, London, Paris, Berlin, Munich, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Zurich, and Rome. Publications of his work include eleven books, most notably Between Worlds, and his memoir, Painted in Words. He has also been the subject of two documentary films. He lives in Weston, MA, with his wife, Josee. Lawrence ... Read more
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