Auction 21 Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Mar 22, 2012 (Your local time)
Israel
 8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 26:

Six Booklets "Theatre and Art"

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Six booklets "Theatre and Art", monthly journal published by Aharon Yachnovitz (Yachnai). The first issue opens: "let this monthly paper serve as a stage for all those whose heart follows art in Eretz Israel .let the critics express their ideas in order to improve art in our country. Every artist will find his place here".
1-3. Theatre and art, monthly journal of Eretz Israel artists. Issues 1, 3 and 4-5, edited by Miriam Bernstein-Cohen. Tel-Aviv,1925.
4-6. Theatre and art, monthly journal for art in all its forms. Issue no. 8 edited by Dr. Yitzchak Epstein and issues 9 and 10-11 edited by Ya'akov M. Yachnai. Jerusalem,1927.
"Theatre and Art" was amongst the few art journals in Eretz Israel, yet a most important one, in the 1920s, and dealt with shaping the nature of Israeli art. Amongst the writers: Meir Gur-Aryeh, Shmuel Ben-David, Joseph Zaritzky, Avigdor HaMeiri and others. Generally in good condition.