CONTEMPORARY SYNAGOGUE ART; Developments in the United States, 1945-1965
NY: Union of Hebrew Congregations, (1966). First Edition. 4to, pp. xii, 276. Bibliography, notes, index. With 275 black-and-wite illustrations. Corners slightly scuffed, o/w a nice copy in little scuffed and chipped dj. Item #40870
From the end of World War Two in 1945 to the publication of this book in 1966, some 500 synagogues were built in the U.S., often adorned with sculpture and decorations by avant-garde contemporary artists. Includes works by: Ben Shahn, Abrahahm Rattner, Percival Goodman, Ibram Lassaw, Robert Motherwell, Frank Lloyd Wright, Philip C. Johnson, Walter Gropius, and others. Profusely illustrated.
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