1. Josef Hesoun
(Czechoslovakia, 1903-1965)
Státní
Ž
idovské Muzeum v Praze (State Jewish Museum in Prague)
Offset litho
Prague, Czech Republic, Vytiskla Polygrafia, [1963]
Gift of Al Zais, 76.189Founded in 1906, the Jewish Museum of Prague was closedafter the Nazi occupation of Bohemia and Moravia in 1939.In 1942, the Nazis established in Prague the “Central JewishMuseum,” a repository of objects taken from the country’sliquidated Jewish communities. After the Second WorldWar, the ownership of the collection was transferred to theState, and in 1950 the institution became known as the StateJewish Museum in Prague. In 1994, a year after the creationof the Czech Republic, it was renamed Jewish Museum inPrague. The poster, by Czech modernist designer JosefHesoun (1903-1965) reads: “The world-famous museumin the center of Prague invites you to visit the Old JewishCemetery, the Old-New Synagogue [and] six permanentexhibitions and displays. Open daily 9am-6pm.”
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Synagogue und Juden in Basel. Eine Ausstellung der Israelitischen Gemeinde Basel
(Synagogue and Jews in Basle)
Basle, Switzerland, Robert Hiltbrand - Gissler Druck, 1988
2012.0.4Poster for an exhibition of the Jewish Community of Basel,held at the Kleines Klingental City and Cathedral Museumin Basle, highlighting a long and multifaceted local Jewishhistory. The poster features an architectural rendering of thefaçade of the city’s Great Synagogue, built in 1868 accordingto the Moorish style then fashionable in Germany and otherEuropean countries.
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Ebrei a Lugo. I contratti matrimoniali
(Jews in Lugo. The Marriage Contracts)
Offset litho
Imola, Italy, Grafiche Galeati, 1994
2012.0.5Poster for an exhibition highlighting the decorated
ketubbot
(Jewish marriage contracts) from the Italian city of Lugo,near Ravenna, where Jews first settled in the 13th century.The exhibition, held in the city’s public library in 1994, waspromoted by the local municipality in partnership withregional and national Jewish institutions, including theFondazione per i Beni Culturali Ebraici in Italia, a foundationestablished in 1986 to ensure the conservation andpromotion of Italy’s twenty-two century old Jewish culturalheritage. Lavishly decorated marriage contracts from Lugo,dating from the 18th and 19th centuries, are kept in some ofthe most important Jewish collections worldwide, includingThe Magnes.
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The exhibition highlights a small group of posters from The Magnes collection that offer a unique perspective on the renaissance of Jewish culture in Europe since the early 1980’s, as represented through museum exhibitions in Austria,…
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