Михоэлс (Mikhoels)
Moscow: Искусство (Iskusstvo), 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 113pp. [3]. Grey buckram boards with debossed, black, tan and blind-stamped lettering on the front cover. Frontispiece photographic portrait., The work is a monograph on the life and work of acclaimed Soviet Jewish theater actor and director Solomon Mikhoels (1890-1948) Mikhoels was the leading actor of the Moscow State Jewish Theater company (established in 1920), and from 1928 until his death in 1948, he served as artistic director. The work covers the time from his early life through his work as leading actor, and ultimately the director of the company. Illustrated throughout with striking b/w photographic reproductions, showing Mikhoels on stage and in costume in a wide variety of roles. This is a later and more comprehensive work than similar monograph on Mikhoels written by Mikhail Zagorsky, originally published in 1927. This work uses a few of the same images as the previous work, but has many more.
Mikhoels was ultimately assassinated, under the guise of an accidental traffic accident, by Stalin, and other member of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee (of which he served as chairman) were killed in 1952 during the infamous "Night of the Murdered Poets".
Text in Russian.
Binding with some light rubbing and bumping to extremities, including the hinges of the spine. Interior with pencil markings on the front free endpaper. Light stains to the very edges of the pages 36-113. All images and text unaffected. Starting at p.112, with the binding fairly tight overall. Binding in very good-, interior in very good condition overall. vg- to vg. Item #46335
Alternate Russian name: ЛЮБОМИРСКИЙ Иегуше.
Price: $275.00