Bidspirit auction | New Beginnings – The Skirball

New Beginnings – The Skirball Museum Collections and Inaugural Exhibition | First Edition, 1996 - New Beginnings: The Skirball Museum Collections and Inaugural Exhibition, edited by Grace Cohen Grossman, was published to celebrate the reopening of the Skirball Museum at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles in 1996. This beautifully produced catalogue showcases one of the world’s most important Judaica collections, spanning nearly 4,000 years of Jewish history, culture, and artistic achievement.   Richly illustrated with hundreds of full-colour photographs, the volume presents outstanding examples of Jewish ceremonial art, Torah ornaments, Hanukkah lamps, silverwork, manuscripts, textiles, paintings, sculpture, archaeological artifacts, and objects documenting Jewish life across the Diaspora. Scholarly essays by leading curators and academics explore the museum’s collections, Jewish ceremonial art, American Jewish history, and the landmark inaugural exhibition Visions and Values: Jewish Life from Antiquity to America.   Details: * Edited by Grace Cohen Grossman * Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles * First Edition, 1996 * Softcover * 207 pages * Profusely illustrated in full colour * Language: English * Condition: Very good An outstanding reference work for collectors of Judaica, museum catalogues, Jewish ceremonial art, synagogue silver, and American Jewish history.