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JOSEPH CHAIKOV – BOOK COVER ILLUSTRATION, BERLIN 1923 – RUSSIAN JEWISH ART - In the storm of history, pages torn out of the diary By David Koigen. Berlin: Yidisher Literarisher Farlag, 1923. 248 pp. Yiddish Language. Chaikov (Иосиф Моисеевич Чайков, Also spelled – Tchaikov, Tshaykov) was a Russian Jewish sculptor, graphic designer, illustrator. Born in Kiev, Ukraine, He was co-founder, along with El Lissitzky, Boris Aronson and others, of the Jewish socialist Kultur Lige in Kiev. Chaikov moved to Moscow, designed and taught cubist sculpture in the distinctively Russian Cubo-Futurism style, radically geometric and highly dynamic. From 1929 Chaikov was the head of the Society of Russian Sculptors. In 1932, after the end of the period of artistic freedom, all of these cubists turned back to Socialist Realism and produced more classically styled work. Chaikov continued to work in a variety of genres, techniques and scales. He was named an Honored Artist of the USSR in 1959, and his work is in the permanent collection of MOMA. He died in Moscow. KOIGEN, DAVID (1879–1933), philosopher and sociologist. Born in Wachniaki, Ukraine, and studied in European universities. He lived in Germany, working mainly on Jewish problems and cultural sociology. Koigen tried to delineate the peculiarity of Jewish experience in history and culture. Condition: Good condition, with flaws to spine, some staining etc. Please see photos.