From Ashes to the Rainbow: A Tribute to Raoul Wallenberg

Hebrew Union College Skirball Museum, Los Angeles, Published 1986. Wraps, 63 pp.; 29 cm; illustrated with color and black-and-white plates; from an edition of 3,500 copies. In Very Good condition. Gray illustrated paper covers with light bumping and creasing to the edges and corners, and mild to moderate surface wear with some color loss along the edges, spine, and both the front and back covers. Binding tight. A hint of toning to the insides of the covers. Otherwise unmarked.Exhibition catalogue for "From Ashes to the Rainbow: A Tribute to Raoul Wallenberg, Works by Alice Lok Cahana," organized by the Hebrew Union College Skirball Museum and shown at four venues between 1986 and 1988. Alice Lok Cahana (b. 1929), a Hungarian-born artist and a survivor of Auschwitz, Guben, and Bergen-Belsen, created a body of abstract, collage-based paintings confronting the Holocaust and Jewish survival; this catalogue documents that work and pays tribute to Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat whose intervention saved tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews. Curated by Barbara Gilbert, with a text and interview with the artist by the art historian Barbara Rose and historical essays by Dr. Sybil Milton and Dr. Alfred Gottschalk. Illustrated throughout with reproductions of Cahana's paintings, many in color, and including a selection of her poems, a biography of the artist, and a full exhibition checklist.Contents: Acknowledgements / Nancy Berman; Introduction / Barbara Gilbert; From Ashes to the Rainbow: The Art of Alice Lok Cahana / Barbara Rose; Raoul Wallenberg / Dr. Alfred Gottschalk; Interview with Alice Lok Cahana / Barbara Rose; Poems by Alice Lok Cahana; The Imperatives of Memory: A Perspective on Art and the Holocaust / Dr. Sybil Milton; Biography of the Artist; Exhibition Checklist. Title: From Ashes to the Rainbow: A Tribute to Raoul Wallenberg Author Name: Alice Lok Cahana; Barbara Rose; Barbara Gilbert ISBN Number: 0878209514 ISBN-13: 9780878209514 Location Published: Los Angeles, Hebrew Union College Skirball Museum: 1986 Binding: Wrappers Book Condition: Very Good Size: 29 cm Type: Wrappers Categories: Art, Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions, Art & Architecture Seller ID: 20260518027 Keywords: alice lok cahana, exhibition catalog, holocaust art, jewish artists, raoul wallenberg