Gan Kolski: His End is My Beginning
Introduction: suicide (From the pink tab on the left page) “The next...
Isac Friedlander: Coney Island
Introduction If only Jane Haslem (1934-2020) had produced a catalogue raisonné on...
Linocuts: Making of Athena
Introduction I wouldn’t have created circular linoleum cuts had I not been...
Anne Desmet: Personal Tower of Babel
Introduction If Anne Desmet, one of the most accomplished contemporary wood engravers...
Arieh Allweil’s IDF Haggadah
Introduction In many ways artist Arieh Allweil (1901-1967) created the IDF Passover Haggadah (1950)...
Allweil: Independence Haggadah
INTRODUCTION When I began working with the daughters of artist Arieh Allweil...
Bookcase upgrade: Going High Style
Introduction I felt so fortunate to be able to live with the...
Arieh Allweil’s Haggadahs: Part 1
– Introduction When I began working with Ruth Sperling and Nava Rosenfeld,...
Bed Exchange
Introduction Antique beds are not so imposing when disassembled, not even high-post...
MAKING A COVID BOWL WITH ERIC AVERY: PART 2
Introduction At artist Eric Avery’s invitation, in March 2022 I traveled to...
Finlay Chairs? A question of attribution
Introduction Ever since purchasing six Baltimore fancy chairs (above) in 1993 from...
Making a COVID BOWL with Eric Avery: Part I
All images of artwork by Eric Avery are used with the permission...
Irwin Hoffman: Etcher of Workers
Introduction When I first bought prints by Irwin Hoffman, he was still...
Arieh Allweil’s Lamentation
INTRODUCTION Lamentation is the fourth and last book that Arieh Allweil (1901-1967)...