DESCRIPTION : Up for auction is one of the MOST BEAUTIFUL and IMPRESSING Judaica PHOTO - PHOTOMONTAGE BOOK by MOI VER , Accompanied by numerous of his colorful STONE LITHOGRAPHS. MOSHE Raviv VOROBEICHIC - MOI BER ,
Is best known and gained his world fame for his "PARIS" and "EIN
GHETTO in OSTEN-WILNA" , Popular yet Rare , Desired and sought after books
. However during the 1930's and 1940's , MOI VER was the GRAPHIC DESIGNER as
well as SOLE PHOTOGRAPHER or LEADING PHOTOGRAPHER among a few others of several
PHOTOGRAPHED BOOKS in Eretz Israel ( Then also sometimes refered to as
PALESTINE ) . For AUCTION is one of
the FINEST example of these books . MOI VER was the
graphic designer , The "PHOTOGRAPHS ARRANGER" - Meaning the
PHOTOMONTAGE ARTIST and a joined yet LEADING PHOTOGRAPHER . He
also designed and illustrated quite a few ILLUSTRATED COLORFUL LITHOGRAPHIC ISOTYPE DIAGRAMS . MOI VER was specificaly credited in details for each of his
PHOTOS , PHOTOMONTAGES and LITHOGRAPHS . The book consists of NUMEROUS full page
PHOTOS and PHOTOMONTAGES , Made by MOI VER in his talent with an artistic
quality which is not at all inferior to his "PARIS" and "EIN
GHETTO in OSTEN-WILNA" . This is an ORIGINAL
vintage PHOTOGRAPHED JUDAICA BOOK of POLITICAL - HISTORICAL - SOCIALIST message
and orientation which was published in 1940 ( DATED ) in ERETZ ISRAEL ( Then
also refered to as PALESTINE ) , Documenting and commemorating the JEWISH YOUTH
IMMIGRATION from WAR and HOLOCAUST beaten Europe to Eretz Israel. Jewish - Hebrew YOUTH
and CHILDREN are a BELOVED THEME by MOI VER and thus his PHOTOS and
PHOTOMONTAGES , Especialy made for this book are THRILLING and TOUCHING . 1940
FIRST and ONLY EDITION . Some of the photos were made by other
photographers , However , The most impressing MOI VER
PHOTOS and ARTISTIC PHOTOMONTAGES ,
So typical to MOI VER , Were created solely by BOROVEICHIC who , With his
ARTISTIC BAUHAUS orientation , Has transffered the documentary PHOTOS into
GRAPHICAL PIECES of ART with POSTERS' QUALITY . Please read what was
written regarding his "PARIS" creation which is 100% relevant to this
1940 amazing PHOTOGRAPHY and PHOTOMONTAGE work : "
......Moi Ver succeeds in blending dynamic photographic montage with an
elaborate graphic layout. Utilizing the double-spread as one unified plane,
each turn of the page not only surprises, but accentuates the charged rhythm
built into the book itself. The bulk of information in these pictures documents
mundane street activities in cobblestoned Paris of the late twenties. But the
method in which Moi Ver chose to present his material, in its kaleidoscopic
layering and frenzied repetitiveness, emphasizes an experimental approach to
picture-construction; as if we, the viewers, were walking about bombarded by
noise and reflected light. Within each picture, visual data is spliced with
pattern, alluding to a lapse of time, as if they were short film
vignettes........" . Quite impressive of their kind and
definitely unusual are the MOI VER GRAPHIC illustrated COLORFUL DIAGRAMS , Printed as LITHOGRAPHS , Bound together with the book as issued .
Original cloth HC. 7 x 9.5" 504 pp . Quite MANY chromo photographed plates bound
with the book as issued , printed on one or two faces of the chromo leaf.
Many LITHOGRAPHS . Very good condition . Well kept copy. Tightly bound. Cover worn and somewhat soiled. ( Pls look at scan for accurate AS IS
images ) . Will be sent inside a protective packaging .
PAYMENTS : Payment method accepted : Paypal & All credit cards.
SHIPPMENT : Shipp worldwide via
registered airmail is $ 29 . Will be sent inside a protective rigid packaging . Will be sent around 5-10 days after payment .
Moï Ver (Moshé Raviv-Vorobeichic) was born in 1904 in
Vilnius, Lithuania, where he also studied painting. In 1927, visited the
Bauhaus in Dessau to take courses with Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, and Joseph
Albers, before he left for Paris to study at the Ecole de Photo Ciné. After
several unrealised projects for photographic books, necessity led him to begin
a career as a reporter. He immigrated to Palestine in 1934, and from 1950 he
devoted himself to painting. He died in 1995. Moi Ver: Paris In Paris, his
quintessential avant-garde book object published in 1931, Mo- Ver succeeds in
blending dynamic photographic montage with an elaborate graphic layout.
Utilizing the double-spread as one unified plane, each turn of the page not
only surprises, but accentuates the charged rhythm built into the book itself.
The bulk of information in these pictures documents mundane street activities
in cobblestoned Paris of the late twenties. But the method in which Moi Ver
chose to present his material, in its kaleidoscopic layering and frenzied
repetitiveness, emphasizes an experimental approach to picture-construction; as
if we, the viewers, were walking about bombarded by noise and reflected light.
Within each picture, visual data is spliced with pattern, alluding to a lapse
of time, as if they were short film vignettes. M. Vorobeichic, who also used
the artist name Moi Ver, and whose real name was Moses Vorobeichic (1904), in
Israel renamed Moshe Raviv. This painter/photographer is known for his
picture-books on the Ghetto of Wilna and Paris (end of the twenties), early
examples of the Bauhaus photographic style. (German) From the Preface The
Jewish Lane in Light and Shadow by S. Chneour About Paris : 'The book that
introduced Moi Ver to the world is exhilaratingly eccentric, definitely
avant-garde.... Moi Ver's Paris is a city in motion, hurtling almost out of
control. Cobblestone streets, bustling crowds, facades, railway tracks,
bridges. the glittering river, and countless monuments shift and shatter
here.... Moi Ver's version of Paris was eclipsed two years later by the
publication of Brassai's more conventionally seductive Paris de Nuit, but no
one has yet matched Moi Ver's vision of the brutal, chaotic, irresistible
modern city.'-Vince Aletti, from the Book of 101 Books In Paris, his
quintessential avant-garde book, Moï Ver succeeded in blending dynamic
photographic montage with elaborate graphic layouts. Utilizing the
double-spread as one unified place, each turn of the page not only surprised
but accentuated the charged rhythm built into the book itself. The bulk of
information in these pictures documents mundane street activities in the
cobblestone-covered Paris of the late 20s. But the method in which Moi Ver
chose to present his material, in its kaliedoscopic layering and frenzied
repetitiveness, emphasized an experiential approach to picture construction-as
if we, the viewers, were walking about, bombarded by noise and reflected light.
Originally published in 1931 by Editions Jeanne Walter with an introduction by
Futurist Fernand Leger, now long out of print and exceptionally rare, this
facsimile reproduction of Paris brings back into circulation one of the seminal
photographic books of the century. "My grandfather on my mother’s side was
a photographer and artist named Moshé Raviv-Vorobeichic (who also worked under
the pen name Moï Ver). He lived from 1904 to 1995. Born and raised in Vilna,
now Vilnius in Lithuania, Moshé lived and worked in Paris before moving to Tel
Aviv and eventually settling in Safed in northern Israel. In the late 1920s he
studied at the famous Bauhaus school in Dessau, Germany, where his instructors
included Paul Klée and Vassily Kandinsky. Moshe produced many paintings,
especially in the later part of his career. As a young man, however, he was
recognized primarily as a photographer, employing many innovative and creative
techniques. Two major books of his photography were published. The first, “The
Ghetto Lane in Vilna” (published in 1931) documented the everyday life of the
city’s Jewish residents. In the same year, his second book, titled “Paris” was
published by Jeanne Walter, with an introduction by Fernand Leger (it was
republished in 2004 as “Ci-Contre - 110 Photos by Moï Ver,” by Ann and Jürgen
Wilde, with commentary by Inka Graeve Ingelmann and Hannes Böhringer). An
exhibition of these photographs was held in the Pinakothek der Moderne in
Munich in the winter of 2004/05." taken from flickr. Moi Ver
(1904–1955) was a photographer and painter. Life and
work Moi Ver was born in 1904 in Vilnius, Lithuania as Moses
Vorobeichic, Moi Ver initially studied painting. In his early 20s he
matriculated at the Bauhaus, taking courses with Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky,
and Joseph Albers, and left from there to attend the Ecole Photo One in Paris. In
his book Moi Ver: Paris, he produced avant-garde photomontages.
Originally published in 1931 by Editions Jeanne Walter with an introduction by
Futurist Fernand Léger. He adopted Zionism in 1934 and immigrated to what was
then known as Palestine. Moshe Raviv-Vorobeichic (as he called himself in
Israel) focus more on painting than photography and lived in Safed until his
death in 1995. Moï Ver Moï Ver (Moshé Raviv-Vorobeichic) was born in 1904 in
Vilnius, Lithuania, where he also studied painting. In 1927, visited the
Bauhaus in Dessau to take courses with Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, and Joseph
Albers, before he left for Paris to study at the Ecole de Photo Ciné. After
several unrealised projects for photographic books, necessity led him to begin
a career as a reporter. He immigrated to Palestine in 1934, and from 1950 he
devoted himself to painting. He died in 1995. ebay1096a/18