Anatoli L. Kaplan: Das Zeichnerische Werk 1928 bis 1977- Zeichnungen, Aquarelle, Gouachen, Temperamalereien und Pastelle

Leipsig: Insel Verlag, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. beige cloth backstrip lettered in gilt. Fine in fine dust wrapper in protective clear mylar.. 305 pages. 35 x 24 cm. Full page illustrations in color and black and white. Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan was a Soviet-era Russian painter, sculptor and printmaker, whose works often reflect his Jewish origins. From the 1950s onwards Kaplan's artworks concentrated on Jewish themes, despite constant and often serious opposition and obstruction from the Soviet cultural authorities. Painter, sculptor, printmaker. Copy of Dr. Bernard Lown with signed note thanking him for coming to Berlin. Text in German.