Lot 370
Collection of Items from the Estate of the Artist "Mikhail Yo" – Meir Yoffe / Original Sketches
Collection of items from the estate of the artist Meir Yoffe (Mikhail Yo). [1940s – 1960s].
Meir Yoffe (1895-1960) created under the pen name Mikhail Yo – graphic designer, painter and theorist, a central figure in Riga's cultural and artistic scene. Illustrated books for Arbeter Heym which later was the foundation for "Kultur Lige" in Lithuania in the 1920s. Was a member of "Sambatiyon" group – affiliated to "Kultur Lige" in Riga, worked in the Jewish theater in Riga and the Royal Jewish theater in Moscow.
Collection includes:
• Sketch book with about 14 illustrated pages. Among the sketches appear drafts (printed) of three characters of the Russian Alphabeth, with vegetal decorations – in a style resembling the "Alefbeis" book by Leib kvitko ("Der Emes" publishing). • 25 drawings in pencil, crayons and pen, most of them figures and landscapes. • Three prints signed by Yoffe (one dated 1945). • Newspaper cuttings and photos of articles published in Russian and Yiddish newspapers – concerning Yoffe's ouevres. • several personal documents (a letter, a library card, invitation on behalf of the Jewish theater in Riga, and more). • 24 photos [sites in Riga?] and several group photos. • An article composed after Yoffe's passing, by M. Rozumni (typewritten in Yiddish and Russian).
Lot of about 65 items. Size and condition varies.
