Collection of poetry and prose books, with illustrations and covers designed by Joseph Chaikov and Abraham Mintchine:

1. Brenendiḳe Briḳn: Anṭologye fun Reṿolutsiyonerer Liriḳ in der Nayer Yidisher Dikhṭung fun Uḳraine ["Burning Bridges, " Anthology of Revolutionary Poetry by Jewish Poets in the Ukraine], edited by Ezra Korman. Berlin: Yidisher liṭerarisher farlag, 1923. Yiddish. Second edition [The first edition was published in Kiev in 1920, titled: "In Fayerdikn Doyer"].

The anthology mainly includes works by young Soviet Jewish poets – David Hofstein, Peretz Markish, Leib Kvitko, Moshe Broderzon, Ezra Fininberg, Kadya Molodowsky, Asher Schwartzman and others – written during the years of the revolution and civil war in Russia. The publishing house logo was designed by Issachar Ber Ryback. The cover, title fonts and illustrations were done by Abraham Mintchine.

2. 1919, by Leib Kvitko. Berlin: Yidisher Literarisher Farlag, 1923. Yiddish. Cover designed by Joseph Chaikov.

A book of poetry by Leib Kvitko about the pogroms against Ukrainian Jews that took place during the Russian Civil War, especially during 1919 (the "Petliura pogroms").

Leib Kvitko (Лев (Лейб) Моисе́евич Кви́тко; 1890-1952), poet, writer and editor, was one of the most important Yiddish children's authors in the Soviet Union. He was a member of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee and was murdered in 1952 on Stalin's orders along with other "martyrs of the regime" in the Soviet Union.

3-4. Bereshit, A, (no other parts were published). Moscow-Leningrad: 1926. Printed by Gutenberg Press. Berlin. Hebrew. Two copies. Cover designed by Joseph Chaikov.

A literary anthology including works by Isaac Babel, Yocheved Bat-Miriam, Gershon Chanowitz and others. First part (no additional parts were published).

The group of writers who published the book could not find a printing house in the Soviet Union willing to print a Hebrew book, so the manuscript was sent to Berlin for printing. Only a small portion of the printed books were allowed to enter the Soviet Union (Yizaq Yosef Cohen, Jewish publications in the Soviet Union, 1917-1960, Jerusalem, 1961, pp. 39-40). The front cover features an illustration by Joseph Chaikov. "Publishing house logo designed by B. Shuvin".

MoMA 638.

4 volumes. Size and condition vary.

Joseph Chaikov (Chaykov; Иосиф Моисеевич Чайков; 1888-1979), a Jewish sculptor, graphic designer, painter and theoretician, born in Kiev. Tchaikov studied in Paris during the years 1910-1914 and participated in the Parisian Salon d'Automne exhibition in 1913. After World War I, he was one of the founders of Kultur Lige in Kiev, taught sculpture and illustrated books – mostly children's books – and in the years after the revolution, also designed propaganda banners and posters. In 1921, the Melukhe-farlag publishing house in Kiev published his treatise "Sculpture", which is considered the first Yiddish book on sculpture and focuses on avant-garde in sculpture and the place of sculpture in Jewish art. During the years 1923-1930 he taught cubist sculpture inspired by Russian futurism in Moscow, at the Vkhutemas – Higher Art and Technical Studios (alongside Alexander Rodchenko and El Lissitzky) and was also appointed the head of the union of Russian sculptors.

During the next decades, Tchaikov continued to work in a variety of artistic styles and media, moving away from the style that characterized his early work. The booklets and books featured in this catalog, published between 1919 and 1923, all represent his part in Constructivism and the Russian avant-garde movement and document his early works of art as a cubo-futurist artist and sculptor.

Abraham Mintchine (Абрам Минчин; 1898-1931), Jewish-Ukrainian artist born in Kiev. He studied painting at the Kiev Academy of Arts, and under Aleksandra Ekster. He began his artistic career in Moscow. In 1922, he exhibited some of his works at the "First Russian Art Exhibition" in Berlin. A year later, he emigrated to Berlin, where he continued to create while incorporating new elements into his works under the influence of Cubism. In addition, he designed sets and costumes for the Eretz-Israeli Theater in Berlin.

In late 1925, he emigrated to Paris, where he integrated into the circle of artists of the École de Paris, including Marc Chagall, Chaim Soutine, Pinchus Kremegne, Michel Kikoine and others. These connections contributed to the development of his unique style, characterized by the use of bold colors and unexpected compositions, and the incorporation of various mystical elements in his works.

In 1929, Mintchine's first solo exhibition was held at the Galerie Alice Manteau in Paris, which was highly acclaimed by critics. He later moved to Provence, where he befriended the renowned French painter Othon Friesz. Despite his relative success, Mintchine died poor and destitute at the age of 33. His works are now preserved in several important museums around the world.