Rimon, a Hebrew Magazine for Art and Letters. Editors: Dr. Mark Wischnitzer, Baruch Krupnik, and Moshe Kleinman. Art editor: Rachel Wischnitzer-Bernstein. Berlin, 1922-24. Issues 1-6, bound in one volume. Hebrew.
Six issues of the journal "Rimon" (published in Hebrew, in conjunction with the corresponding Yiddish-language journal "Milgroym"; both names translate as "Pomegranate"). The issues feature works by the finest of artists and authors such as El Lissitzky, Joseph Chaikov, Joseph Budko, Chana Orloff, Hayim Nahman Bialik, Shai Agnon, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Uri Zvi Greenberg, Itzhak Katzenelson, Micha Josef Berdyczewski, and many others.
"Rimon" was the first Hebrew journal to comprehensively deal with the visual arts. It was in publication for only a brief period – from 1922 to early 1924 – at a time when Hebrew publishing houses in Germany were flourishing. Its strikingly colorful issues – like the volumes printed by the book publisher that operated in conjunction with it – were fastidiously created, with painstaking attention devoted to external appearance and printing quality. In the words of Gideon Ofrat (Hebrew), "'Rimon' was not a Zionist periodical. The color reproductions, the large-scale format, the imaginativeness, graphic creativity, taking a stand at the forefront of the zeitgeist – all these [elements] served the interests of a scholarly Jewish culture seeking to be associated with the finest of progressive and cosmopolitan world culture" (excerpted from "HaMahsan shel Gideon Ofrat": "'Rimon' vs. ‘Ost und West'").
One volume, 31 cm. Issue Aleph, 1922: VI, [2], 48 pp., [2] ff. Issue Bet, 1922: VI, [2], 48 pp. Issue Gimel, 1923: [2] ff., 48 pp., [2] ff. Issue Daled, 1923: [2] ff., 48 pp., [2] ff. (several leaves at the beginning and end of the issue are stuck together and are inseparable). Issue Heh, 1924: [2] ff., 40 pp., [2] ff. Issue Vav, 1924: [2] ff., 40 pp. Condition varies. Issue Daled in fair condition (stains, including large dampstains and traces of mold. Open tears, with damage to text. Several leaves stuck together. All other issues in overall good condition: stains, including dampstains. Minor blemishes. Edges of front covers of two issues slightly trimmed, affecting text. New binding.