First Edition. Original boards with original dust jacket. 8vo. 177 pages; 23 cm. In Hebrew with English title page at rear (“Modern Jewish Art in Palestine”) . Refugee art historian Karl Schwarz had founded the Jewish Museum in Berlin on January 24, 1933, less than a week before Hitler came to power in Germany. Wisely, Schwarz then accepted an offer for a position as the first artistic director and chief curator of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art from Meir Dizengoff, the mayor of Tel Aviv, himself. Schwarz brought more than 2, 500 works with him to Israel. The book contains 130 illustrations and photographs of art as well as an appendix with the biographies of the artists. SUBJECT(S) : Jewish art, 20th century Jewish art, Jewish artists. OCLC lists 20 holdings worldwide. Slight edgewear to jacket, some toning to pages, Very Good Condition in Very Good- Jacket. Very attractive and displayable. (zion-11-4)