Hardcover. The first monograph published outside Poland devoted to Erna Rosenstein's vast, complex and mesmerizing body of work, selected by the New York Times as among the Best Art Books 2021.This is the first ever English-language monograph on the vast and complex oeuvre of Erna Rosenstein (1913-2003), a prolific artist whose varied output was informed by her experience as a Polish Jew during the Holocaust.Released on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition at Hauser & Wirth in New York, and edited and with a text by exhibition curator Alison Gingeras, this book serves as an introduction to Rosenstein and her story. Alongside an extensive plates section, poems by Rosenstein are included in the book, as well as a special insert reproducing a fairy tale authored and illustrated by the artist. Art historian Dorota Jarecka has also contributed an essay, and the book additionally includes Rosenstein's own narrative testimony of the war in Poland. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Erna Rosenstein: Once Upon a Time (Hardcover)
Publisher: Hauser & Wirth, Zurich
Publication Date: 2021
Language: English
ISBN 10: 3906915417
ISBN 13: 9783906915418
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: new

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The first overview on Erna Rosenstein, surrealist, poet and creator of mesmerizing dreamscapes in painting and assemblage

A New York Times critics' pick | Best Art Books 2021

This is the first ever English-language monograph on the vast and complex oeuvre of Erna Rosenstein (1913-2003), a prolific artist whose varied output was informed by her experience as a Polish Jew during the Holocaust.

Released on the occasion of the eponymous, upcoming exhibition at Hauser & Wirth in New York, and edited and with a text by exhibition curator Alison Gingeras, this book serves as an introduction to Rosenstein and her story. Alongside an extensive plates section, poems by Rosenstein are included in the book, as well as a special insert reproducing a fairy tale authored and illustrated by the artist. Art historian Dorota Jarecka has also contributed an essay, and the book additionally includes Rosenstein’s own narrative testimony of the war in Poland.

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