Translated title | Completely Clean! Jewish Ritual Baths. Photographs by Peter Seidel |
Curators |
Fritz Backhaus, Daniela Eisenstein, Felicitas Heimann-Jelinek, Hanno Loewy, Gerhard Milchram. |
Imprint |
Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 2010. 111 pp., illustrations: 22 col., 1 b&w, 22 × 22 cm. German. |
ISBN |
9783854931720 |
Location |
Jüdisches Museum Hohenems, Austria (7 March–3 October 2010) |
Description |
A photographic exhibition jointly organized by the Jewish museums of Fürth, Frankfurt am Main, Hohenems and Vienna, showing Peter Seidel’s series on Jewish ritual baths (mikva’ot). 20 color photographs of mikva’ot from around the world (mostly in Europe) dating from ancient to modern times. Includes several essays concerning the mikvah and Seidel’s work, as well as an artist’s statement. 20 items. |
main keywords |
MIKVAHPHOTOGRAPHSSEIDEL, PETER |
minor keywords |
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Ashkenaz, 15th CHebrew illuminated manuscripts, Spain, 12th–14th COstiaPrints, Jewish customs & ceremonies |
Related ephemera |
Exhibition leaflet, 6 pp., 5 col. illus., 21 × 10 cm. German and English; Invitation to exhibition opening in Frankfurt, leaflet, 2 col. illus., 21 × 10.5 cm. |
Other venues |
Jüdisches Museum Franken, Fürth, Germany (7 July–31 October 2010); Museum Judengasse Frankfurt, Germany (5 May–30 October 2011); Museum Judenplatz (of the Jüdisches Museum Wien), Austria (January–December 2012); Jüdisches Kulturmuseum Augsburg-Schwaben, Augsburg, Germany (14 May–26 July 2015) |