Helen Shiner
@sculptarch.bsky.social
Art historian. Provenance researcher. Modernist sculpture. Catalogue raisonné of works of sculptor/printmaker, Moissey Kogan Bessarabian (Moldovan), École de Paris, d. Auschwitz
France
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France
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One of a series of linocuts on Japan by #MoisseyKogan from the 1930s. The original edition numbers 20 impressions, each signed Moissey Kogan Paris to the lower right of the image and numbered to the lower left. Dimensions - sheet size: 1/2
November 22, 2025 at 10:24 AM
One of a series of linocuts on Japan by #MoisseyKogan from the 1930s. The original edition numbers 20 impressions, each signed Moissey Kogan Paris to the lower right of the image and numbered to the lower left. Dimensions - sheet size: 1/2
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Bellingcat volunteers using AI joined forces with a German historian to solve an enduring mystery of the Holocaust - who was the Nazi killer from the picture once known as The Last Jew in Vinnitsa, a chilling image kept as a 'trophy' from the massacres in Ukraine www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Historian uses AI to help identify Nazi in notorious Holocaust murder image
Jürgen Matthäus has for years been investigating the killer – and is confident he has finally solved the mystery
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October 2, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Bellingcat volunteers using AI joined forces with a German historian to solve an enduring mystery of the Holocaust - who was the Nazi killer from the picture once known as The Last Jew in Vinnitsa, a chilling image kept as a 'trophy' from the massacres in Ukraine www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
“Unhappy with the BBC's questions, Mr Cohen threatened to "make [BBC journalists] disappear" and claimed he could hack their communications.” 🥸
August 24, 2025 at 8:20 AM
“Unhappy with the BBC's questions, Mr Cohen threatened to "make [BBC journalists] disappear" and claimed he could hack their communications.” 🥸
Today is #MoisseyKogan’s 146th birthday and here to mark the occasion is a variant cast of his Torso, artificial stone (pierre artificielle, Kunststein), c. 32.7 cm, 1927-28. This image comes from his friend Jan Engelman’s publication also named ‘Torso’ for the journal De Gemeenschap 1931.
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May 24, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Today is #MoisseyKogan’s 146th birthday and here to mark the occasion is a variant cast of his Torso, artificial stone (pierre artificielle, Kunststein), c. 32.7 cm, 1927-28. This image comes from his friend Jan Engelman’s publication also named ‘Torso’ for the journal De Gemeenschap 1931.
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Romanesque carving on the font at Toller Fratrum church, Dorset
May 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Romanesque carving on the font at Toller Fratrum church, Dorset
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13 Orte, an denen Walter Benjamin im Pariser Exil lebte
Eine interaktive Karte. #Paris #Exil
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13 Orte, an denen Walter Benjamin im Pariser Exil lebte
Eine interaktive Karte. #Paris #Exil
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Walter Benjamin in Paris
Orte, an denen Walter Benjamin im Pariser Exil lebte. Von 1933 bis 1940.
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April 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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13 Orte, an denen Walter Benjamin im Pariser Exil lebte
Eine interaktive Karte. #Paris #Exil
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13 Orte, an denen Walter Benjamin im Pariser Exil lebte
Eine interaktive Karte. #Paris #Exil
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Once we've established, as we have repeatedly, that "deport" is the wrong word, I'd support "rendition," which fully carries the meaning of what's going on and sounds, at least to me, properly odiously fascistic.
YM, as always, MV.
#copyediting
YM, as always, MV.
#copyediting
April 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Once we've established, as we have repeatedly, that "deport" is the wrong word, I'd support "rendition," which fully carries the meaning of what's going on and sounds, at least to me, properly odiously fascistic.
YM, as always, MV.
#copyediting
YM, as always, MV.
#copyediting
The Fontaine Debussy, Paris, featuring major sculptural works by the Frères Martel, erected 1932, is under threat and poorly maintained. Article by Didier Rykner: freresmartel.blogspot.com/2000/04/a-pa...
April 23, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The Fontaine Debussy, Paris, featuring major sculptural works by the Frères Martel, erected 1932, is under threat and poorly maintained. Article by Didier Rykner: freresmartel.blogspot.com/2000/04/a-pa...
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FFS AMERICA! This is how you stop immigration taking away a member of your community!
April 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
FFS AMERICA! This is how you stop immigration taking away a member of your community!
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"This is our career & our triumph. The taking of our lives—lives of a good shoemaker & poor fish-peddler—all! That last moment belongs to us—that agony is our triumph." Bartolomeo Vanzetti's final words before he & Nicola Sacco were put to death, from print by Ben Shahn www.moma.org/collection/w...
April 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
"This is our career & our triumph. The taking of our lives—lives of a good shoemaker & poor fish-peddler—all! That last moment belongs to us—that agony is our triumph." Bartolomeo Vanzetti's final words before he & Nicola Sacco were put to death, from print by Ben Shahn www.moma.org/collection/w...
So wonderful to receive this gift in the mail today: Kerry Wallach’s book, Traces of a Jewish Artist. The Lost Life and Work of Rahel Szalit #rahelszalit
April 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
So wonderful to receive this gift in the mail today: Kerry Wallach’s book, Traces of a Jewish Artist. The Lost Life and Work of Rahel Szalit #rahelszalit
Située non loin de Montparnasse, l’Académie de la Grande Chaumière est une école historique de modèle vivant, qui a accueilli Louise Bourgeois ou Amedeo Modigliani. Menacée d’être expulsée depuis plusieurs années, elle se voit contrainte de quitter les lieux www.pariszigzag.fr/paris-au-quo...
Près de Montparnasse, cette historique académie d'art ayant formé Chagall ou Modigliani est menacée de fermer
Située à quelques pas du quartier de Montparnasse, l'Académie de la Grande Chaumière est une école historique de modèle vivant.
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April 16, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Située non loin de Montparnasse, l’Académie de la Grande Chaumière est une école historique de modèle vivant, qui a accueilli Louise Bourgeois ou Amedeo Modigliani. Menacée d’être expulsée depuis plusieurs années, elle se voit contrainte de quitter les lieux www.pariszigzag.fr/paris-au-quo...
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Takanori Oguiss's views of the backstreets of Montmartre form the greatest part of his work . A follower of Maurice Utrillo, he trained in Tokyo and moved to Paris in 1927 to join his friend Tsuguharu Foujita. This work dates from around 1930.
April 15, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Takanori Oguiss's views of the backstreets of Montmartre form the greatest part of his work . A follower of Maurice Utrillo, he trained in Tokyo and moved to Paris in 1927 to join his friend Tsuguharu Foujita. This work dates from around 1930.
L’œuvre de Picasso est une gouache sur papier, très fragile. Le visage de cet enfant, sorti de l’imaginaire du peintre, pourrait représenter l’un des deux enfants espagnols assassinés dans l’église d'Oradour-sur-Glane #caravanedelapaix #picasso
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Ce dessin méconnu de Picasso, dans le livre d'or d'Oradour-sur-Glane, raconte l'histoire de la "Caravane de la paix"
Oublié pendant près de 40 ans, le livre d'or d'Oradour-sur-Glane recèle un véritable trésor. Ce carnet historique est composé d'œuvres d'immenses artistes de l'après Seconde Guerre mondiale, Picasso, ...
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April 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
L’œuvre de Picasso est une gouache sur papier, très fragile. Le visage de cet enfant, sorti de l’imaginaire du peintre, pourrait représenter l’un des deux enfants espagnols assassinés dans l’église d'Oradour-sur-Glane #caravanedelapaix #picasso
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Aurèle Barraud painted his self‑portrait many times during his lifetime as a way of defining himself; at times relentless, self absorbed to something approaching satisfaction, this work from 1927 was completed when he was aged 24 and on the eve of an exhibition in Paris.
April 3, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Aurèle Barraud painted his self‑portrait many times during his lifetime as a way of defining himself; at times relentless, self absorbed to something approaching satisfaction, this work from 1927 was completed when he was aged 24 and on the eve of an exhibition in Paris.
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The concept of an 'opt-out clause' is like saying that I must post a notice on my door saying that I do not consent to burglars stealing my property, or else I am actively inviting them to do so. It's my property! Of course I don't consent to other people stealing it! #metabookthieves
April 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Dass die Bayerischen Staatsgemäldesammlungen gerade zu implodieren drohen, liegt nicht nur an Provenienzforschung und Restitutionsverweigerung. Meine Investigativrecherche zu gefährdeten Besucher*innen und Kunstwerken. www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/vorwuerfe-ge...
April 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Dass die Bayerischen Staatsgemäldesammlungen gerade zu implodieren drohen, liegt nicht nur an Provenienzforschung und Restitutionsverweigerung. Meine Investigativrecherche zu gefährdeten Besucher*innen und Kunstwerken. www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/vorwuerfe-ge...
Moissey Kogan made comparable prints in editions of 25. In this case, we don’t know how many exist or were produced in the first place. 1/2
#MoisseyKogan #MoïseKogan #MoissiKogan #modernistprints #modernistwoodcuts #woodcuts #ÉcoledeParis #catalogueraisonnéwork #catalogueraisonné
#MoisseyKogan #MoïseKogan #MoissiKogan #modernistprints #modernistwoodcuts #woodcuts #ÉcoledeParis #catalogueraisonnéwork #catalogueraisonné
April 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Moissey Kogan made comparable prints in editions of 25. In this case, we don’t know how many exist or were produced in the first place. 1/2
#MoisseyKogan #MoïseKogan #MoissiKogan #modernistprints #modernistwoodcuts #woodcuts #ÉcoledeParis #catalogueraisonnéwork #catalogueraisonné
#MoisseyKogan #MoïseKogan #MoissiKogan #modernistprints #modernistwoodcuts #woodcuts #ÉcoledeParis #catalogueraisonnéwork #catalogueraisonné
Experts believe the sculpture shows an important woman, perhaps a priestess of Ceres, goddess of agriculture and fertility, because of her jewellery and accessories - earrings, rings and bracelets, and lunula, a crescent moon pendant hanging from her necklace www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Two near lifesize sculptures found during excavations of Pompeii tomb
The detailed relics were found in a necropolis and experts believe the woman depicted could have been an important priestess
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April 2, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Experts believe the sculpture shows an important woman, perhaps a priestess of Ceres, goddess of agriculture and fertility, because of her jewellery and accessories - earrings, rings and bracelets, and lunula, a crescent moon pendant hanging from her necklace www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Looking for the whereabouts of this specific terracotta cast of Sitzende/ Weibliche Figur (Seated Woman/Female Figure) by #MoisseyKogan. This image from the art journal, Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, 1927/28.
#catalogueraisonné #modernistsculpture
#catalogueraisonné #modernistsculpture
April 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Looking for the whereabouts of this specific terracotta cast of Sitzende/ Weibliche Figur (Seated Woman/Female Figure) by #MoisseyKogan. This image from the art journal, Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, 1927/28.
#catalogueraisonné #modernistsculpture
#catalogueraisonné #modernistsculpture
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Cette semaine aux enchères, Crait+Müller disperse l’atelier du sculpteur René Letourneur ; Ader propose les peintures du Japonais Toshio Bando ; et Millon retrace l’histoire d’amour et de créativité entre les deux Jean, Cocteau et Marais.
Par Nicolas Denis.
Par Nicolas Denis.
Atelier des sculpteurs René et Jean Letourneur, peintures de Toshio Bando, destins croisés de Jean Cocteau et Jean Marais
Cette semaine, Crait+Müller disperse l’atelier du sculpteur René Letourneur ; Ader propose les peintures du Japonais Toshio Bando ; et Millon retrace l’histoire d’amour et de créativité entre les deux...
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March 31, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Cette semaine aux enchères, Crait+Müller disperse l’atelier du sculpteur René Letourneur ; Ader propose les peintures du Japonais Toshio Bando ; et Millon retrace l’histoire d’amour et de créativité entre les deux Jean, Cocteau et Marais.
Par Nicolas Denis.
Par Nicolas Denis.
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Owen Hatherley talks to Apollo about his new book looking at the Central European émigrés who brought British cultural life into the 20th century, through their achievements in photography, publishing, art and architecture
The émigres who made Britain modern | Apollo Magazine
Owen Hatherley talks to Apollo about his new book, ‘The Alienation Effect’, about the Central European artists and intellectuals who fled fascism in the 1930s and came to Britain
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March 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Owen Hatherley talks to Apollo about his new book looking at the Central European émigrés who brought British cultural life into the 20th century, through their achievements in photography, publishing, art and architecture
A super useful starter pack for those of us working in these fields
I honestly have no idea who put this together, but this is a great collection of BlueSky users (including me!) who post about provenance, cultural heritage, and the art market.
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March 29, 2025 at 6:28 AM
A super useful starter pack for those of us working in these fields
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Heft 4 hatte ein ebenso wichtiges Thema wie Heft 3: Wir widmeten uns den weiblichen Perspektiven im #Expressionsimus. Konkret: Käthe Kollwitz, Lotte Reiniger, Tina Haim-Wentscher und Margaret Staal-Kropholler, südafrikanischen Künsterlerinnen, Mutter/Tochter-Verhältnissen.
#10JahreExpressionismus
#10JahreExpressionismus
March 28, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Heft 4 hatte ein ebenso wichtiges Thema wie Heft 3: Wir widmeten uns den weiblichen Perspektiven im #Expressionsimus. Konkret: Käthe Kollwitz, Lotte Reiniger, Tina Haim-Wentscher und Margaret Staal-Kropholler, südafrikanischen Künsterlerinnen, Mutter/Tochter-Verhältnissen.
#10JahreExpressionismus
#10JahreExpressionismus
"Every year artworks looted during the war, are found. Their discovery leads to disputes and battles over inheritance. Such things are always interesting. Sometimes, when paintings are found, the question of authenticity arises—are the paintings real or forgeries? www.ynetnews.com/culture/arti...
The fight for Nazi stolen masterpieces heads to the big screen in 'Auction'
Jewish French screenwriter and film director Pascal Bonitzer brings the story of an exquisite painting, stolen from a Jewish arts dealer by the Nazis in the 1930s and later recovered, shedding light o...
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March 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
"Every year artworks looted during the war, are found. Their discovery leads to disputes and battles over inheritance. Such things are always interesting. Sometimes, when paintings are found, the question of authenticity arises—are the paintings real or forgeries? www.ynetnews.com/culture/arti...