LEIDEN Publications
Jaron Borensztajn (ed.)
Ghosts and Spirits from the Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art
Felix Tikotin: a Life Devoted to Japanese Art Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) was a Jewish German dealer in Japanese Art. He discovered Japanese prints during the World Expo in 1911 in Dresden. Starting from a small gallery in Dresden, he moved to the Kurfürsten damm in Berlin where his gallery of Japanese Art was a big success. In 1933 he fled to Amsterdam from the Nazi’s and later went into hiding during the Second World War. He managed to survive and to keep his collection intact and donated his huge collection of Japanese Art to the city of Haifa in 1960 where the Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art was founded. This book tells the life story of Felix Tikotin and elucidates his role in promoting Japanese art and culture in Western Europe. It contains more than 100 works of art featuring Japanese ghosts and spirits, including paintings, prints and netsuke (miniature carvings). Ghosts and Spirits from the Tikotin Museum shares the theme of Tikotin’s first exhibition in his Berlin gallery in 1927. Includes contributions by Willem van Gulik, Kris Schiermeier, Patrizia Jirka-Schmitz and Ilana Singer Blaine.
Jaron Borensztajn has a background in theoretical Computer Science. He was co-founder of a middle-sized consultancy firm in the ‘90s and at the moment is an advisor for startups. This catalogue originated from an urge to delve into the history of his grandfather, Felix Tikotin. In cooperation with the Japan Museum SieboldHuis, Leiden
Japanese Art Publishing date December 2012 Language English NUR 644 ISBN 978 90 8728 180 9 e-ISBN 978 90 6012 464 0 Price € 39,95 £ 32.50 $ 49.50 Format Flexibound 210 x 260 mm Page extent 256 pages Cover design Bureau van den Tooren, Amsterdam
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