Edouard Roditi was born in France into an American family. He was educated in England, France, Germany, and in the United States. During WWII and shortly after he worked for a number of United States agencies. He was an author as well as a well established art critic and a translator. - Edouard Roditi died on May 10, 1992, at the age of 81

The collection documents professional activities of Edouard Roditi as an art historian and critic and consists of manuscripts, notes, research files, and a wealth of art catalogues, press release, photographs, and exhibit invitations. There are manuscripts by Roditi as well as by other authors on such topics as Jewish artists in France, Sephardic Jews, and other. Correspondence collected here includes Roditis professional correspondence with individuals as well as organizations

However, the bulk of the collection consists of art catalogues, press release, photographs, and exhibit invitations dealing with Jewish artists in France. These materials have not been microfilmed and are available in the original form. There are no personal materials that shed light on Eduard Roditis life, nor any materials pertaining to his work as an interpreter for the Nuremberg trial, or San Francisco Conference, during which the United Nations Organization was established

memoir Otto Freundlich ; Paul Celan, Else Lasker-Schueler, Karl Wolfskehl ; Leopold Wiener ; Marc Chagall, Chana Orloff, Felix Rozen ; Anna Ticho; Albert Steffen "Sinngebung der menschlichen Existenz durch die Kunst"; Clemens Weiler : 'Stueckgold' ; 'The Woodcuts of Jacob Steinhardt'

UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library

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Photographs removed to Photograph Collection

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