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- Title
- Warsaw
- Artist
- Ben Shahn
- Physical Description
- A black and white print that features a person holding his head in clenched fists. His clothing is creased by his dynamic position, back is haunched. Below the drawing is stylized Hebrew block print. Translated it reads "These martyrs I well remember, and my soul melts with secret sorrow. Evil men have devoured us and eagerly consumed us". The calligraphy is a prayer recited for the Musaf Service during Yom Kippur.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1898-1969
- Object Creation Date
- 1943; printed 1963
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.101
- Medium and Support
- serigraph on paper
- relevance
- rank 11.36364
- Primary Keywords
- calligraphy
- jewish art
- judaica
- judaism
- prayers
- Title
- Boy
- Artist
- Ben Shahn
- Physical Description
- A boy stands at the front of the painting, arms crossed and face solemn. He is wearing an oversized white shirt that comes down to his knees. A figure, most likely a woman, stands behind him with her back turned. Her head is covered in a long black headscarf that is traditional to Jewish culture. Behind them is a blue horizon.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born Lithuania, 1898-1969
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1944
- Accession Number
- 1950/1.203
- Medium and Support
- tempera on cardboard
- relevance
- rank 11.36364
- Primary Keywords
- boy
- child
- clothed
- judaica
- night
- standing
- Title
- Jewish Child
- Artist
- Fanny Rabel
- Physical Description
- A child sits inside a fence of barbed wire upon the bare dirt ground; beyond the fence lies nothing but burnt tree trunks. He is dressed in rags, and his feet are completely bandaged. Eyes sunken and lips pursed, he holds his hands up in a surrender-like state. It is implied by the title that this child is Jewish and is most likely being depicted inside one of the death camps during the Holocaust.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1924
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1924-1958
- Accession Number
- 1958/1.109
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 11.36364
- Primary Keywords
- child
- fences
- judaica
- prison camps
- sitting
- Title
- Thou Shalt Not Stand Idly By
- Artist
- Ben Shahn
- Physical Description
- A colored print of a white hand holding onto a brown hand. Above their grasp is both Hebrew block and English lettering that translates/reads: "'Thou Shalt Not Stand Idly By...". The painting illustrates the need for diversity during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1898-1969
- Object Creation Date
- 1965
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.102
- Medium and Support
- photo-offset reproduction on paper
- relevance
- rank 11.12430
- Primary Keywords
- calligraphy
- hands
- judaica
- political ideologies and attitudes
- social issues
- Title
- Holocaust 6
- Artist
- Eduard Bargheer
- Physical Description
- A menage of female figures lie entangled together, painted in many different colors. Certain body parts appear identifiable and are emphasized with bleeding lines. In the background appears straight-lined brush strokes emoting a fence or barricade much like one would see within a concentration camp. Beneath the watery brushstrokes are thin, precise lines.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1901 - 1979
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1947
- Accession Number
- 1948/2.1
- Medium and Support
- watercolor and graphite on paper
- relevance
- rank 10.22117
- Primary Keywords
- abstraction
- figures (illustrations)
- judaica
- judaism
- labor camps
- prison camps
- war
- Title
- A Rabbi Studying, from a drawing by Rembrandt
- Artist
- Augustus John
- Physical Description
- A bearded man sits stooped over his literature. He is adorned in thick robes and his head wrapped. He sits at a table that is also covered in cloth.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1878-1961
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1906
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.70
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 10.18682
- Primary Keywords
- jewish art
- jewish clergy
- judaica
- judaism
- rabbi