"Die Strasse (?)" or "The Street (?)", 1920
Abstract
Black and white lithograph of "Die Strasse" or "The Street" with a thrid word that is illegible. It is part of a series of works artist Rachel Szalit-Marcus did for Sholom Aleichem's "Menshelakh un Stsenes" published in 1922. The print shows four people in the street with two peaked straw roofs in the background. The figures of two women, and man and a boy all seem angry and bit grotesque. Anger may be directed towards the boy.
Dates
- 1920
Creator
- Szalit-Marcus, Rachel, 1894-1942 (Person)
Physical Description
Vertical picture in black ink on yellowed paper. Lower right corner bent and outline of mat from framing is evident.
Biographical / Historical
SZALIT-MARCUS, RACHEL (1894–1942), painter and book illustrator. She spent her childhood in Lodz. Her parents, simple working people, encouraged her artistic talent, and in 1911 sent her to Munich to study at the Art Academy. Here she met Julius Szalit, a successful Jewish actor, whom she married. Szalit later committed suicide. In 1916 Rachel moved to Berlin, where she exhibited with the artists of the Secession group and became a member of the November group, young avant-garde artists who joined forces after the November Revolution of 1918. When the Nazis assumed power Rachel Szalit-Marcus fled to France. In 1942 she was arrested and sent to a concentration camp where she died. She painted portraits, flower pieces, and still-lifes. Her best-known works consist of lithographic illustrations to books by Mendele Mokher Seforim, Shalom Aleichem, Israel Zangwill, Heinrich Heine, and Martin Buber.
Lithographs were mixed in with Maria Lowenstein's works. It is very possible the two artists were friends in Berlin.
Extent
From the File: 1 Files (4 lithographs on paper)
Scope and Contents
Materials in this collection were gathered and preserved by Henry Lowenstein's mother Maria Loewenstein. Materials include legal documents and correspondence from the Nazi government of Germany, identification papers issued by the Nazi government, ration books, personal correspondence including letters from family sent through the Red Cross and friends in the Theresienstadt Concntration Camp and Lodz (Lodj) Ghetto, photographs, legal documents and utility receipts used by Maria Loewenstein to prove she was not a Jew, admission and discharge papers from the Wittenauer Sanatorium, Socialist Democratic Party membership cards, and Henry Lowenstein's videographed oral history and an exhibit book containing a brief written history of his family. The collection also contains artwork created by Marie and Henry Lowenstein. The collection ranges from 1848 to 2013.
Custodial History
Donated by Henry Lowenstein.
Physical Description
Vertical picture in black ink on yellowed paper. Lower right corner bent and outline of mat from framing is evident.
Dimensions
35 x 26 cm.
General
Title supplied by Artitst
Creator
- Szalit-Marcus, Rachel, 1894-1942 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository