Drawings (visual works)

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Framed drawing of Maurice Blik by artist Deborah Howard. Drawing is in black and white, he wears a white t-shirt. Maurice Blik is looking towards the viewer.

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Framed drawing of Miriam Brysk by artist Deborah Howard. Drawing is in black and white, she wears a collared striped shirt and glasses. Miriam Brysk is looking towards the viewer.

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Framed drawing of Natalie Gonenn by artist Deborah Howard. Drawing is black and white with red, orange, yellow and peach highlights in her hair and skin. Natalie Gonenn is looking towards the viewer.

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Pencil sketch on tracing paper of a man running from a bull in a pasture. Two men on the outside of the fence, one smoking a pipe, are looking on and conversing. Quotation say "One potatoe to a Bottle of whiskey he doesn't make it." Potato is spelled with an "e" on the end.

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Framed drawing of Paula Burger by artist Deborah Howard. Drawing is in black and white, she wears a light collared shirt. Paula Burger is looking towards the viewer.

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Portfolio of sketches, artists’' preparatory studies, for the portrait project. These sketches were done during the interview the artist conducted with the participant.

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Pencil drawing of Arthur Milton Oberfelder drawn by Peter Berkeley. Oberfelder looks to be around his 50s in the picture. Framed with thin black and gold frame with thick white mat.

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Series contains one tintype and one drawing; both of Samuel Weil. Weil was the Rabbi at Temple Emanuel in Denver from 1876-1877.

Abstract Samuel Weil served as the rabbi of Congregation Emanuel in Denver, Colorado, in 1876-1877. He was only appointed under a 1 year contract and was granted a 6 month extension in March 1877. However, he was relieved of his duties due to "inadequacies" and remarks he made on June 1st which the board did not "countenance." The Weil family left Denver in December of 1877 after it was learned that the Rabbi had written to a Reverend in the Presbyterian Church proclaiming his belief in Jesus...

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Rectangular framed drawing of man (Samuel Weil) with white beard and darker grey hair and grey mustasche. He is wearing a light colored shirt and and dark suit jacket. The portrait includes his head and shoulders; he is looking off to his right.