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Jewish women artists

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Scope Note: Here are entered works on Jewish women as artists. Works on the representation of Jewish women in art are entered under Jewish women in art.

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

"Das Krankenzimmer" or "The Sick Room", 1920

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Identifier: B333.08.0003.0001.00001
Abstract

Black and white lithograph of "Das Krankenzimmer" or "The Sick Room" which is part of a series of works artist Rachel Szalit-Marcus did for Sholom Aleichem's "Menshelakh un Stsenes" published in 1922. The image is of a older man laying in a bed with a young boy by his side, an woman to his right and a man, probably a doctor, seated at the foot of the bed. Medicine bottles are on the bedside table and a Star of David is over the mans head on the wall.

Dates: 1920

"Die Fahrt Nach Amerika" or "The Journey to America", circa 1920

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Identifier: B333.08.0003.0001.00003
Abstract Black and white lithograph of "Die Fahrt Nach Amerika" or "The Journey to America" which is part of a series of works artist Rachel Szalit-Marcus did for Sholom Aleichem's "Menshelakh un Stsenes" published in 1922. The print has passengers perhaps abord or waiting to board a ship for America. Seven figures are present: three men, one boy and three women. The men and boy wears hats and the women wear scarves on their heads. The group is huddled with their belongings behind a picket fence and...
Dates: circa 1920

"Die Strasse (?)" or "The Street (?)", 1920

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Identifier: B333.08.0003.0001.00002
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

"Menshelakh un stsenes : zekhtsen tseykhenungen tsu shlum-elikhms verk" or "Menshelakh and scenes: sixteen drawings to Sholem Aleichem works", 1922

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Identifier: B333.08.0008.0002
Abstract "Menshelakh and scenes: sixteen drawings to Sholem Aleichem works" contains sixteen illustrations by Rachel Szalit-Marcus that depict charaters and scenes from Sholem Aleichem's works. Also in the Lowenstein collection are four original signed lithographs by Rachel Szalit-Marcus, three of which are the originals for this publications. Though the relationship between Maria Lowenstein and Rachel Szalit-Marcus is unknown, Marcus' works mixed in with Maria Lowensteins indicates a relationship...
Dates: 1922

Rabbi and Orthodox Man Sitting with Book, 1920

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Identifier: B333.08.0003.0001.00004
Abstract

Black and white lithograph of a rabbi and an orthodox man sitting at a table with an open book they seem to be discussing. The Rabbi has a long beard and both men have long hair and curled pathos. The walls and ceiling are bare.

Dates: 1920