Guide to the Papers of Lionel S.
Reiss
(1894-1987)
1921-1952
RG 1160
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Descriptive Summary | |
| Creator: | Reiss, Lionel S. |
|---|---|
| Title: | Lionel S. Reiss Collection |
| Dates: | 1921-1952 |
| Abstract: | Lionel S. Reiss was a Polish-American artist. Traveled abroad in the 1920s to study different Jewish communities. The collection consists of 111 drawings, sketches, charcoals and watercolors included in 3 albums. In additional, there is a large framed drawing exhibited in the archives. There are also three large drawings stored in the flat file cabinet, drawer B10. The images are numbered consecutively from 1 to 111 in the collection inventory. Reiss’ own spelling of locality names and other expressions in the titles has been retained (e.g. “klessmer,” “Motelle,” “stetle,” “Lemberg”). The media include pastel and woodcut drawings, charcoal and pen and ink sketches, and watercolor paintings. |
| Languages: | The collection is in English. |
| Quantity: | 2.2 linear feet. |
| Record Group Number: | RG 1160 |
| Repository: | YIVO Archives |
Biographical Note
Lionel Reiss was born in 1894 in Jarosław, Poland. His family immigrated to the U.S. in 1899 and settled in New York. Reiss began his career as a commercial artist working for advertising industry. In 1919 he traveled abroad for the first time, with the purpose of making “an ethnic study of the Jew”. This trip resulted in exhibitions in major American cities. In 1922, Reiss made a series of travels throughout Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, and recorded the everyday life that he encountered in the Jewish ghettos of the aforementioned regions.
By 1930, Reiss had made a career-altering decision to leave the world of commercial art and devote his time to fine art. His first portfolio, My Models Were Jews: A Painter’s Pilgrimage to Many Lands was published in 1938. In 1952, when Reiss’ reputation as a genre painter was well established, the Reconstructionist movement, under the tutelage of Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan and Rabbi Ira Eisenstein, provided him with an artistic mission grant that enabled him to spend six months traveling throughout Israel. In 1954 Reiss’ second book, New Lights and Old Shadows: New Lights of an Israel Reborn, Old Shadows of a Vanished World, which highlights 210 of his paintings, watercolors, drawings, and etchings from his 1952 trip to Israel, was published.
As immigrants to the United States, Reiss’ parents joined the ranks of other Eastern European Jews who were fleeing their native countries at the turn of the 20th century. Lionel Reiss settled on New York’s Lower East Side neighborhood and spent the majority of his life in the city. In the early 1920s he became a successful illustrator in the advertising industry. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, for whom he created the famous MGM lion, was one of his clients. Here, Reiss found himself among a cadre of Jewish immigrant artists: Max Weber (1881-1961), Mark Rothko (1903-1970), Louise Nevelson (1899-1988), Ben Shahn (1899-1969), Raphael Soyer (1899-1987), Moses Soyer (1899-1974), Isaac Soyer (1902-1981), and Chaim Gross (1904-1991). Nonetheless, Reiss’ work and documentation methods stand out as unique among this group, because he alone chose to return to his homeland for the purpose of bringing an awareness of Jewish shtetl life to a U.S. audience.
In the tradition of the Polish and Russian born Jewish photographers, Alter Kacyzne and Roman Vishniac, Reiss depicted Jewish communal life in Poland (and elsewhere) prior to World War II. The devastating effects of World War I could still be felt in the 1920s in the old Jewish quarters of Warsaw, Lodz, Krakow, Lublin, Vilna, Kovno, Paris, and Prague—all of which factor heavily in Reiss’ artwork. Reiss’ premonition that European Jewish culture was in jeopardy of vanishing led him to document and immortalize on paper that which he witnessed during his travels throughout Europe.
One of the central themes of Reiss’ art was that of every day street life, replete with its class distinctions and social strata. Later on in life Reiss’ themes drew more heavily from life in the United States, New York in particular. However, although the subject matter may have changed, the people and the street essentially remained the same. Among his more memorable works stand: “The Ghetto Gate of Lublin, 1922,” “Blessing of the New Moon, 1922,” “59th Street Series” (1946) of oil paintings, watercolors, and pen and ink drawings, his still lifes of Bucks County, Pennsylvania in the 1930s, seascapes of Gloucester, Massachusetts, a series of ink drawings that illustrated the poetry of Hayim Nahman Bialik (1873-1934), and a series of large murals, entitled “Genesis,” depicting biblical scenes. Reiss spent more than twenty years at work on these murals, and was still creating them at age 92.
During World War II, even prior to the time when anyone in the United States understood the real facts about the Nazi brutalities, Reiss created a composite of eight watercolors called “In Memoriam: The Millions of Innocent Victims of Nazi Warfare.” These images were published in The Menorah Journal in 1944, and in retrospect, appear mild in comparison to the truth of the day.
The collection is only a partial representation of Reiss’ greater body of work. Reiss’ work has appeared in exhibitions at venues across America: The Carnegie Institute, The Art Institute of Chicago, Los Angeles Museum Association, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Baltimore Museum of Fine Arts, Audubon Artists, American Watercolor Society, Museum of Modern Art, among others. His permanent collections may be viewed at Columbia University, The Jewish Museum (New York), the Jewish Theological Seminary (New York), the New York Historical Society, the Sinai Center of Chicago, the Skirball Center (Los Angeles), the Brooklyn Museum, the Bezalel Museum (Israel), Tel Aviv Museum, the Ain Harod Museum (Israel), and other such venues. Mr. Reiss died in 1988.
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The collection consists of 111 drawings, sketches, charcoals and watercolors included in 3 albums. In additional, there is a large framed drawing exhibited in the archives. There are also three large drawings stored in the flat file cabinet, drawer B10. The images are numbered consecutively from 1 to 111 in the collection inventory. Reiss’ own spelling of locality names and other expressions in the titles has been retained (e.g. “klessmer,” “Motelle,” “stetle,” “Lemberg”).
The media include pastel and woodcut drawings, charcoal and pen and ink sketches, and watercolor paintings. The works range in size from 9 x 9 to 15 x 6 and depict scenes of Jewish life in various cities and shtetls of Europe, the Middle East, and the United States in the inter-war period. Among the towns and cities represented in Reiss’ artwork are: Amsterdam, Bialystok, Chelm, Frankfurt a/M, Jerusalem, Krakow, Lemberg, Lodz, Lublin, Paris, Safed, Tarnopol, Vilna, and Warsaw.
Themes include: individuals engaged in professional work or vocational trades (e.g., shopkeepers, shoe makers, knife grinders, tailors, carpenters, vegetable saleswomen, peddlers, water carriers, street fiddlers, klezmer musicians), religious settings and ritual contexts (e.g., men engaged in prayer and learning, in mitzvah dances, in handling the Torah scrolls), portraits (e.g., artist’s self-portrait, artist’s wife, children, elderly individuals, Chasidim, Talmud students, rabbinic figures), architectural structures and outdoor scenes (e.g., alleyways, courtyards, shop buildings, marketplaces, gates of Jewish quarter, synagogues, remains of Jewish quarter). Also included are depictions of life in Palestine and Israel: Sephardic, Yemenite, Kurdish, Iraqi, and kibbutz Jews.
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Acquisition Information
Collection was donated by Mr. And Mrs. Socolow and Mr. And Mrs. Jacques Stone in the 1980s.
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Lionel S. Reiss Collection, 1921-1952. | |||
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 1 | 1 | Sunless Alley-Lublin | 1922 |
folder, pencil and paper. Four people walking through narrow alley. 13 ½ x 10. Lublin | |||
| 1 | 2 | Old Shoes-Wilno | 1921 |
folder, black pastel. Older man sitting on a flight of steps with legs crossed. Two pairs of shoes are on ground nearby. 14 ½ x 11. Wilno | |||
| 1 | 3 | Resting Jew | 1921 |
folder, pencil and paper. Elderly man sitting in chair with both hands resting on cane. 13 x 10 | |||
| 1 | 4 | Prayer Shawls and Books | 1921 |
Drawing, black pastel. Man sitting at table with books. Prayer shawls hanging above table. 9 ½ x 9 ½ | |||
| 1 | 5 | Waiting | 1921 |
Drawing, pen and ink. Person sitting on step near table covered with boxes and scale. Signed with initials. 11 x 9 ½ | |||
| 1 | 6 | Carpenter Waiting for Job-Wilno | undated |
Drawing, black pastel. Man with cane, hat, and bag hanging from shoulder. 13 x 9. Wilno | |||
| 1 | 7 | Knife Grinder | undated |
Drawing, pencil and paper. Man with peaked hat standing under umbrella working at wheel. 10 x 9 ½ | |||
| 1 | 8 | Shop-Wilno | undated |
Drawing, pencil and paper. Elderly man with cane sitting looking out doorway at person sitting on ground near large basket. 1 ½ x 10. Wilno | |||
| 1 | 9 | Vegetables | undated |
Drawing, pencil and paper. Woman with scarf on head and long skirt sitting near many baskets. Scale in background. 13 x 10 ½ | |||
| 1 | 10 | Patches | undated |
Drawing, black pastel. Man holding boy’s hand. Boy’s other hand has cup outstretched. Both wearing patched long coats. Signed with initials. 12 x 9 | |||
| 1 | 11 | Tired Peddler | undated |
Drawing, black pastel. Man with cap resting head on basket. “Reproduced in book.” Signed with initials. 11 x 9 ½ | |||
| 1 | 12 | Curb Gossips | 1921 |
Drawing, black pastel. Two women sitting on ground wearing scarves on heads and long skirts. 7 ½ x 11 ¾ | |||
| 1 | 13 | Shop in Lemberg | 1921 |
Drawing, pencil and paper. Man standing in doorway of shop. Two boys and man standing outside. All wearing hats and earlocks. 14 x 11. Krakow | |||
| 1 | 14 | Vilno Courtyard | 1921 |
Drawing, pencil and paper. Courtyard with stairway, arch, and windows. 14 x 10 | |||
| 1 | 15 | Yadkowa, Wilno | 1921 |
Drawing, black pastel. Street surrounded by small houses. Women sitting in front of a house. 14 ½ x 10 ½. Yadkowa, Wilno | |||
| 1 | 16 | Palisades of the Poor-Chelm | 1921 |
Drawing, black pastel. Long wooden stairway leading up to apartments. Children sitting on steps, old man walking down. 14 ½ x 12. Chelm | |||
| 1 | 17 | Borne Strasse-Frankfurt a. Main | 1921 |
Watercolor. Street lined with substantial buildings and handcarts. Old House of the Synagogue in Judengasse of Frankfurt a. Main | |||
| 1 | 18 | Jewish Quarter-Paris | 1921 |
Drawing, pen and ink. Courtyard—man pushing cart through archway, woman working at a table. 12 ½ x 9 ½ | |||
| 1 | 19 | Ulica Josefa-Warsaw | 1921 |
Painting, watercolor. Arched hallway with staircase and light fixture hanging from ceiling. 9 x 9. Warsaw | |||
| 1 | 20 | Village Bal Agalah | 1921 |
Drawing, portrait, black pastel. Large man sitting with cheek resting on his hand, wearing hat and coat with large buttons. 12 ¼ x 11 | |||
| 1 | 21 | Locksmith’s Apprentice-Kovna | 1921 |
Drawing, portrait, black pastel. Boy with hat and overly large coat. 16 x 10 ½ | |||
| 1 | 22 | Reb Motelle | 1921 |
Drawing, portrait, black pastel. Elderly man with kippah under large hat, overcoat and cane. 14 ½ x 10 | |||
| 1 | 23 | Ghetto Corner-Paris | 1921 |
Drawing, pen and ink. Street surrounded by buildings. People walking in street and on sidewalks. 11 x 9 | |||
| 1 | 24 | Rue Eginhart-Paris | 1921 |
Drawing, pen and ink. Street surrounded by buildings. People walking through archway. 12 ½ x 9 ½ | |||
| 1 | 25 | Study-Mother and Child-Lodz | 1921 |
Drawing, black pastel. Woman with scarf on head holding baby. 12 ½ x 10 | |||
| 1 | 26 | Exodus | 1921 |
Drawing, black pastel. Crowd of people in foreground diminishing to solid black and then light in background. 9 ½ x 15 | |||
| 1 | 27 | Curb Merchandise-Radom | 1921 |
Drawing, pencil and paper. Two women with full baskets. Man with overcoat and cap sitting in background. 12 ½ x 9 | |||
| 1 | 28 | Mourners | 1921 |
Drawing, black pastel. Woman with children huddled around her on left. Sketchy figure crouched on right. In center, on a low stool, a lighted candle from which emanates the only source of light. 9 ½ x 13 ½ | |||
| 1 | 29 | Rag Alley-Vilno | 1921 |
Drawing, black pastel. Group of people crowded around open doorway, holding articles of clothing. 9 ¾ x 15 | |||
| 1 | 30 | Market Transaction | 1921 |
Drawing, pencil and paper. Six people buying or/and selling merchandise in arm or baskets. Live ducks in a basket on ground. 9 ¾ x 15 ½ | |||
| 1 | 31 | Before a Lemberger Synagogue | 1921 |
Drawing, pencil and paper. Group of men (wearing shtraymlekh) and boys. One woman in background. 9 ½ x 14 ½. Lemberg | |||
| 1 | 32 | Breadline-Warsaw | 1921 |
Sketch, pencil and paper. Throng of people (and a dog) on a line outside shop. “Sketch for an oil painting.” 8 ½ x 15 | |||
| 1 | 33 | Two Studies of a Bialystoker Jew | 1921 |
Drawings, black pastel. a) Elderly bearded man, with cap sitting on bench. One arm on a cane, the other holding a parcel. b) Same man standing. 11 ¾ x 14 | |||
| 1 | 34 | Market Types | 1921 |
Drawing, black pastel. Four women and two men conversing. 10 ½ x 15 ¼ | |||
| 1 | 35 | Alley in Chelm | 1921 |
Drawing, black pastel. Person walking through archway-surrounded by buildings. 11 x 15 | |||
| 1 | 36 | Wilno Courtyard | 1921 |
Drawing, black pastel. Elderly man sitting on step, resting on cane. People walking through archway in background. 11 x 15 | |||
| 1 | 37 | Two Men of Chelm | 1921 |
Drawing, pen and ink. Two elderly bearded men walking, hunched over. Street is cobblestone, buildings in background. “Drawing for woodcut.” 13 x 9 | |||
| 1 | 38 | Stetle Water Carrier | 1921 |
Drawing, pen and ink. Elderly bearded man carrying two buckets over his shoulders. “Drawing for woodcut.” 13 x 9 ½ | |||
| 1 | 39 | Peasant and Jew-Poland | 1921 |
Drawing, pen and ink. Two men, Jew in plain long black coat, peasant in coat with fur collar and sword. “Drawing for woodcut.” 13 ½ x 9 ½ | |||
| 1 | 40 | Lublin Glasier | 1921 |
Drawing, pen and ink. Elderly man with panes of glass strapped to his back. Clock tower in background. “Drawing for woodcut.” 13 ½ x 10 | |||
| 1 | 41 | At the End of the Road | 1931 |
Drawing, pencil and watercolor. Elderly bearded man with turban, resting head on cane. 13 ½ x 11 ½ | |||
| 1 | 42 | Gravestone Carver-Poland | 1922 |
Drawings, ink and watercolor. Man sitting on box using hammer and chisel on a partially carved stone. 12 x 10 | |||
| 1 | 43 a | Ghetto Entrance-Venice | 1922 |
Drawing, pencil and ink. Canal with bridge. People lining canal and crossing bridge surrounded by tall buildings. 14 x 9 ½. Missing | |||
| 1 | 43 b | Reproduction of elderly woman with scarf on her head. Missing | undated |
| 1 | 44 | Ghetto Gate-Lublin | 1922 |
Drawing, pen and ink. People milling about archway. 10 x 9 ½ | |||
| 1 | 45 | Mitzvah Dance #1 | 1922 |
Drawing, black pastel. Woman and man dancing with hands on hips. 10 ½ x 11 ½ | |||
| 1 | 46 | Mitzvah Dance #2 | 1922 |
Drawing, black pastel. Two men dancing holding each other by the arms. One wearing a shtrayml, the other wearing a kippah. 1 ¾ x 11 ½ | |||
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 2 | 47 | Ukrainian Jew | 1922 |
Portrait, black pastel on paper. Elderly full white bearded man with hat. 15 x 11 | |||
| 2 | 48 | Jew from Chelm | 1922 |
Portrait, black pastel on paper. Man with long beard, heavy eyes wearing hat. 13 ½ x 11 | |||
| 2 | 49 | Jew from Warsaw | 1922 |
Portrait, profile, black pastel on paper. Long bearded elderly man with knitted watch hat. 15 x 11 | |||
| 2 | 50 | Jewish Girl-Cracow | 1921 |
Portrait, black pastel on paper. Full-faced girl with curly hair. 12 ½ x 9 | |||
| 2 | 51 | Jew from Brody | 1922 |
Portrait, ¾ black pastel on paper. Man with full bear wearing hat with brim. 14 x 11 | |||
| 2 | 52 | Jew from Lublin | 1922 |
Portrait, black pastel on paper. Bearded man with hat looking off to his right. 15 ¼ x 11 | |||
| 2 | 53 | Hasidic Boy | undated |
Portrait, profile, amber pastel on paper. Young boy with earlocks. 15 x 11 | |||
| 2 | 54 | Belgian Boy | 1921 |
Portrait, profile, black pastel on paper. Teenager with peaked cap. 12 ½ x 9 ½ | |||
| 2 | 55 | Jewish Boy-Paris | undated |
Portrait, black pastel on paper. Boy with almond shaped eyes, wearing a cap. 12 ½ x 9. Paris | |||
| 2 | 56 | Talmud Student-Kovna | 1921 |
Portrait, amber pastel on paper. Long wavy haired teenager with peaked hat. 15 x 11 | |||
| 2 | 57 | Polish Jew-Lodz | 1922 |
Portrait, black pastel on paper. Bearded elderly man with peaked cap and overcoat. 15 x 11 | |||
| 2 | 58 | Russian Jew-Refugee from Minsk | 1922 |
Portrait, black pastel on paper. Full faced, short bearded man with peaked cap. 15 x 11 | |||
| 2 | 59 | Talmud Student-Bialystok | 1922 |
Portrait, pastel. Young man with earlocks wearing peaked cap, shirt, tie and jacket. 13 ¾ x 11 | |||
| 2 | 60 | Hasid from Pelnatich-Galicia | 1922 |
Portrait, ¾ black pastel on paper. Elderly bearded man, with small eyeglasses and shtrayml. 12 x 10 ½ | |||
| 2 | 61 | Street Fiddler | 1922 |
Drawing, black pastel on paper. Man with round eyeglasses and peaked cap playing violin. 12 x 10 | |||
| 2 | 62 | Sephardic Jew-Safed | 1931 |
Painting, watercolor. Elderly man with turban leaning on a staff. 11 x 14 ½ | |||
| 2 | 63 | Kibbutz Jewess | 1952 |
Drawing, pen and ink. Elderly woman with eyeglasses. 12 ½ x 9 ½ | |||
| 2 | 64 | Yemenite Jew-Israel | 1952 |
Drawing, pen and ink. Man with beard and earlocks, with small turban type headwear. 15 x 11. Israel | |||
| 2 | 65 | Kibbutz Artist-Ain Harod-Israel | 1952 |
Portrait, drawing, pen and ink. Man with short, curly hair. Contains the Hebrew name “Chaim Atar.” 13 x 11. Ain Harod, Israel | |||
| 2 | 66 | Kibbutz Child-Ain Harod | 1952 |
Drawing, amber pastel. Beautiful young girl with long, wavy hair. 13 x 11. Ain Harod, Israel | |||
| 2 | 67 | Kibbutz Woman-Ain Harod | 1952 |
Portrait, drawing in pastel. ¾ view of woman with hair pulled back in a bun. 12 x 9 ½. Ain Harod | |||
| 2 | 68 | Kurdish Jew-Jerusalem | 1952 |
Portrait, drawing in pastel. Profile of elderly, bearded man with earlocks, wearing turban. 14 ½ x 11. Jerusalem | |||
| 2 | 69 | Bohkaren Jew | 1952 |
Portrait, drawing in pastel. Man with eyes quite close together, prominent nose, wearing a hat with rolled up brim | |||
| 2 | 70 | Hassid | 1921 |
Portrait, drawing, side of pastel crayon. Bearded man with earlocks, wearing shtrayml. 14 x 10 | |||
| 2 | 71 | Prayer | 1921 |
Painting, watercolor. Man wearing talit, kippah, reading from a book held in both hands. 12 ½ x 9 ½ | |||
| 2 | 72 | Worker Resting-Israel | 1952 |
Drawing, amber pastel. Man in repose with both arms thrown back. 11 x 5. Israel | |||
| 2 | 73 | Lifting the Scrolls | 1921 |
Painting, watercolor. Elderly man with very long beard, holding scrolls with both hands. 12 x 15 | |||
| 2 | 74 | Four Jewish Types-American | undated |
Four individual portraits, pencil drawings. a) ¾ view of man with wavy hair, wearing eyeglasses, b) ¾ view of man with mustache and thinning hair, c) ¾ view of man with sloping forehead, wearing eyeglasses, d) ¾ view of man with receding hairline. Each portrait measures 4 x 5 ½ | |||
| 2 | 75 | Four Jewish Types-American | undated |
Four individual portraits. a) ¾ view, pencil. Elderly woman with hair pulled back. 5 ¼ x 6 ¼. b) Front view-elderly man with white hair parted in center, wearing jacket and tie. 5 ¼ x 6 ¼. c) Pastel, ¾ view of woman. 4 ¼ x 5 ½. d) Pencil, young woman with long neck and head tilted to side. 4 ¼ x 5 ½ | |||
| 2 | 76 | English Jewess | 1932 |
Drawing, portrait, pastel and pencil. ¾ view of beautiful young woman with curly hair and long neck. 15 x 11 | |||
| 2 | 77 | Jewish Woman-Tarnapol | 1932 |
Drawing, portrait, pencil and paper. ¾ view of older woman, smiling, wearing earring and broach at collar. 14 x 11. Tarnopol, Galicia | |||
| 2 | 78 | Frances Reiss | 1950 |
Portrait, drawing in amber pastel. Woman with hooded eyelids and short curly hair. Wearing earring and pin at collar. 14 ½ x 11 | |||
| 2 | 79 | Self-Portrait | 1924 |
Drawing, amber pastel. Man with wavy hair, mustache above full lips, wearing eyeglasses, tie, and jacket. 15 x 11 | |||
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 3 | 80 | The Klessmer | undated |
Drawing, black pastel and paper. 6 musicians posed in a pyramid. 15 ½ x 11 | |||
| 3 | 81 | Orchard Street-N.Y.C | 1924 |
Painting, watercolor. Crowded streets of shoppers and peddlers among tenements. 14 x 16 ¾. New York | |||
| 3 | 82 | Wood Turner | undated |
Drawing, pastel (black, yellow, orange). Man sitting at bench working at a machine. 17 ½ x 14 | |||
| 3 | 83 | The Load | 1921 |
Sketch, black pastel. Man, bent with strain, pulling a loaded cart through busy street. 12 ½ x 17. Warsaw | |||
| 3 | 84 | Lublin Ghetto Arch #1 | undated |
Drawing, pastel. Man with package under arm going through arch. Men, woman and children are milling about. 16 ¾ x 12 ½ | |||
| 3 | 85 | Lublin Ghetto Arch #2 | undated |
Drawing, pastel | |||
| 3 | 86 | Glasser Gass-Wilno-#1 | undated |
Drawing, pastel. Man coming through arch, with cane and package under arm. People standing on sidewalk. 15 x 12 ½. Wilno, Poland | |||
| 3 | 87 | Glasser Gass-Wilno-#2 | undated |
Drawing, pastel. Woman with basket coming through arch. Few people on sidewalk. 12 x 14. Wilno, Poland | |||
| 3 | 88 | Glasser Gass-Wilno-#3 | undated |
Drawing, pastel. Two bearded men speaking amid passersby. Second arch in background, larger arch in foreground. 17 x 12 ½. Wilno, Poland | |||
| 3 | 89 | Glasser Gass-Wilno-#4 | undated |
Drawing, pastel. Woman coming through arch, bearded man with cane on sidewalk. 12 x 17. Wilno, Poland | |||
| 3 | 90 | Wilno Synagogue | undated |
Drawing, pastel. Woman coming through narrow street carrying two buckets over shoulders, other woman on sidewalk carrying buckets and pitchers. 12 x 17. Wilno, Poland | |||
| 3 | 91 | Lublin Courtyard | undated |
Drawing, pastel. Woman looking at courtyard from top of stairway. 15 x 11 ½ | |||
| 3 | 92 | Chelm Courtyard | undated |
Drawing, pastel. Small boy looking into lower floor window. Woman leaning out of top floor window, old man coming into courtyard through arch. 16 ¾ x 11 ¾ | |||
| 3 | 93 | Backstairs-Kolomyia-Galicia | 1921 |
Drawing, pastel. Woman and children going up and down four-flight stairway. 17 ½ x 11 ¼. Kolomyia | |||
| 3 | 94 | Prague Jewish Old Quarter | undated |
Drawing, pastel. Woman with red head covering, leaning out of second story window. An ornate gas lamp attached to another building. 16 ½ x 11 ½ | |||
| 3 | 95 | Prague Canal | undated |
Drawing, pastel. Waterway-lined on one side by retaining wall and the other by buildings, rowboats are on either side of canal. 16 ¾ x 12 ½ | |||
| 3 | 96 | Ghetto St. in Worms-Germany | undated |
Drawing, pen and ink. People walking up and down narrow street lined with houses | |||
| 3 | 97 | Cluny Museum-Paris | 1923 |
Painting, watercolor. Entranceway leading to sunny room with stone columns displayed. Plaque on front of building with Hebrew letters. 13 ½ x 10 ½. Paris | |||
| 3 | 98 | Jewish Quarter-Paris | 1921 |
Drawing, pen and ink. Man pulling large handcart. Street lined with people and shops. 16 ¾ x 9 ½. Paris | |||
| 3 | 99 | Frankfurt a/M-Ghetto Remains | 1922 |
Painting, ink and yellow watercolor. Woman and children in village square. Bent old man with cane walking by. 16 1/2 x 10. Frankfurt | |||
| 3 | 100 | Ghetto in Amsterdam | 1922 |
Painting, ink and yellow watercolor. People crowding around pushcarts and shops. 12 x 17 ¼. Amsterdam | |||
| 3 | 101 | Music-Warsaw | 1921 |
Painting, watercolor. People gathered in courtyard and others watching from windows an organ grinder and man with drum strapped to his back. 15 ½ x 12. Warsaw | |||
| 3 | 102 | Memory of Cracow | 1922 |
Painting, watercolor. Man praying in crowded synagogue, wearing talit. One young boy in front row. Text-From memory. 12 x 16. Krakow | |||
| 3 | 103 | Artist’s Sketch Sheet | 1923 |
Sketch, pen and ink, watercolor. Individual people involved in various activities. Sketch of the artist painting at easel. 15 x 12 | |||
| 3 | 104 | Lublin Ghetto | undated |
Drawing, black pastel on paper. People walking through archway to street lined with three story buildings. Framed 26 x 20. Missing | |||
| 3 | 105 | Klezmorim | undated |
Drawing, black pastel on paper. Six musicians posed in a pyramid standing on steps. 30 x 22. Missing | |||
| 3 | 106 | Hassidic Fantasy | undated |
Drawing, black and lavender pastel. Nine Hassidic men dancing and playing instruments high in the sky above a town. The synagogue is the most prominent building. 30 x 22. Missing | |||
| 3 | 107 | Hassidic Spirit | undated |
Drawing, blue, orange and black pastel. Nine Hassidic men dancing and playing musical instruments surrounded and amid orange flame. 30 x 22. Missing | |||
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