© Luke Gertler
Rabbi and Rabbitzin
Artist: Mark Gertler (1892 - 1939)
Location: Ben Uri Gallery, The London Jewish Museum of Art
Date: 1914
Materials: watercolour & pen on paper
Dimensions: 50 x 39cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £16,500 (Total: £61,500)
Vendor: Sotheby's
Review number: 5050 (2002)
Provenance:
Sir Thomas Beecham and Lady Cunard, 1915; John Hutchinson esq; by descent to the present owner.
Description:
Depicts the Rabbi and Rabbitzin seated with their arms linked and resting on a plain table. Portraits of Rabbis were relatively rare, and this one is almost revolutionary in its representation of the religious leader in mundane partnership with his wife in the kitchen. It can be seen as an expression of the artist's personal ambivalence towards his Jewish identity.
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