Two Yeshiva Boys197619 1/4 x 15 "
Frame: 21 1/4 x 17 1/4 x 3/4 "Acrylic on canvasGift of Mr. and Mrs. David Walbolt1985.38.10Ancedotal painting featuring two orthodox Yeshiva boys and Rabbi and vignettes of Jewish Shetl life. Foreground with two houses with peaked roofs featuring the two Yeshiva boys (LLQ) in traditional black clothes and hats with tallis, or prayer shawls, with white-bearded Rabbi, behind, with open book (Torah) on table and filled bookcases to his right. LRQ: Mottled green room with two women, two tables and one window; one woman cooking at black table, the other standing next to dining table covered with white cloth and laid for a Sabbath supper with Challah and knife. One window peak of each rooftop with single woman. Middle ground: white house, three purple windows, door; figure in upper and LS window. Bearded man with board across shoulders carrying two buckets of water from central well; man milking cow, extreme right, tripping with bucket of milk splashing over him. Behind, row of three houses, brown and sienna. Background: Row of five tan houses with peaked black roofs with blue markings, blue windows; man with gun and goat (?) on roof top. extreme left; against intensely blue sky. Typewritten parable taped to reverse side. In plain oak frame.1529501048Harry LiebermanPaintingsin blue paint lower right: 'c [encircled] Harry Lieberman / 76'Great NeckGreat NeckUnited StatesNew YorkPaintingsGreat NeckReligious PaintingHarry Liberman's painting are visual expressions of the jewish ghetto experience as filtered through Lieberman's own life and th writings of famous Jewish authors such as Shalom Aleichem and Isaac Bashevis Singer. Other paintings are based on stories from the Torah, Jewish discussions of Torah and Jewish law. Each is accompanied by its own written story.19761976 1985 38 1 Religious PaintingHarry Liberman's painting are visual expressions of the jewish ghetto experience as filtered through Lieberman's own life and th writings of famous Jewish authors such as Shalom Aleichem and Isaac Bashevis Singer. Other paintings are based on stories from the Torah, Jewish discussions of Torah and Jewish law. Each is accompanied by its own written story.