The Rabbi's Decision197619 1/4 x 15 "
Frame: 21 1/4 x 17 x 5/8 "Acrylic on canvasGift of Mr. and Mrs. David Walbolt1985.38.20Three vignettes with Rabbis, painted against mottled background of purples and blues, yellow and red figure of Satan pointing to each vignette. LR: Two Rabbis with long beards, grey and white, in traditional black coats with open book at semi-round green table; Satan to R. LL: large figure of Rabbi with skull cap, balck coat and white beard, leaning on melon covered rectangular table, figure of Satan to R; figure of Rabbi surrounded below, LS: figure of Rabbi flanked by two men in Orthodox garb, open book on semi-round green table, the Rabbi holding red cloth in hands. Figure of Satan pointing from far R. Newly framed in plain oak box frame. Typewritten story taped on back1529511049Harry LiebermanPaintingsin black lower center: 'HL [Yiddish letters]'; in green paint lower right: 'c [encircled] Harry Lieberman 1976'Great NeckGreat NeckUnited StatesNew YorkPaintingsGreat NeckReligious PaintingObject information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orgHarry 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 2 Religious PaintingObject information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orgHarry 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.