Description: IRA MOSKOWITZ Judaica watercolor ( not lithograph or engraving) "Leaving the Synagogue" *************************** IRA MOSKOWITZ (POLISH- AMERICAN 1912-2001), Leaving the Synagogue", dated 1970, water color, 13x 16 inches, signed and dated lower left. PROVENANCE: Ira Moskowitz was born in Stryj, Galicia, Poland in 1912 and emigrated with his family to America in 1927. He studied painting and print making at the Art Students League in New York City from 1928-31. Afterwards he traveled to Paris, France and Israel, returning to New York in 1938 when he married Anna Barry. Moskowitz and his wife would often visit Taos and Santa Fe in New Mexico, and they decided to move there in 1944. After some time spent living in Paris, Moskowitz returned to New York City, where he died in 2001. His work as a whole dealt with many Jewish subjects, as well as Southwest and Regionalist themes from his time in New Mexico. Moskowitz was a member of the Society of American Graphic Artists, and exhibited widely during his lifetime, including at: the Society of Independent Artists (1934); the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1941); the Art Institute of Chicago in Illinois; the National Academy of Design (1946); the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh (1946); the LIbrary of Congress in Washington, D.C. (1943, 1945, 1946); the Los Angeles Museum of Art in California (1945); the Albany Institute of History and Art; the Philadelphia Print Club; the Laguna Beach Artists Assocation in California; the Springield Museum of Art in Missouri; the Houston Museum of Fine Art in Texas (solo); the San Antonio Museum of Art in Texas (solo); and the Natural History Museum in New York City (solo). Moskowitz was a recipient of the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship in 1943. His work is in major museum collections, including: the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Museum of New Mexico; the Natural History Museum in New York City and Cincinnati, Ohio; the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York; the Brooklyn Museum; the New York Public Library; the Albany Institute of History and Art; the Houston Museum of Fine Art in Texas; the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh; the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.; the Museum of Navajo Indian Ceremonial Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico; the Colorado Springs Fine Art Center; the Frederick Weisman Museum of Art the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis; and the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. **************************** Reference : the same painting in the book "The Hasidim" Paintings and Drawings by Ira Moskowitz,text by Isaak Bashevis Singer,1973 by Crown Publishers,Inc.Printed in USA,please see illustrations.The book dedicated to the artist's grandfather Grand Rabbi Shalom Hakohen Jolles of Stryj, of blessed memory. ************* ************************************************** A QUITE SPECTACULAR EXAMPLE OF POLISH-AMERICAN JEWISH ART. ************************************************** AUTHENTICITY GUARANTEED FOR LIFE TIME. ******************************************************************* THIS NOT A LITHHOGRAPH THIS IS A WATERCOLOR PAINTING ************** PLEASE $15 S/H FOR USA & CANADA BUYERS. Enjoy the auction! Thank you for shopping!
Price: 398 USD
Location: White Plains, New York
End Time: 2023-10-13T11:33:27.000Z
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Handmade: Yes
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Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Religion: Judaism
