Rabbis

Artist Joseph Friebert (American, 1908 - 2002)

Date1938

MediumDrypoint on paper

DimensionsImage: 4 × 5 1/4 inches (10.16 × 13.34 cm)
Sheet: 7 × 8 1/2 inches (17.78 × 21.59 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Joseph and Betsy Ritz Friebert Family Partnership and Kohler Foundation, Inc.

Object number2014.53.3

SignedLower right, graphite: “J. Friebert” Upper right: “Joe Friebert”

InscribedLower center, graphite: “Nelson Atkins Museum” Lower center, graphite: “1938” Lower right, graphite: “4-0056” / “KFI 156”

Markings1939/40 Verso, lower center, graphite [as “1938”]

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American Art

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DescriptionThis print shows rabbis seated in four rows of pews, engaged in conversation. Some face away from the viewer while others have visible faces, turned to their neighbors. Each of the clearly defined seven men wear hats and are seated on benches that divide them.

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