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Painted wooden figure of a Jewish man praying and holding a book

Object | Accession Number: 2016.184.533

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    Painted wooden figure of a Jewish man praying and holding a book

    Overview

    Brief Narrative
    This wooden figurine is one of more than 900 items in the Katz Ehrenthal Collection of antisemitic visual materials.
    Date
    creation:  approximately 1880
    Geography
    creation: Hungary
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Katz Family
    Contributor
    Compiler: Peter Ehrenthal
    Biography
    The Katz Ehrenthal Collection is a collection of more than 900 objects depicting Jews and antisemitic and anti-Jewish propaganda from the medieval to the modern era, in Europe, Russia, and the United States. The collection was amassed by Peter Ehrenthal, a Romanian Holocaust survivor, to document the pervasive history of anti-Jewish hatred in Western art, politics and popular culture. It includes crude folk art as well as pieces created by Europe's finest craftsmen, prints and periodical illustrations, posters, paintings, decorative art, and toys and everyday household items decorated with depictions of stereotypical Jewish figures.

    Physical Details

    Classification
    Decorative Arts
    Category
    Woodwork
    Physical Description
    Hand carved, painted wooden figure of a Jewish man, with a moveable head, praying and holding a book.
    Dimensions
    overall: Height: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm)
    Materials
    overall : wood, paint

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    No restrictions on access
    Conditions on Use
    No restrictions on use

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The wooden figurine was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by the Katz Family.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
    Special Collection
    Katz Ehrenthal Collection
    Record last modified:
    2022-07-28 18:30:37
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