Benny Goodman (1909–1966) Marika Somogyi (b. Budapest, Hungary 1933) USA, 1989 Bronze, h. 1 ¾ x w. 1 ¾ in. Cincinnati Skirball Museum, Jewish-American Hall of Fame Collection, gift of Mel and Esther Wacks, Debra Wacks, and Shari Wacks, 2019.7.41 Benjamin David Goodman grew up in a tough Chicago neighborhood. His father took Benny [...]
Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Robert Russin (New York, NY 1914-Los Angeles, CA 2007) USA, 1970 Bronze, h. 1 ¾ x w. 1 ¾ in. Cincinnati Skirball Museum, Jewish-American Hall of Fame Collection, gift of Mel and Esther Wacks, Debra Wacks, and Shari Wacks, 2019.7.3 One of the greatest physicists of all time, Albert Einstein was [...]
Prayer Book and Other Books Mark Podwal (b. Brooklyn, NY 1945) USA, 2017 Acrylic and colored pencil on paper, h. 16 x w. 20 in. Cincinnati Skirball Museum, gift of the artist, ©Mark Podwal, 2018.5.6 Inspired by this prayerbook in the Skirball collection printed in Amsterdam in 1766, the artist has placed the hammered [...]
Simchat Torah Flag with Torah Shield Design Mark Podwal (b. Brooklyn, NY 1945) USA, 2017 Acrylic and colored pencil on paper, h. 16 x w. 20 in. Cincinnati Skirball Museum, gift of the artist, ©Mark Podwal, 2018.5.12 Inspired by this Torah breastplate or shield in the Skirball collection, the artist has incorporated it as [...]
Light Bulb with Bloch Hanukkah Menorah Mark Podwal (b. Brooklyn, NY 1945) USA, 2017 Acrylic and colored pencil on paper, h. 16 x w. 20 in. Cincinnati Skirball Museum, gift of the artist, ©Mark Podwal, 2018.5.3 Inspired by this Hanukkah menorah in the Skirball collection, the artist has inserted Babette Bloch’s modern Hanukkah lamp [...]
Six Shofars Mark Podwal (b. Brooklyn, NY 1945) USA, 2017 Acrylic and colored pencil on paper, h. 16 x w. 20 in. Cincinnati Skirball Museum, gift of the artist, ©Mark Podwal, 2018.5.8 Inspired by this shofar in the Skirball collection, the artist has linked together six twisted ram’s horns to create a Star of [...]
Oil Hanukkah Lamp with Plug Mark Podwal (b. Brooklyn, NY 1945) USA, 2017 Acrylic and colored pencil on paper, h. 16 x w. 20 in. Cincinnati Skirball Museum, gift of the artist, ©Mark Podwal, 2018.5.5 Inspired by this Hanukkah lamp in the Skirball collection, the artist has cleverly modernized a nineteenth-century oil lamp by [...]
Torah Finial (Rimmon) Mark Podwal (b. Brooklyn, NY 1945) USA, 2017 Acrylic and colored pencil on paper, h. 16 x w. 20 in. Cincinnati Skirball Museum, gift of the artist, ©Mark Podwal, 2018.5.11 Inspired by this Torah finial in the Skirball collection, the artist has replaced the knob at the top of an elaborate [...]
Jacob’s Ladder Shalom Moskovitz (Safed 1887–1980 Safed) Safed, Israel, ca. 1965 Color lithograph, h. 18 3/8 x w. 26 7/16 in. Cincinnati Skirball Museum, gift of Nancy M. Berman and Alan J. Bloch, 2018.14 The artist who became known as Shalom of Safed began to paint relatively late, at the age of fifty-five. By [...]
Monts du Negev (Negev Mountains) Marcel Janco (Romania 1895–1984, Ein Hod, Israel) Israel, ca. 1960 Screen print, h. 26 ½ x w. 19 5/8 in. Cincinnati Skirball Museun, gift of Nancy M. Berman and Alan J. Bloch, 2018.10 Born to a wealthy family in Bucharest, Romania, Janco relocated to Zurich in his twenties and [...]
