Emmanuel Levy 1900-1986
Two Rabbis Carrying the Scrolls of the Law
oil on canvas
75.5 x 60
(lower left): EMMANUEL LEVY
1987-218
@Emmanuel Levy estate
Photo: Bridgeman images
Levy uses a pared-down modern style and bold patterning to capture the joyous spirit of the Jewish festival of Simchat Torah when the complete reading of the Torah for the...
Levy uses a pared-down modern style and bold patterning to capture the joyous spirit of the Jewish festival of Simchat Torah when the complete reading of the Torah for the year is marked and celebrated, before the readings begin again. As the rabbis parade the Torah scrolls around the synagogue, they dance and sing and the fringes of their robes (tallitot) swing exuberantly.
Provenance
presented by Alexander Margulies 1987Exhibitions
Jewish Artists: The Ben Uri Collection, Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture;Director's Choice: Highlights from the Ben Uri Permanent Collection;Made in Manchester: The Art of Emmanuel Levy (1900-1986)Literature
Walter Schwabe and Julia Weiner, eds., Jewish Artists: the Ben Uri Collection - Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture (London: Ben Uri Art Society in association with Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, 1994), p. 69.Be the first to know – Sign Up
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