Emmanuel Levy, Two Rabbis Carrying the Scrolls of the Law

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...

Provenance

presented by Alexander Margulies 1987

Exhibitions

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.

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