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Artworks
Elsa Fraenkel 1892-1975
Head of the Haham Dr Moses Gaster, 1936bronze with silver patina48 x 20 x 22 cm1987-102Bridgeman imagesIn 1935 Fraenkel exhibited six works with the Leicester Galleries and the following year participated in Ben Uri's annual open show. Ben Uri subsequently commissioned her portrait of Haham, Sir...In 1935 Fraenkel exhibited six works with the Leicester Galleries and the following year participated in Ben Uri's annual open show. Ben Uri subsequently commissioned her portrait of Haham, Sir Moses Gaster, Head of the Sephardi community. This work was also included in Ben Uri's 1947 exhibition bringing together paintings by Walter Trier and sculpture by Else Fraenkel and Erna Nonnenmacher.Provenance
purchased in 1947Literature
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. 43.