The Parur Synagogue, India. Evercolor photographic image, numbered #3, 1994. Signed, titled, and dated by artist in pencil below image. Archival mat and mount.
AUCTION 54 |
Wednesday, March 21st,
2012 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 314
(PHOTOGRAPHY) FOLBERG, NEIL.
The Parur Synagogue, India. Evercolor photographic image, numbered #3, 1994. Signed, titled, and dated by artist in pencil below image. Archival mat and mount.
1994.:
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PRICE REALIZED $2,000
Neil Folberg, born in 1950 in San Francisco, studied photography with Ansel Adams for many years. In 1992, Folberg was commissioned by the Aperture Foundation to photograph historic synagogues across the world. The resulting collection of stunning photographs was published in 1995: “And I Shall Dwell Among Them: Historic Synagogues of the World.”
The Parur Synagogue in India is located north of Cochin along the Coast of Kerala. It is a 400 year old building erected upon the ruins of two earlier synagogue structure dating back to the 12th-century. The stone slab with Hebrew text pictured to the right of the doorway attests to this history.