Women at the Western Wall. Etching. Signed by artist in pencil lower right.

<<A scarce image by Lilien.>> The artist’s Hebrew name “Ephraim Moshe ben Yaakov HaCohen Lilien” etched in stone in lower right. Play of geometric patterning of shawls and dresses interspersed with the fringe and foldings of the fabrics catches the eye. See Tel Aviv Museum Catalogue, Painting With Light: The Photographic Aspect in the Work of E.M. Lilien (1991) p. 138-9 based on photograph, Women Praying at the Wall, 1906, TAMA No. 192.