SCHATZ, BORIS.
AUCTION 60 |
Thursday, November 14th,
2013 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic Art and Ceremonial Objects
Lot 375
SCHATZ, BORIS.
Israel 1867-1932:
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
The Prophet Jeremiah perhaps best known for authoring the Book of Lamentations was tasked with confronting and reproving the Jewish People, seeking - and failing - to prevent the oncoming destruction of Jerusalem. Schatz’s emotional depiction shows the bereaved prophet, seated on the floor as a mourner, with head in hand, writing a scroll - likely Lamentations - a poetic, largely-acrostic record of lament for the destruction and ultimately the temporary desertion and rejection of God’s Spirit. The quote from the Book of Jeremiah would subsequently be adopted in the Tisha B’Av liturgy, as the title of the 25th Kinna.