Large-scale work based on Ze’ev Raban’s ‘Wailing Wall’ (c. 1931).

Depicting Jews mourning at the Western Wall with Jugendstil vignettes of statue-like chained Messiah and lamenting prophet Jeremiah between weeping angels. Upper register features two medallions - of defeated and wailing Jews - a leafy vine and howling wolves. Hebrew verse at bottom: “Because of this (the Temple’s destruction) our heart is faint, because of these things our eyes are dim; for Mount Zion lies desolate and foxes prowl upon it.” (Lamentations 5:18). Provenance: Synagogue in Buenos Aires, Argentina.