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

(RABAN, ZE’EV).

1945

Oil on canvas. Indecipherable signature lower right. Finely framed.

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.