“Refugees Prayer of Thanksgiving.”

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

New York, c. 1939

Oil on canvas. Signed by the artist lower right: “J. Solomon, N.Y.C.” On reverse, label from the exhibition of Contemporary American Art, New York World’s Fair, 1939, with exhibitor’s name (Jacob Solomon), address (659 Fox Street, Bronx, NY) and title. Framed.

In the sparsely furnished home of this newly arrived refugee to America’s welcoming shores, the artist prominently places a portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt - the president so beloved to America’s Jews of the time.