Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Portrait of a Rabbi

Artist William Meyerowitz (American, born Russia, 1887 - 1981)

Datec.1919- early 1920s

MediumEtching on paper

DimensionsFrame: 17 1/2 x 15 x 5/8 in. (44.5 x 38.1 x 1.6 cm)
Sight: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineGift of Betty Jacobson

Object number2022.25.2

Collections

MODERN

DescriptionA man with a beard and mustache is seated while holding a large open book; he wears a cap on his head and a large prayer shawl around his shoulders; signed “Wm Meyerowitz” in the plate (lower left) and Wm Meyerowitz” in graphite (lower right)