Inscription

Verso, LR of frame in marker: "2"

Acquisition

Gift of the Oscar and Regina Gruss Charitable and Educational Foundation, Inc.

Provenance

the artist's family (after 1866; sold to Hermann Cramer); Hermann Cramer, Frankfurt, Germany (until d. 1919); his wife, Hedwig Cramer, Frankfurt, Germany (1919-d. 1934); her son, Sally H. Cramer, Hamburg, Germany, later London, England (1934-d. 1952); his son, Robert Cramer (1952); [sale, ?London, England, about 1952]?.Oscar Gruss, New York, NY (until 1999)

Date Made

1880

Signed

Yes

Marks

None

Inscription

None.

Acquisition

Jewish Cultural Reconstruction

Provenance

?heirless object salvaged from post-Nazi Europe by the Jewish Cultural Reconstruction (JCR), the cultural arm of the Jewish Restitution Successor Organization (JSRO); transferred to the Jewish Museum, 1952

Date Made

late 19th century

Marks

None.

Inscription

None

Acquisition

Gift of Guido Goldman

Provenance

?.Guido Goldman, New York (until 2006)

Date Made

last quarter 19th century

Marks

None

Inscription

Verso of frame TC in crayon: "L 927/" Verso of frame TR in marker: "217" Verso of frame BL in chalk: "# 339" Verso of frame TL in chalk: "55 779"

Acquisition

Gift of Frances Dworecki and children Roman Dworecki, Maria Arnett, and Harvey Arnett in memory of Sam Dworecki

Provenance

?.Frances Dworecki, New York, NY (until 1983)

Date Made

after 1872

Signed

Yes

Marks

"8" verso of frame TC label in pen Stamp "frame by BERNARD WALSH/ 14 EAST 69TH ST./ N.Y. 21, YU...-48" verso of frame, BL and TL

Acquisition

Gift of Dr. Harry G. Friedman in memory of Adele Friedman

Provenance

?.potentially one of three Hanukkah lamps from the Great Suburban Synagogue in Lwów, Galicia (now Lviv, Ukraine); the synagogue was badly damaged, first by Soviet occupation then by the Nazis beginning in 1941, one of the lamps was still in place (per photographs), June 1943; ?Dorotheum Kunstabteilung, Vienna, September 16, 1960; E. Pinkus, New York; purchased by Harry G. Friedman for the Jewish Museum, 1960; on loan to the White House residence and lit by President George W. Bush in its first-ever official Hanukkah celebration, December 2001

Date Made

1867–72

Marks

Hallmarks: Head facing left--dog or animal? with mouth open, "4" to right, in oval field with pointed edges (Neuwirth, Waltraud. LEXIKON WIENER GOLD- UND SILBERSCHMIEDE UND IHRE PUNZEN, 1867-1922. Vienna: Dr. Waltraud Neuwirth, 1976, pl. 6:11.) "F" in square field with cut corners (Rohrwasser, Alfred. ÖSTERREICHS PUNZEN: EDELMETALL-PUNZIERUNG IN ÖSTERREICH VON 1524 BIS 1987. 2nd ed. Perchtoldsdorf, Austria: Verlag Johann L. Bondi und Sohn, 1987, pl. 15, upper right with "F.") Maker's mark: "BD" in rectangle [See image in Media tab]

Inscription

Verso, TC in pencil: "3..." Verso, TR in blue crayon: "...24"

Acquisition

Gift of the Oscar and Regina Gruss Charitable and Educational Foundation, Inc.

Provenance

the artist's family (after 1866; sold to Hermann Cramer); Hermann Cramer, Frankfurt, Germany (until d. 1919); his wife, Hedwig Cramer, Frankfurt, Germany (1919-d. 1934); her son, Sally H. Cramer, Hamburg, Germany, later London, England (1934-d. 1952); his son, Robert Cramer (1952); [sale, ?London, England, about 1952]?.Oscar Gruss, New York, NY (until 1999)

Date Made

1878

Signed

Yes

Marks

Label "18" verso TR Label "the israel museum, jerusalem, israel/ artist Moritz Oppenheim/ title The Heder, 1878/ acq. no. / donor/fund lent by the Collection / Oscar Gruss, New York / Exhibiton: Moritz Oppeenheim. The first/ Jewish Painter. Sept.83-Jan.84" verso TL in pen Label: "FA OLLENDORFF FINE ARTS/ FINE ART PACKERS AND SHIPPERS / NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO / Lot No. Piece No. / 9160A 3" verso TL of frame

Acquisition

Bequest of Johanna L. Spector

Provenance

Worn by Gladys Koder, wife of the Shabdai Samuel Koder (last head of the Jewish community in Cochin), late 19th century; Johanna Sepctor (Koder family friend), by 1985; bequeathed to TJM, 2008

Date Made

late 19th-early 20th century

Acquisition

Gift of Ilse Baranowski in memory of Emma Mayer, Lustadt, Pfalz, Germany

Provenance

the donor's grandmother?, Lustadt, near Speyer (late 19th century); her granddaughter, Ilse Baranowski (until 1996)

Date Made

late 19th century

Inscription

None

Acquisition

Gift of the Oscar and Regina Gruss Charitable and Educational Foundation, Inc.

Provenance

the artist's family (after 1866; sold to Hermann Cramer); Hermann Cramer, Frankfurt, Germany (until d. 1919); his wife, Hedwig Cramer, Frankfurt, Germany (1919-d. 1934); her son, Sally H. Cramer, Hamburg, Germany, later London, England (1934-d. 1952); his son, Robert Cramer (1952); [sale, ?London, England, about 1952]?.Oscar Gruss, New York, NY (until 1999)

Date Made

1869

Signed

Yes

Marks

Label: "...t am Main/...markt 23." vrso of frame top center

Inscription

None

Acquisition

Gift of the Oscar and Regina Gruss Charitable and Educational Foundation, Inc.

Provenance

the artist's family (after 1866; sold to Hermann Cramer); Hermann Cramer, Frankfurt, Germany (until d. 1919); his wife, Hedwig Cramer, Frankfurt, Germany (1919-d. 1934); her son, Sally H. Cramer, Hamburg, Germany, later London, England (1934-d. 1952); his son, Robert Cramer (1952); [sale, ?London, England, about 1952]?. Oscar Gruss, New York, NY (until 1999)

Date Made

1867

Signed

Yes

Marks

Label: "...t am Main/ ...markt 23." verso of frame top center

Inscription

UC engraved in crown in Hebrew "In honor of [Tetragrammaton] and his torah" Center engraved in proper left tablet in Hebrew "I am the lord your [Tetragrammaton] / You shall not have / Do not make / Remember the day / Honor thy father" Center engraved in proper right tablet in Hebrew "Do not kill / Do not commit adultery / Do not steal / Do not bare / Do not covet" Lower center engraved in cartouche in Hebrew "A gift of commemoration of their 25th wedding anniversary, this is given by Moshe son of Aharon Yaakov Flehsheuer and his wife Sarah daughter of Shimon Kielsheimer in the synagogue of the congregation of Wespe, 19th of Adar 1876"

Acquisition

Purchase: Gift of Henry Herzog and Family in memory of Ruth Herzog

Provenance

the maker, Utrecht, Netherlands; Moshe and Sahrah Flehsheuer (by 1876); given to the synagogue for Jewish Community of Weesp, Netherlands (until 1947) (the Community was dissolved and the synagogue used as a garage, now city offices). the Jewish Community of Amsterdam; sale, Sotheby's, New York, December 13, 2006, no. 100

Date Made

1876

Marks

Maker's marks: "CB" stamped in square field, with star shape below initials center right; gothic "R" [year letter = 1867] stamped in circular field upper right Hallmarks: lion passant stamped in hexagon field center left; sword shape stamped upper center (in the crown) Indecipherable object stamped in circular field center right

Inscription

None

Acquisition

Bequest of Lisl Weil Marx

Provenance

?. Elizabeth Lisl Marx (aka Lisl Weil Marx), New York; bequeathed to TJM, 2007

Date Made

late 19th century

Signed

Yes

Marks

"to give to / Jewish Museum / Park Ave / very famous / painter / * / Take to CPW" handwritten in ink on paper taped to verso, center "ALLE / Vervielfälli[m?]mgsr[...] / im Besitze der K[...] / FRIEDRICH [...] / WIEN. I. NIBL[...}GENGASSE" stamped in ink on verso, CR Label "Fine Custom / Picture Framing / and / Repairing / LEO REHFELD / 235 East 51st St. New York 22 / PLAZA 5-5887" printed on verso frame, UC

Acquisition

Gift of Phillip Toledano in memory of his grandparents Abram and Esther Benazeraf

Provenance

?. Abram and Esther Benazeraf, Morocco; their grandson Phillip Toledano, New York (until 2006; donated to TJM).

Date Made

late 19th-early 20th century

Inscription

None

Acquisition

Gift of the Oscar and Regina Gruss Charitable and Educational Foundation, Inc.

Provenance

the artist's family (after 1866; sold to Hermann Cramer); Hermann Cramer, Frankfurt, Germany (until d. 1919); his wife, Hedwig Cramer, Frankfurt, Germany (1919-d. 1934); her son, Sally H. Cramer, Hamburg, Germany, later London, England (1934-d. 1952); his son, Robert Cramer (1952); [sale, ?London, England, about 1952]?. Oscar Gruss, New York, NY (until 1999)

Date Made

1869

Signed

Yes

Marks

Label: "...t am Main/ ...markt 23." verso of frame top center

Inscription

None

Acquisition

Gift of the Oscar and Regina Gruss Charitable and Educational Foundation, Inc.

Provenance

the artist's family (after 1866; sold to Hermann Cramer); Hermann Cramer, Frankfurt, Germany (until d. 1919); his wife, Hedwig Cramer, Frankfurt, Germany (1919-d. 1934); her son, Sally H. Cramer, Hamburg, Germany, later London, England (1934-d. 1952); his son, Robert Cramer (1952); [sale, ?London, England, about 1952]?.Oscar Gruss, New York, NY (until 1999)

Date Made

1867

Signed

Yes

Marks

Label "LEI...LS/Tel:-7335.Feast of Tabernacles / (Dinner in the Family-Suc... / ...of Work Das Laubhüttenfe..." verso TR top stretcher Label "Dahesh Museum / 601 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK,NY 10017 TEL 212-759-0606/LENDER: The Jewish Museum/ Moritz Daniel Oppenheim / Sukkot (Tabernacles), 1867 / Oil on canvas, 25 1/2 x 22 inches (65 x 56 cm) / 1999-92 / Telling Tales II: Religious Images in 19th-Century / Academic Art, October 15, 2001-January 26, 2002" verso on backing board

Inscription

None

Acquisition

Bequest of Adelaide Kauffmann

Provenance

the artist (until d. 1931); inherited by the artist's relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Mayerheim, Germany, refugees to Shanghai, China (by 1944; sold to Grosz); Prof. Armand Grosz (by 1944; sold to Kauffmann); Fritz Kauffmann, Shanghai and Fort Lee, New Jersey (until d. 1994); his wife, Adelaide Kauffman, Fort Lee, New Jersey (until d. 1999)

Date Made

late 19th-early 20th century

Signed

Yes

Marks

Label "654 / Nachlass / Lesser Ury" verso, UC

Inscription

Upper center, block printed, repeated within center of five Stars of David in Hebrew, "Zion" and within each point of the stars the Hebrew letters for "The Shield of David"

Acquisition

Gift of Kravet Fabrics

Provenance

?.sale, Sotheby's, Belgravia, September 24, 1980, Lot no. 370, to Michael Cutcliffe, Director of G.P. & J. Baker Ltd., London (until around 1995; Baker sold to Kravet Fabrics); archives of Kravet Fabrics, New York (until 2006)

Date Made

end 19th-early 20th century

Inscription

None

Acquisition

Gift of the Oscar and Regina Gruss Charitable and Educational Foundation, Inc.

Provenance

the artist's family (after 1866; sold to Hermann Cramer); Hermann Cramer, Frankfurt, Germany (until d. 1919); his wife, Hedwig Cramer, Frankfurt, Germany (1919-d. 1934); her son, Sally H. Cramer, Hamburg, Germany, later London, England (1934-d. 1952); his son, Robert Cramer (1952); [sale, ?London, England, about 1952]?. Oscar Gruss, New York, NY (until 1999)

Date Made

1873

Signed

Yes

Marks

Label: "FA [circled] OLLENDORFF FINE ARTS/ FINE ART PACKERS AND SHIPPERS/NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO/Lot No. Piece No. / 9160A 4" verso TL top stretcher Label: "the israel museum, jerusalem, israel/artist Moritz Oppenheim/title Purim (the Feast of Esther) / acq.no. / donor / fund lent by the Collection / Oscar Gruss, New York / Exhibition: Moritz Oppenheim. The first / Jewish Painter.Sept.83-Jan.84" verso BL of frame

Inscription

None

Acquisition

Gift of the Oscar and Regina Gruss Charitable and Educational Foundation, Inc.

Provenance

the artist's family (after 1866; sold to Hermann Cramer); Hermann Cramer, Frankfurt, Germany (until d. 1919); his wife, Hedwig Cramer, Frankfurt, Germany (1919-d. 1934); her son, Sally H. Cramer, Hamburg, Germany, later London, England (1934-d. 1952); his son, Robert Cramer (1952); [sale, ?London, England, about 1952]?.Oscar Gruss, New York, NY (until 1999)

Date Made

1868

Signed

Yes

Marks

"New York/Mr. and Mrs. Gruss/MGß6/949/0310^0" verso TL on frame label in pencil Label "J.P. Schneider jr./Vergolderei.Spiegel.u.Rahman.Fabrik/...th.../...a...Main/23...23" verso TC on frame in print

Inscription

None

Acquisition

Gift of Dr. Harry G. Friedman

Provenance

?.Harry G. Friedman, New York, NY (until 1958)

Date Made

1867

Signed

Yes

Marks

Label: "U.16 F 3687/ D. LEVY - 1867/ II KK"