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Sir Frank Brangwyn (Brit., 1867-1956).

[Rabbi Studying]

c1931. Drypoint, initialled in plate upper right, signed in pencil in lower margin, 16.2 x 14.9cm. Minor foxing to upper margin.

In 1931 Brangwyn illustrated the book L’Ombre de la Croix (The Shadow of the Cross) for Jérôme & Jean Tharaud, which described the lives of Jewish people in contemporary Europe. The prints illustrate the town of Belz in Poland which was a centre of pilgrimage. Brangwyn seems to have etched a majority of the plates from photographs. Ref: British Museum.

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Item #CL184-58

Price (AUD): $990.00  other currencies