Transformation:
Jews and Modernity

April 24 - June 17, 2001

Nineteenth- and twentieth-century works on paper from major museums and private collections exemplify modernity as a period of transformation in the arts, in nations, and in identity. Curated by Professor Larry Silver and associates as part of a year-long symposium exploring Modern Jews and the Arts at the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Catalogue distributed by the University of Pennsylvania Press.

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  1. Marc Chagall, Father's Grave, 1922, The Jewish Museum, New York
  2. Eugene Delacroix, Jewish Woman of Algiers, 1833, National Gallery of Art: Rosenwald Collection
  3. Frank Stella, Die Fahne Hoch, 1967, The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Gift of Barbara Rose
  4. Ludwig Meidner, Prophet, 1918, Philadelphia Museum of Art: Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1950
  5. Louis Lozowick, Allen Street (Under the El), 1929, The Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund
  6. Hermann Struck, Alter Jude aus Jaffa (Old Jew from Jaffa), ca. 1905, The Jewish Museum, New York: Gift of Ruth Rentlinger
  7. Hermann Struck, Everyone who Mourns Jerusalem Reaps its Joy, ca. 1905, The Jewish Museum, New York: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Wechsler, 1