The drawing represents an elderly man standing frontal while leaning on the table by his hands; his chubby bearded face is distorted by grimace of spite. He wears black suit and dark west, and a big chain hangs across his belly. On his head he has a black hat.
Name/Title
Altman, Illustration for "One Must Not Be Kind" by Sholom-Aleikhem | *Fine art | Book illustration
Object
Object Detail
Settings
Unknown
Date
1948
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Artist/ Maker
Origin
Historical Origin
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School/Style
Period
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Period Detail
Collection
Documentation / Research project
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Category
Material / Technique
Thin and thick strokes of pen; overflowing by India ink
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
Density
Colors
Construction material
Measurements
Height
120
Length
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Depth
Circumference
Thickness
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Weight
Axis
Panel Measurements
Subject
Condition
Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
Present Usage
Present Usage Details
Condition of Building Fabric
Architectural Significance type
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
Textual Content
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Languages of inscription
Unknown
Shape / Form
Unknown
0
Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
Codicology
Scribes
Script
Number of Lines
Ruling
Pricking
Quires
Catchwords
Hebrew Numeration
Blank Leaves
Direction/Location
Façade (main)
Endivances
Location of Torah Ark
Location of Apse
Location of Niche
Location of Reader's Desk
Location of Platform
Temp: Architecture Axis
Arrangement of Seats
Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
Coin
Coin Series
Coin Ruler
Coin Year
Denomination
Signature
Colophon
Scribal Notes
Watermark
Hallmark
Group
Group
Group
Group
Group
Trade Mark
Binding
Decoration Program
Summary and Remarks
Shirts with "slanting collars" are the typical clothing of Russian peasants; in the end of the XIX century it was also a favorite costume of revolutionary intellectuals. Josef, a personage of Sholom-Aleikhem's story is a propagandist of revolutionary ideas
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Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Type
Documenter
Vera Reider | 7.1992
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Computer Reconstruction
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Language Editor
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Donor
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Object Copyright
Altman-Shiogoleva, I.V.
Negative/Photo. No.