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© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Radovan, Zev, 02.1987
The picture represents a cubist depition of a still life. A brown strip of paper with a Hebrew inscription: "Aleph Bet", is affixed diagonally to the top right corner of the canvas. Two fragments of a page of brown paper with an image of a religious Jew standing, reading from a book are affixed to the lower left corner. He stands by a round, one-legged table and is surrounded by another Hebrew incription: "The righteous rabbi, 'shin', 'nun'." At the center of the composition betweeen these two inscriptions are facets with images of a kiddush cup, a candle and mazot and a black square inscribed with a black Hebrew letter "shin". A white strip of lace is attached to the lower right corner, as if defining the edge of the table, on which stand the objects. The Hebrew letter "lamed" is depicted in the lower right corner below the lace and a strip of wall paper is attached to the top right corner. A crown form is affixed to the upper left corner.
Name/Title
Aleph-Bet | Unknown
Object
Object Detail
Settings
Unknown
Date
1918
Synagogue active dates
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Period
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Period Detail
Collection
Documentation / Research project
Unknown
Material/Technique
Collage with newspaper and book pages, wall paper, lace and plaster attached to canvas, painted with oil; paint of varying thickness, from rough impasto to colored transparent glaze;
varying brush thickness and hardness; frequent use of a knife.
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
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Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
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Measurements
Height
980mm
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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
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
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Denomination
Signature
יששכר בער ריבאק 8191 Signature in LC: Issachar Ber Ryback 1918, in Hebrew cursive letters in Yiddish.
Colophon
Scribal Notes
Watermark
Hallmark
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Trade Mark
Binding
Decoration Program
Summary and Remarks
The estimated date and origin of the picture were provided by the Ryback Museum.
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Donated by Mrs. Sonia Ryback, 1963
Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography
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Full Name
Volume
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Documenter
| H.F. 12.1986
Author of description
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Architectural Drawings
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Computer Reconstruction
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Section Head
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Language Editor
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Donor
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Negative/Photo. No.
020040

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With the support of
Municipality of Vienna, Cultural Affairs and Science
and

Cardinal Schönborn, Archbishop of Vienna