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This “imaginary wall” in Raphael Soyer’s studio features (clockwise, from top left) a self-portrait; portraits of the artists Nicolai Cikovsky, Moses Soyer, and Chaim Gross. In the center is the…
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Raphael Soyer
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1947
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Untitled is from Lee Krasner’s Little Images series from the late 1940s, which the artist painted on small canvases on a table in her bedroom, soon after she and her husband Jackson Pollock moved to…
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Lee Krasner
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1949
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Deep in the woods stands my tent,
No one will discover me,
Late at night and at first dawn,
I hear the revel of the spring
From the deep roots underneath,
To the moss-covered trunks,
From…
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Yehoash (Solomon Blumgarten)
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1914
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Poster of Houdini’s escape act from a galvanized-iron milk can filled with water and secured by massive locks.Harry Houdini (1874–1926) was born Erik Weisz in Budapest and immigrated with his family…
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Harry Houdini
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1908
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Verse 1Sadie Cohen left her happy homeTo become an actress lady,On the stage she soon became the rage,As the only real Salomy baby.When she came to town, her sweetheart MoseBrought for her around a…
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Irving Berlin, Fanny Brice, Edgar Leslie
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1909
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Cover of sheet music for “Sadie Salome, Go Home.” Fanny Brice (1891–1951) was born Fania Borach in New York City to immigrants from Hungary and Alsace respectively. Getting her break in entertainment…
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Edgar Leslie, Irving Berlin, Artist Unknown
Date:
1909
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Though better known for his political cartoons, Gropper was also an acclaimed painter. This painting was probably inspired by the Spanish Civil War, and its title, Minorities, suggests that the…
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William Gropper
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1938–1939
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Levine was a figurative painter known for his political and social commentaries about economic inequality, capitalism, and political power. He painted in a distinctive cartoonish style in which people…
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Jack Levine
Places:
Boston, United States of America
Date:
1939
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Let no one cross my threshold,
Nor disturb my silence;
I no longer wish to hear
The noise of people and speech
From them I crawled away
In tears, into my corner,
To listen at last in quiet
To the…
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Mani Leib
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1930s
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Gross was known for his wooden sculptures and his focus on the human figure. He first studied art on the Lower East Side of Manhattan when he came to the United States and he later taught there at the…
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Chaim Gross
Places:
New York City, United States of America
Date:
1928