Two Jews
Date2011
Artist
Barry Moser
(American illustrator, painter, printmaker, and author, born 1940)
Illustration CitationSalomé: A Tragedy in One Act by Oscar Wilde, translated by Joseph Donohue (University of Virginia Press 2011)
MediumWood engraving
Dimensionscomposition: 7 3/16 × 4 5/8 in. (18.3 × 11.7 cm)
sheet: 9 3/8 × 6 in. (23.8 × 15.2 cm)
sheet: 9 3/8 × 6 in. (23.8 × 15.2 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 2015
Object number2015-5.18
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextIn an absolute tour-de-force of the engravers’ art Moser conveys the ethnic individuality of the two Jews who pointlessly argue doctrine in ignorance of Iokanaan’s impending execution. Subtle variations in gray tone offer an old-world, patriarchal character to these two men.
