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Bracelet made in Theresienstadt (Terezín), Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic), 1941-44. Brass: cut-out; porcelain; cord. 7 × 4 5/8 in. (17.8 × 11.7 cm). The Jewish Museum, NY. Gift of the Estate of Greta Perlman._jpg.jpg)
Dawoud Bey, Claire, 2004. Inkjet print and audio, 2 min., 38 sec. 51 1/8 × 40 1/4 in. (129.9 × 102.2 cm). The Jewish Museum, NY. Purchase: Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Fund. © Dawoud Bey / Courtesy of Stephen Daiter Gallery._jpg.jpg)
Johann Valentin Schüler, Hanukkah Lamp, late 17th century. Silver: repoussé, engraved, traced, punched, appliqué, parcel-gilt, and cast. 9 7/8 × 11 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (25.1 × 29.2 × 8.9 cm). The Jewish Museum, NY. Purchase: Norman S. Goetz, Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Loeb, Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Marx, Ira A. Schur, Lawrence A. Wien, Leonard Block, Gustave L. Levy, and Robert I. Wishnick Gifts._jpg.jpg)
Peter Shire, Hanukkah Lamp, Menorah # 7, 1986. Steel: painted; aluminum: anodized; chromium. The Jewish Museum, New York. Purchase: Judaica Acquisitions Endowment Fund, 1989-20._jpg.jpg)
Kali Spitzer, Audrey Siegl, 2019. Giclée archival print, based on tintypes. Image: 40 × 32 1/4 in. (101.6 × 81.9 cm). The Jewish Museum, NY. Purchase: Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Fund._jpg.jpg)
Christian Boltanski, Monument (Odessa), 1989-2003. Gelatin silver prints, tin biscuit boxes, lights, and wire. Installation approximately: 80 × 72 in. (203.2 × 182.9 cm). The Jewish Museum, NY. Purchase: Melva Bucksbaum Contemporary Art Fund. © Christian Boltanski / Courtesy of the Marian Goodman Gallery, New York. Next Previous
Bracelet made in Theresienstadt (Terezín), Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic), 1941-44. Brass: cut-out; porcelain; cord. 7 × 4 5/8 in. (17.8 × 11.7 cm). The Jewish Museum, NY. Gift of the Estate of Greta Perlman.
Engaging with History: Works from the Collection features a selection of objects, including painting, sculpture, photography, and ceremonial art from the Jewish Museum’s collection of over 30,000 works.
The Museum’s dynamic holdings reflect an ever-evolving understanding of the relationship between art and global Jewish culture across time, striving to capture history as it unfolds in the contemporary moment. As the Museum reimagines a largescale presentation of its collection, which will open on the third and fourth floors in late 2025, this installation features some of the Jewish Museum's great treasures as well as new acquisitions on view for the first time.
The exhibition features a wall of portraits, including works by Richard Avedon, Dawoud Bey, and Kali Spitzer; a recently acquired tapestry by William Kentridge; a bracelet of charms assembled by Greta Perlman from late 1941 to late 1944 while she was interned in the Theresienstadt ghetto-concentration camp in former Czechoslovakia; an installation by Christian Boltanski; and highlights from the Jewish Museum’s extraordinary collection of Hanukkah lamps.
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