Title
"Die Fahrt Nach Amerika" or "The Journey to America"
Subject
Lithography
Description
Black and white lithograph of "Die Fahrt Nach Amerika" or "The Journey to America" which is part of a series of works artist Rachel Szalit-Marcus did for Sholom Aleichem's "Menshelakh un Stsenes" published in 1922. The print has passengers perhaps abord or waiting to board a ship for America. Seven figures are present: three men, one boy and three women. The men and boy wears hats and the women wear scarves on their heads. The group is huddled with their belongings behind a picket fence and face the left side of the print toward the sun.
Creator
Szalit-Marcus, Rachel
Source
Lowenstein Family Papers and Art, B333
Publisher
Ira M. and Peryle Hayutin Beck Memorial Archives
Date
1920
Identifier
B333.08.0003.0001.00003