Name/Title
Lithographs (set of 6)Entry/Object ID
K_0407Tags
storageDescription
Numbered edition of 200 copies, this is #20. Six lithographs: 1. Tents in Beth Alpha; 2. Beth Alpha from above; 3. The Emek Jezreel; 4. Nahalal; 5. A Sycamore in Tel-Joseph; 6. Kindeergarten in Nahalal. Greta Wolf Krakauer (1890-1970).
From "Grete Wolf Krakauer from Vienna to Jerusalem":
"In 1927, two years after her arrival in Mandatory Palestine, she was commissioned by the Jerusalem office of Keren Hayesod to create a series of prints highlighting the settlement enterprise in the Jezreel Valley. The six lithographs in the album Emek form a picture of the agricultural settlements as seen through her eyes. Along with soft landscapes in bright colors, some of the lithographs show lone, fragile houses, or a few children in what looks like an abandoned camp. Although the album was enlisted art for the Zionist institution, Wolf Krakauer showed the challenges facing the settlers, depicting tents threatening to fly off in the wind, the sensation of a void along with hope and renewal. The album was distributed to thousands of Jewish communities throughout the world, including Vienna, Warsaw and Berlin, Australia, Italy, and Brazil.
The images in Emek were based on scenes from kibbutz life on Beit Alfa and its autonomous children's community - the Hevrat Yeladim. The Krakauers made many visits to Kibbutz Beit Alfa, hosted by their close friends from Vienna, Miriam and Dr. Eliyahu Rappaport, who were members. (Leopold Krakauer designed the kibbutz dining hall). On view in the exhibition are mostly drawings of members at rest, deep in thought or busy reading, far from the image of the heroic pioneer."Made/Created
Artist
Grete Wolf KrakauerDate made
1927Place
* Untyped Place
PalestineCountry
IsraelRegion
Middle EastContinent
AsiaInscription/Signature/Marks
Location
Signed, lower right cornerDimensions
Height
13 inWidth
15-3/4 in
