Sentimental Contemplation of the Moon Print of a busty Jewish woman admiring the moon
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 11.125 inches (28.258 cm) | Width: 8.875 inches (22.543 cm)
Creator(s)
- Peter Ehrenthal (Compiler)
Biographical History
The Katz Ehrenthal Collection is a collection of more than 900 objects depicting Jews and antisemitic and anti-Jewish propaganda from the medieval to the modern era, in Europe, Russia, and the United States. The collection was amassed by Peter Ehrenthal, a Romanian Holocaust survivor, to document the pervasive history of anti-Jewish hatred in Western art, politics and popular culture. It includes crude folk art as well as pieces created by Europe's finest craftsmen, prints and periodical illustrations, posters, paintings, decorative art, and toys and everyday household items decorated with depictions of stereotypical Jewish figures.
Archival History
The etching was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by the Katz Family.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Katz Family
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Scope and Content
The etching is one of the more than 900 items in the Katz Ehrenthal Collection of antisemitic artifacts and visual materials.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Etching in black ink of a smiling woman in the right foreground sitting on a bench in three quarters left profile and looking up at a full moon visible through a gap in a cloud bank in the top left. It illuminates her and reflects off a body of water in the background. Her Jewish features, including curly hair and a large nose, are emphasized and she wears hoop earrings and a low cut dress with floral pattern trim. She holds a shawl around her shoulders and her right hand rests on 1 of her large, prominent breasts. A hat adorned with a ribbon and fruit branch is at her feet and a row of shrubbery and a metal gate are behind her. Captions are in panels at the top and bottom.
Subjects
- Antisemitism in art.
- Jews in art.
- Antisemitism--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Jews--Caricatures and cartoons--Germany--19th century.
- Jewish women--Caricatures and cartoons.
Genre
- Object
- Art