Purim in Mea Shearim, Jerusalem

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Purim in Mea Shearim, Jerusalem
Purim in Mea Shearim, Jerusalem
Artist/Maker (German-born Israeli, born 1930)
Date1970
MediumVintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (16.9 × 24.1 cm) Sheet: 7 3/16 × 9 1/2 in. (18.3 × 24.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2023.12.21
Not on view

Additional Details

Signature Verso, upper center (pencil): "Micha Bar-Am"
Verso, center center (pencil): "[Untranslated Hebrew]"
Inscribed Verso, upper left corner (pencil): "6" [circled]
Verso, upper left edge (pencil): [hand writing is difficult to read; have deciphered as well as possible] "Purim puzzel-- / Is the scooter ride[r] a non-religious Jew masquerading / --temporarily at least--as a religious Jew, or is he a religious / Jew behaving rather non-religiously."
Verso, upper center (pencil): "BAM1970023W00587/133"
Verso, center center (pencil): "1970, [Untranslated Hebrew]"
Verso, upper center (pencil): "© Micha Bar-Am / [Untranslated Hebrew]"
Verso, center center (pencil): "PURiM, Jerusalem, 1970"
Verso, lower center (pencil): [upside down] "587/133"
Verso, lower left edge (pencil): "MBA-REL-008"
Verso, lower left edge (pencil): "2000"
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