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    Artist

  • Schiff, John, 1907-1976

    • Title

  • William Zorach at work, undated

  • Physical Description

    1 photograph : black-and-white ; 10 x 8 inches / 25.5 x 20.5 cm., digital photograph

  • Summary

    The image shows William Zorach sculpting a man's face. The model is sitting on a chair on a platform in a studio setting. The verso of the photograph has a John Schiff stamp and "Wm. Zorach / W. Zorach" written in pencil.

  • Depicted

    Zorach, William, 1889-1966

  • Subject

    Artists; Portraits; Sculptors; Sculptors, United States; Sculpture

  • Genre

    Photographs

  • Part Of

    John (Hans) and Trude Schiff Collection, AR 25082

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

William Zorach was a sculptor, painter, printmaker, and writer. Zorach Gorfinkel was born into a Lithuanian Jewish family, in Jurbarkas in Lithuania (then a part of the Russian Empire). His family emigrated to the United States in 1894. Zorach studied art at the Cleveland School of Art and the National Academy of Design in New York. Some of his works were displayed in the Armory show in 1913. He is notable for being at the forefront of artists from the U.S. who embraced the cubist movement.

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Citation

Schiff, John: William Zorach at work, undated, Leo Baeck Institute, F 190 AR 25082.