Selected New Acquisitions

• Israeli Art
  
• Contemporary Art
  
• Modern Art
  
• Prints and Drawings
  
• Photography
  
• Design and Architecture
  
• Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
  
• Asian Art
  
• Judaica and Jewish Ethnography
  
• Archaeology
  

 

Israeli Art

Romy Achituv, born 1958
BeNowHere Interactive, 1997
Interactive new media installation
Anonymous gift in honor of the Maksam
children
B08.1051

Benni (Reuven) Efrat, born Lebanon, 1936
Twilight, 1980
Wall installation (wood, acrylic paint, latex,
projector lamp)
Gift of Joan Lessing, New York and
Jerusalem, to American Friends of the Israel Museum
B08.1326

Michael Gitlin, born South Africa, 1954
Sentinel, undated
Painted wood
Gift of Moses A. Spira M.D. and Susanne
Spira M.D., Beverly Hills, California, with
appreciation to Bertha Urdang of blessed
memory, to American Friends of the
Israel Museum
B09.0208

Irit Hemmo, born 1961
Untitled (Plants), 2007–2008
Collage (photograph fragments on plywood)
Gift in memory of Harry Torczyner…
flowers from his daughters
B08.1151

Uri Katzenstein, born 1951
Home, 2001
Two painted bronze statues, cloth, video
Purchase, ARTVISION Acquisitions
Committee, Israel
B09.0062

Raffi Lavie, 1937–2007
Untitled, 1967
Oil and pencil on canvas
Gift of Moses A. Spira M.D. and Susanne
Spira M.D., Beverly Hills, California, with
appreciation to Bertha Urdang of blessed
memory, to American Friends of the Israel Museum
B09.0207

Uri Radovan, born 1971
Santa Matza, 2007
Video, 3 mins.
Gift of Heather Harmon and Deborah
Stern, Los Angeles, to American Friends of the Israel Museum
B08.1309

Mika Rottenberg, born Argentina, 1976
Julie, 2003
Single channel video, 3.30 mins.
Gift of Ninah and Michael Lynne,
New York, to American Friends of the
Israel Museum
B09.0206

Contemporary Art

Carlos Amorales, Mexican, born 1970
Black Cloud (latent studio), 2007
Installation: mixed media, paper moths
Purchase, New York Contemporary Art
Acquisitions Committee of American
Friends of the Israel Museum
B08.1271



Susan Collis, Scottish, born 1956
Also Ran, 2008
Wooden stepladder, mother of pearl, white opal, Brazilian opal, fossil coral, marble, seed pearl, freshwater pearl, cultured pearl, diamond, white howlite, tree agate Purchase, Associates Acquisitions Committee of American Friends of the Israel Museum
B08.1250

Jonas Dahlberg, born Sweden 1970,
active Berlin and Stockholm
Three Rooms, 2008
Three-screen video installation, 26:58 min.
loop
Three Lambda prints mounted on
aluminum with matte laminate and black
lacquer box frame
Purchase, Barbara and Eugene Schwartz
Contemporary Art Acquisition Endowment
Fund
B09.0407, 0408 (a–c)

Isaac Julien, British, born 1960
Western Union: Small Boats, 2007
Three-screen projection; 35-mm color film,
DVD/HD transfer, 18:22 mins.
Purchase, New York Contemporary Art
Acquisitions Committee of American
Friends of the Israel Museum and
the Barbara and Eugene Schwartz
Contemporary Art Acquisition
Endowment Fund
B08.1130

Idris Khan, British, born 1978
Memory . . . After Bach’s Cello Suites, 2006
16-mm film transferred to DVD, 6:30 mins.
Gift of William and Ruth Ehrlich, New York,
Arthur and Audrey Sosis, Allentown, PA,
and Robert and Barbara Dorman, West
Nyack, NY, to American Friends of the
Israel Museum, in memory of their parents,
Millard and Harriet Ehrlich Dorman
B08.1123

Modern Art

Siah Armajani, born Iran 1939, active USA
Noon Bridge, 1969
Wood construction
Gift of Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman, Detroit,
to American Friends of the Israel Museum
B09.0244

Jim Dine, American, born 1935
Shooting Anger with Rain, 1981
Acrylic on linen
Gift from the collection of the late Bella and
Harry Wexner, New York, to American
Friends of the Israel Museum
B08.1245

Helen Frankenthaler, American, born 1928
Magenta, 1982
Acrylic on canvas
Gift from the collection of the late Bella and Harry Wexner, New York, to American
Friends of the Israel Museum
B08.1246

Hans Hofmann, German, active Germany
and USA, 1880–1966
Golden It Glows into a New Day, 1965
Oil on canvas
Bequest of Marcella Louis Brenner to
American Friends of the Israel Museum
Hans Hofmann was a highly important
teacher of art theory, and an influential
figure for the Abstract Expressionist
movement. In this work, Hofmann exhibits
his personal language of abstraction,
composed of patches of radiant color and
interplay of textures.

Louise Nevelson, American, 1899–1988
Untitled, undated
Wood sculpture, painted black
Gift from the collection of the late Bella and Harry Wexner, New York, to American
Friends of the Israel Museum
B08.1202

Chaim Soutine, born Lithuania, active
France, 1893–1943
Farm in Cagnes, 1923
Oil on canvas
Bequest of Nettie and David Finkle, Palm
Beach, Florida, to American Friends of the
Israel Museum
B08.1152

Prints and Drawings

Osnat Avital, Israeli, born 1960
Untitled, 2005
Ink and acrylic on paper
Gift of Shirley and Frank Lowy, Sydney, in
honor of Dov Gottesman’s 75th birthday
B09.0553

Yosef Gattegno, Israeli, born Bulgaria 1939
Untitled, 1992
Pencil and watercolor on paper
Gift of Shirley and Frank Lowy, Sydney, in
honor of Dov Gottesman’s 75th birthday
B09.0546

Ilana Hamawi, Israeli, born 1966
Cloud No. 7, 2007
Cloud No. 10, 2007
Charcoal on paper
Purchase, Boxenbaum Fund for Israeli Art
and the Patitz Foundation for Israeli Art,
New York
B09.0544–45

Michal Helfman, Israeli, born 1973
Dead Sea, 2004
Ink on paper
Purchase, West Coast Associates
Acquisitions Committee of American
Friends of the Israel Museum
B09.0451

Efrat Klipshtein, Israeli, born 1971
As Deep as It Gets (No. 7), 2008
As Deep as It Gets (No.10), 2008
Scratching on gold paper
Purchase, Boxenbaum Fund for Israeli Art
and the Patitz Foundation for Israeli Art,
New York
B09.0551–52

Hila Lulu-Lin, Israeli, born 1964
Bambi, Fire, 2007–2008
Oil on wax paper
Gift of Shirley and Frank Lowy, Sydney, in
honor of Dov Gottesman’s 75th birthday
B09.0550

Photography

Unidentified photographers
Two albums containing 48 cartes de visite and cabinet photographs, 1860–95
Tintypes, albumen prints, gelatin silver prints
Gift of Dan Kyram, Jerusalem
B08.1477–1501, B09.0013–34, 0153

Various photographers
Eight photographs, 1860–1910
Albumen and gelatin silver prints
Gift of Gérard Lévy, Paris
B09.0154, 0318–24

Twenty-five photographs by
Ellen Auerbach, 1906–2004, including
works by ringl + pit
Gelatin silver and chromogenic prints
Gift of Dr. Seth Neubardt, New York, to
American Friends of the Israel Museum
B08.1203, B09.0003–7, 35–44, 51, 67–71,
435–36, 487

Twenty-five photographs by
Ellen Auerbach, 1906–2004, including
works by ringl + pit
Gelatin silver and chromogenic prints
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Jack Stern, New Jersey, to American Friends of the Israel Museum
B09.0045–50, 52–58, 72–77, 430–4, 493

Esther Bubley, American, 1921–1998
Four gelatin silver prints, 1943–47

Alfred Eisenstaedt, American, born
Germany, 1898–1995
Six gelatin silver prints, 1942–49
Gift of Saul E. Levi, Los Angeles, to
American Friends of the Israel Museum
B08.1407–6, 1407–10

Hansel Mieth, American, born Germany,
1909–1998
Workers Alliance Meeting, Nebraska, 1939
Gelatin silver print
Gift of Susan Ehrens, Oakland, to American Friends of the Israel Museum, in honor of Sylvia E. Mandell
B07.1649

Nicholas Nixon, American, born 1947
The Brown Sisters, Dallas, 2008
Gelatin silver print
Purchase, Pritzker Foundation
B09.0152

William George Proctor, British, dates
unknown
The Land of the Pharaohs, Jerusalem and the Land of Judah, 1896
Album with 18 gelatin silver prints
Purchased through the gift of Gary B. Sokol, San Francisco
B09.0155

Ben Shahn, American, born Lithuania,
1898–1969
Three gelatin silver prints
Gift of Susan Ehrens, Oakland, to American
Friends of the Israel Museum, in honor of
Sylvia E. Mandell
B07.1634–48

Pavel Wolberg, Israeli, born USSR 1966
Dir Kadis, 2004
Chromogenic print
Purchase, Marion and Guy Naggar Fund,
London
B09.0352

Design and Architecture

Artist unknown
Long Cabin Quilt, ca. 1880s
Cotton patchwork
American Flag Quilt, ca. 1880s
Wool patchwork
Gift of Michael Popkin, New York, to
American Friends of the Israel Museum,
in honor of Ruth W. Popkin
B08.1472–73

Milton Glaser, American, born 1929
Dylan, 1966
Poster for Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits album,
CBS records
Offset on paper
Gift of Mel Byars, Paris
B09.0110

Esther Knobel, Israeli, born Poland 1949
Boxed kit and necklace from the series “My Grandmother Is Knitting Too,” 2000–2002
Enamel on knitted copper, pliers, painted
wood, glass
Gift of Charles Bronfman, New York, on
behalf of the 2008 Andy Prize, named after
the late Andrea Bronfman
B09.0494 (a–k)

Arik Levy, born Israel 1963, active France
Reflection, 2006
Wood and glass
Gift of Les Amis Français du Musée d’Israël
à Jérusalem
B09.0113

Bonnie MacLean, American, born 1939
Poster for a rock concert: Paul Butterfield
Blues Band and Cream South Side Sound
Systems, Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco,
August 22–27, 1967
Offset
Gift of Dr. Paul D. Blanc, San Francisco, to
American Friends of the Israel Museum
B09.0358

Collection of 62 Precolumbian artworks
Chavin, Paracas, Recuay, Gallinazo, Vicus, Nasca, Moche, Santa, Lima, Lambayeque, Chancay, Chimu, Ica, and Inca, Peru
900 BCE – 1532 CE
Clay, bone, copper, stone, pigment
This gift includes:
Stirrup spout bottle in the form of a feline
Chavin, Tembladera style, Peru,
900–200 BCE

Clay and pigment

Spout and bridge bottle with warrior
holding a trophy head
Nasca, Peru, 300–500 CE
Clay and pigment
Gift of Regine Alcabes, Tel Aviv, to
American Friends of the Israel Museum
B08.1173–87, 1193–1201, 1205–39, 1244,
1331–32

Stirrup spout bottle in the form of
manioc roots
Chavin, Peru, 900–200 BCE
Clay and pigment
Gift of Bee Hoffman, Jerusalem
B08.1211

Asian Art

Man’s chamberpot in the shape of a tiger
China, Northern dynasties, 5th–6th century
Stoneware with green glaze, Yue ware
Purchased through the gift of the Sol and
Lillian Ash Foundation, New York,
to American Friends of the Israel Museum
B09.0078

Judaica and Jewish
Ethnography

Nava Silberberg, Israeli, born Australia 1979
Shabbat travel compendium in an album,
2006
Stainless steel, Asahi Japanese book cloth, soft PVC, organza, silver
Purchase, Katherine Sonneborn Falk Fund
B08.1456
This innovative set contains objects
necessary to observe the Sabbath while
traveling: candlesticks, kiddush cup, hallah cover, spice container, and holder for a havdalah candle.

Torah finials for the 9th of Av
Georgia, 20th century
Black cotton velvet
Gift of the Central Synagogue, Kutaisi,
Georgia, through Levi Bar Tikva, Jerusalem
B08.1138 (a–b)

Ita Aber, American, born Montreal 1932
Dress for a baby girl’s naming ceremony
USA, 1980
Cotton, cotton-thread embroidery
Gift of Ita and Joshua Aber, New York, to
American Friends of the Israel Museum
B08.1350

“Tomb” bracelets (gubur)
Israel, mid-20th century
Gilt silver, filigree and granulation
Purchased through the gift of Alice
Gottesman, New York, to American Friends
of the Israel Museum
B08.1363

Tray
Tripoli, Libya, 1950s
Silver, hammered and stamped
Gift of Simone Arbib in memory of her
parents, Ever and Elsa Haggiag
B08.1349

Extended Loans

Globular Torah scroll case (tik)
Tripoli, Libya, 1935
Silversmith: Raphael Aton
Wood overlaid with silver sheet, repoussé
Hebrew inscription with biblical quotations, the name of the donor – Bercusa in memory of her husband, Solomon Raccah – and the year of donation

Extended loan from Guido Raccah, Hong
Kong, and Enrico Raccah, Miami, in memory of Effraim Raccah and his family, who were cruelly murdered in Libya in 1967
L–B08.0018

Torah scroll case and silver ornaments
Tripoli, Libya, early 20th century
Extended loan from Guido Raccah, Hong
Kong, and Enrico Raccah, Miami, in memory of Effraim Raccah and his family, who were cruelly murdered in Libya in 1967
The set contains a faceted Torah scroll case (tik) ; crown (atara) ; finials (rimmonim) ; and
silk velvet and gilt metal-thread embroidery
Torah case wrapper.
L–B08.0017, 19, 22, 23

Archaeology

Beaker
Iran, 3rd millenium BCE (?)
Clay
Gift of Dan Barag, Jerusalem, in memory
of his parents, Drs. Gershon and Gerda
Dina Barag
2008.12.4

Library of Books on Ancient Glass

The Israel Museum Library recently
received an impressive collection of
volumes on ancient glass from worldrenowned professor Dr. Axel Von Saldern of Starnberg, Germany. This comprehensive collection was amassed over the course of Dr. Van Saldern’s extensive career and includes scholarly writings on a wide variety of topics relating to glass in ancient times.
Transportation and cataloguing of the library, comprising more than 1,000 items, was made possible by a generous donation from Rene Wischniewski, Berlin.

Numismatics

Nine Roman Provincial coins
Ascalon, 1st–3rd century CE
Bronze
Purchase, Abraham Bromberg Fund
2008.9.26192–200
Our collection of Ascalon coins is the largest worldwide. These previously unrepresented coins are a significant addition to our holdings.

Unusual coin of Herod the Great
Caesarea(?), 1st century BCE
Bronze
Purchase, Abraham Bromberg Fund
2008.9.26201

621 Ancient scale weights
Levant and Mesopotamia
Second millennium BCE – 16th century CE
Bronze, stone, and semiprecious stones
Gift of David Hendin, New York, to
American Friends of the Israel Museum
2008.34.26208–828
This collection of scale weights and pieces of pre-coinage currency, including many rare pieces as well as broad denomination groups of several of the types of weights, became the basis for David Hendin’s book Ancient Scale Weights and Pre-Coinage Currency of the Near East. The photograph, by David Hendin, shows a Byzantine bronze
square weight with facing figure of Jesus
holding the Gospels, 6th century CE.

Extended Loans

Lintel of a Synagogue
Mt. Canaan, Upper Galilee
3rd–4th century CE
Basalt
On extended loan from Leah and Joseph
Uziel, Jerusalem, in memory of their son
Gabriel (Gabi) Uziel
2008.38/1
This unique synagogue lintel, decorated in high relief with two eagles and a lion’s head within a wreath, was found at Mt. Canaan in the upper Galilee in the early 1950s. It was
later incorporated as the entrance lintel to
the house of the Safed painter Y. Amitai. Its current owners, Leah and Joseph Uziel, have loaned this piece to the Museum in memory of their son, who fell in battle in Jenin in 2003.

Numismatics

44 Philistian coins of the 5th and 4th
centuries BCE
Ashkelon, Ashdod, Gaza, and Philistia
Silver
Extended loan from Jonathan Rosen,
New York
2008.4/1–44

142 Samarian and Judean coins of the 4th century BCE
Silver
Extended loan from Jonathan Rosen,
New York
2008.36/1–142
With the above two loans, Jonathan Rosen has added 186 unique and extremely rare Philistian, Samarian, and Judean coins to his previous long-term loan of Palestinian late Persian period coinages. His current loan, which includes more than 900 items, is the
most comprehensive collection in the world in this field.

The Bank of Israel Numismatic Collection:
815 ancient coins
Persian period (5th century BCE) – Crusader period (12th century CE)
Gold, silver, and bronze
On extended loan from the Bank of Israel
2008.37/1–815
The highlight of this important collection
from the Bank of Israel group is three
hoards of shekels and half shekels of the
First Jewish Revolt (66–70 CE) found at
the Masada excavations. One of the hoards includes three very rare “year five” shekels minted before the fall of Jerusalem in 70 CE.