Abdias' Camel. First edition of the wood engraving.

Lark-Horovitz, Betty (1894-1995)

Published by Berkeley, CA: Betty Lark-Horovitz, circa 1950s.

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Wood-engraving on laid rag paper watermarked with a hand or the initials FJH . 5.25 x 3.25 inches on sheet size 10.25 x 8 inches.Abdias' blind daughter Ditha is struck by Lightning through a Window and her sight is miraculously restored to her.Martha B. Helfer :AbstractAn essay analyzes the discursive construction of ?the Jew" in conjunction with nature metaphors in Stifter's Abdias, and argues that the novella inscribes an anti-assimilationist political agenda. Read as a document in the debate about the ?Jewish question," Abdias is a cautionary text about the Judaizing of Austrian society: its nature, its economy, and its art.ZusammenfassungEin Aufatz analysiert die diskursive Darstellung der Figur des Juden in Verbindung mit Naturmetaphern in Stifters Abdias. Als politisches Dokument in der aktuellen Debatte zur jüdischen Emanzipation (die sogenannte ?Judenfrage") gelesen, spricht sich die Novelle gegen die Assimilation aus. Der Text warnt vor dem Einzug ?des Jüdischen" in die österreichische Gesellschaft. In diesem Text bildet ?der Jude" die Grundlage der österreichischen Natur, der österreichischen Wirtschaft und der österreichischen Kunst.Ref. Edan Milton Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940," Third Edition, p. 547. Betty Lark-Horovitz (1894-1995) was an accomplished graphic artist. She was commissioned to do etchings of several buildings at Purdue University in 1930. There were only 100 sets, each numbered and signed by the artist. That same year her engraved views of American cities and views With graver and woodblock over American Highways, was published. ( New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1930.) She was a master of both architectural views as well as views of flora. .Betty was the wife of Dr. Karl Lark-Horovitz who was the head of the Department of Physics at Purdue from 1929 to the 1950s. After his death in 1958, she moved to Berkeley, CA.Provenance: From the estate of the artist .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Abdias' Camel. First edition of the wood engraving.
• Publisher: Berkeley, CA: Betty Lark-Horovitz, circa 1950s.
• Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
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