A crowded banquet scene with robed figures and a crowned man pouring and drinking from jugs.

Paintings

Handwriting on the Wall

1948

Medium
Oil on linen
Dimensions
Overall: 42 × 51 in. (106.7 × 129.5 cm)
Accession number
61.1
Acquired
1961
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Carlebach
Department
collection

About this work

Ben-Zion, Handwriting on the Wall, 1948. Oil on linen, overall: 42 × 51 in. (106.7 × 129.5 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Carlebach 61.1

Exhibitions featuring the artist

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