Portrait of Aaron M. Ashinsky
Object number2023.111.1 a,b
Artist
Ellis Meyer Silverberg
(1876 - 1940)
Date1913
MediumPastel; Paper; Wood; Paint; Iron; Brass
Credit LineGift of Jewish Association on Aging
DescriptionFramed pastel portrait on rectangular paper and mounted on canvas or linen substrate which is nailed to rectangular wooden board. Seated bust portrait depicts man in three-quarter view facing slightly proper left and gazing directly at viewer. Man has light-colored skin and short brown-black hair, beard, and mustache. Man wears a black cap, black suit jacket, white collared shirt, and white bowtie. Man has slight smile. Background is varied browns and grays. Reverse of wooden board is backed with rectangular brown paperboard.
Gold painted rectangular wooden frame. Front has repeated carved fan design. Interior band of gold painted trim. Exterior reeded band. Bottom center has mounted brass plate with engraved text. Reverse is unpainted brown wood with two eyebolts.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (a,b together): 35.125 x 29.875 x 2.875 in. (89.2 x 75.9 x 7.3 cm)Height x Width (a - After demounting): 27 x 21.938 in. (68.6 x 55.7 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (a - Before demounting): 27.25 x 22.625 x 1.125 in. (69.2 x 57.5 x 2.9 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (b): 35.125 x 29.875 x 2.875 in. (89.2 x 75.9 x 7.3 cm)
SignedArtist signature in the viewer's bottom right corner "EM Silverberg / 1913".
Inscriptions(b)
Bottom center has brass plate mounted with engraved text "RABBI / AARON M. ASHINSKY / FOUNDER / BORN FEBRUARY 10, 1866 DIED APRIL 2, 1954".
Historical NotesPastel portrait of Rabbi A.M. Ashinsky by E. Myer Silverberg. Rabbi Aaron Mordechai Ashinsky was the founder of the Jewish Home for the Aged.
Related person
Rabbi Aaron Mordechai Ashinsky
(1886 - 1954)
Related institution
Jewish Home for the Aged
Previous owner
Jewish Association on Aging
Terms
On View
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Edwin Garnet Riley
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