William Jacobs

Persecution

c. 1937–1938

A group of frightened civilians are being driven along a road by an armed officer with a baton.
A group of frightened civilians are being driven along a road by an armed officer with a baton.

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Date
c. 1937–1938

Classification
Prints

Medium
Linoleum cut on paper mounted on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 3/4 × 10 1/8 in. (22.2 × 25.7 cm) Image: 8 × 9 3/4 in. (20.3 × 24.8 cm) Mount: 15 × 12 in. (38.1 × 30.5 cm)

Accession number
2001.12.6

Edition
Ed. 200

Publication
Printed by Precision Press; printed by L.M. Stein

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Print Committee

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/38319

Part of a series:
Biro-Bidjan Portfolio
15 works

Several people wait on a Bronx subway platform, with a man sitting in the foreground holding a cane.
Group of people carrying large bundles and walking hurriedly away, suggesting forced exodus.
Five women sit together in a sewing workshop, cutting and stitching fabric by a window.
A stylized woodcut of a man and woman holding a goat and a staff against a rural landscape.
Moses stands before a burning bush, holding a staff under a dark, striped sky.
Young person clutching a pitchfork stands in front of an older bearded figure, both staring forward.
Elderly woman in headscarf sits sleeping at a cold outdoor market stall surrounded by hanging goods.
A group of frightened civilians are being driven along a road by an armed officer with a baton.
Villagers engaging in daily tasks—cart hauling, eating at a table, and resting with a dog.
An elderly shoemaker hunches over his work, holding a shoe while a woman stands behind him.

William Jacobs
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