Lot 20
  • 20

A set of four American silver large plaques of Jewish Ceremonies after Oppenheim, Henryk Winograd, New York, 1991

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • each with engraved signature H. Winograd, 1991 on back
  • silver
  • diameters 14 1/2 to 15 1/2 in.
  • 37 to 39.5 cm
after Moritz Daniel Oppenheim, comprising: Brit Milah, with figures waiting as the babe is brought through the door (1); the Blessing of a child, in elaborate synagogue interior (3); Bar Mitzvah, with a youth discoursing before an assembled group in detailed home interior (5); and an Ashkenazic wedding ceremony, with elegant bride and groom (6)

Condition

good condition, impressive size
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Catalogue Note

Henryk Winograd was born in Poland in 1918, and learned silversmithing as a teenager.  He emigrated to the United States in 1972, and under the patronage of Belle Rosenbaum focused on Judaic ritual pieces. 

She conceived Winograd's first work after Oppenheim's series on Jewish life, done as silver-gilt plates with cloisonné enamel surrounds.  These were shown at the Yeshiva University Museum in 1992, and the numbers in the description correspond to this sequence of subjects.  Shortly before, the silversmith expanded the centers of these plates into these larger, stand-alone plaques of the scenes, which have descended in the Winograd family.