Samuel Bak

Quartet for Jewish Times (Quadriptych)

2015, 2019, 2023, in Weston, MA
Oil on canvas
35,5 x 114 cm (14 x 45 inches). Size of each part of the quadriptych: 35,5 x 28 cm (14 x 11 inches)
From right to left:
A) Rupture, signed lower left: BAK
B) Study for Facing, signed lower left: BAK
C) Small Study for Large Figuring Out, signed and dated lower left: BAK 19
D) Study for Door to Elsewhere, signed lower left: BAK
In 2023 the artist partially reworked and combined the paintings into a quadriptych.
Read from right to left:
A) Quartet for Jewish Times: Study for Rupture, 2015
B) Quartet for Jewish Times: Study for Facing, 2015
C) Quartet for Jewish Times: Small Study for Large Figuring Out, 2019
D) Quartet for Jewish Times: Study for Door to Elsewhere, 2015
Vilna Gaon Museum of Jewish History (Samuel Bak Museum)
Themes: Dice, Generation, Figure, Smoke