Sales of some of Hannah Frank’s highly collectable prints are now available to help raise urgent funds for a Scottish synagogue.
Aberdeen Synagogue and Jewish Community Centre, in the city’s Dee Street, have had to raise £10,000 towards repairs. Members have been forced out of their synagogue after a major flood that was caused by a faulty washing machine. The amount is the shortfall from what the congregation expects to receive from its insurer. Total repair costs are expected to be £30,000.
The prints we have made available are 'In thoughts from the visions of the night' and 'Night' which usually retail at £200 for each print. We are offering them at £100 each, with all proceeds going to the synagogue appeal.
My aunt signed a limited number of prints during her lifetime which makes these collectable. She completed these drawings, signed ‘Al Aaraaf’, her pen name, in 1930 |
while studying simultaneously at Glasgow University and at the Glasgow School of Art. The prints are signed ‘Hannah Frank’ in pen or pencil.
Hannah was deeply involved in the Jewish community throughout her life and illustrated many materials for Jewish organisations. Just before her 100th birthday she said: “In spite of being born in Glasgow, I regarded myself then as Jewish rather than Scottish. It was something you could not escape.” We feel sure that she would want to help the Aberdeen Synagogue and Jewish Community Centre.
To buy the collectable prints and help the synagogue please visit www.hannahfrank.org.uk
Aberdeen Synagogue and Community Centre, 74 Dee Street, Aberdeen, AB11 6DS. |
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