Archive object · RB-EXT-CC-0007

The synagogue in color

Käthe Lipke’s 1930 watercolor is the only known surviving record of the sanctuary’s color. It shows the blue velvet curtain before the Torah ark and the octagonal bimah.

Object record

Käthe Lipke’s 1930 watercolor is the only known surviving record of the sanctuary’s color. It shows the blue velvet curtain before the Torah ark and the octagonal bimah.

SeriesGenealogy and research records

Archive reference
RB-EXT-CC-0007
Date
1930
Medium
Not yet recorded in the public catalog
Physical dimensions
Not yet recorded in the public catalog
Digital image
639 × 1006 pixels
Evidence status
Historical context image
Source and provenance
Watercolor by Käthe Lipke; original on loan from the Städtisches Museum Halberstadt; digitized through the Berend Lehmann Museum and published on Wikimedia Commons.
Custody history
A separate custody history has not yet been recorded; see the source and credit fields.
Credit
Käthe Lipke / Städtisches Museum Halberstadt / Berend Lehmann Museum, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
Image treatment
Original Commons file; no crop, generative alteration or content change.

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Permanent citation

How to cite this object

Chicago-style suggested citation

Reichenbach Family Archive. “The synagogue in color.” 1930. RB-EXT-CC-0007. https://www.reichenbacharchive.org/objects/rb-ext-cc-0007.

Permanent URLhttps://www.reichenbacharchive.org/objects/rb-ext-cc-0007