The Barcelona Celebration Ketubah Canvas Print

A 14th century Barcelona Haggadah was the inspiration for this Ketubah. The original design was a flippant, asymmetric, almost modern pattern which appealed to the artist. In the upper and lower panels several botanical elements can be seen, particularly grapevines and grapes. Unusual in this Ketubah are the animals featured as part of the design - a whimsical rabbit below and a flamingo above, both symbols of fertility. The traditional wedding song appears at the bottom:
"The voice of joy and the voice of rejoicing, the voice of the Groom, and the voice of the Bride."
Painted in watercolor and in pen, this picture demonstrates a successful combination of bold color and line.
The text is in both Hebrew and English and is based on the traditional text.
The ketubah arrives by post in a cardboard tube. It is a giclee print of the original work which was drawn by hand.

Dr. Esther Newman-Cohen is a highly creative Israeli-based artist. She engages in a wide range of artistic activity, including drawing, painting and woodcarving. Her subjects range from abstracts to realistic portraits and landscapes, done in a variety of media - pencil, ink, aquarelle, pastel, acrylic and oil. She also designs ketubot, Jewish marriage contracts, many of which are also posted on Fine Art America. Over the past five years she has added wood sculptures to her repertoire. Her first solo exhibits took place in Jerusalem, at the Alliance Francaise in 1989: "The Women of Jerusalem," in 1992 at the Gerard Behar Theater: "Flowers and Landscapes of Jerusalem," and in 2008 at the Jerusalem Botanical Garden: "Flowers: A Love Story."...