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The Last Supper (2)

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Following a series of paintings on Jewish ritual, drawing on memories of his childhood in London’s East End, Weiss created a body of works in the 1970s exploring Christian practices and iconography. This included several iterations of 'The Last Supper', of which this version, grouping the apostles in a dramatic vertical format, is among the most powerful and original. Although presented at the head of the table, Jesus is otherwise undifferentiated from his disciples and it has been suggested that this ‘lack of facial differentiation mirrors the merging of Christian and Judaic acts of remembrance’.

Ben Uri Gallery & Museum

London

Title

The Last Supper (2)

Date

1972

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 152.4 x W 101.6 cm

Accession number

2018-11

Acquisition method

presented by the Weiss Family, 2018

Work type

Painting

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