Job

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Artist Jennings Tofel (American, 1891–1959)

Title Job

Date 1958

Medium Oil on canvas

Dimensions Overall: 24 1/16 x 20 1/8 x 13/16 in. (61.12 x 51.12 x 2.06 cm)
Framed: 25 x 21 x 2 1/2 in. (63.5 x 53.34 x 6.35 cm)

Credit Line Gift of Arthur & Anne Granick, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 97.50

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Job, a biblical figure whom God caused to suffer terribly for the sole purpose of testing Job’s faithfulness, resonated with many artists after the Holocaust. His suffering—exacerbated by friends who claimed he must deserve his torments—seemed to reflect the senseless suffering inflicted upon Holocaust victims and the insensitivity often shown to survivors. Job’s story also connected well with the theological doubts that many Jews, feeling themselves abandoned by God, struggled with after the war.

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"Job | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=97.50