On the Eve of the Sabbath 1957 - 1961

Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan made this lithograph, On the Eve of the Sabbath, with ink on paper - a real commitment! Look at the way the image shimmers into being through hundreds of tiny marks. Kaplan reminds us that making art is a process, a journey taken one step at a time. It's like he's not just depicting a scene but letting us feel the quiet activity, the gradual way a space fills with meaning. The texture here is everything. It’s almost as if you could reach out and touch the grainy surface of the walls or feel the soft glow emanating from the candlesticks. I’m drawn to the way the light flickers across the tablecloth, each little speck a testament to the artist's touch, each dot part of a bigger conversation. This piece, with its intimate domestic scene, feels like peering into a memory, not unlike Vuillard's interiors. Both artists transform the mundane into something meaningful, finding the extraordinary in the ordinary. Kaplan shows us that art is less about answers and more about embracing the questions.