EISENBERG, Abraham (1878-1956) sculptor.
Medal collector and museum official Samuel Friedenberg
commissioned this artist to prepare portraits of selected or
prominent Jews, a dozen of which are listed in the book by
his son, Daniel Friedenber (see below).
Signed models A.EIS. or A.EISEN abbreviation.
C A S T R E L I E F S
1928 United States Presidents Medallic Plaque . . . . . .
Auctions:. . . . . . . . BMP 2:6165; J&J 14:702, J&J 19:1066,
J&J 23:685, J&J 26:646; PCA 46:176
1936 Abramowitsch (Salomon) Plaquette . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Brandeis (Louis) Plaquette . . . . . . . . . . . FB 421
1941 Cahan (Abraham) Medallion. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Einstein (Albert) Medallion. . . . . . Flower 2, FB 613
1941 Elman (Mischa) Medallion . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Epstein (Sir Jacob) Plaquette. . . . . . . . . . FB 608
1941 Frohman (Daniel) Plaquette . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Gershwin (George) Portrait Relief (from a self-
portrait by Gershwin in 1921). . . . . . . . . . FB 662
1941 Gompers (Samuel) Medallion . . . . . . . . . . . FB 242
1941 Hillman (Sidney) Medallion . . . . . . . . . . . FB 772
1941 Hillquit (Morris) Plaquette. . . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Hurst (Fannie) Plaquette . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Kalisch (Bertha) Plaquette . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Lipsky (Louis) Plaquette . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Pereta (Isaac Leib) Plaquette. . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Ralsa (Rosa) Plaquette). . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Schildkraut (Rudolph) Medallion. . . . . . . . . FB 427
1941 Schwartz (Maurice) Plaquette . . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Shiplacoff (Abraham) Medallion . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Straus (Nathan) Plaquette. . . . . . . . . . . . FB 422
1941 Straus (Oscar Solomon) Medallion . . . . . . . . FB 449
1941 Thomashefsky (Boris) Medallion . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Zuckerman (Max) Plaquette. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1942 Belasco (David) Plaquette. . . . . . . . . . . . FB 779
1942 Frankfurter (Felix) Medallion. . . . . . . . . . FB 764
1942 Vladeck (Baruch Charney) Medllion. . . . . . . . FB 763
1943 Goldfaden (Abraham) Plaquette. . . . . . . . . . . .
M E D A L S
Medal collector and museum official Samuel Friedenberg
commissioned this artist to prepare portraits of selected or
prominent Jews, a dozen of which are listed in the book by
his son, Daniel Friedenber (see below).
Signed models A.EIS. or A.EISEN abbreviation.
C A S T R E L I E F S
1928 United States Presidents Medallic Plaque . . . . . .
Auctions:. . . . . . . . BMP 2:6165; J&J 14:702, J&J 19:1066,
J&J 23:685, J&J 26:646; PCA 46:176
1936 Abramowitsch (Salomon) Plaquette . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Brandeis (Louis) Plaquette . . . . . . . . . . . FB 421
1941 Cahan (Abraham) Medallion. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Einstein (Albert) Medallion. . . . . . Flower 2, FB 613
1941 Elman (Mischa) Medallion . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Epstein (Sir Jacob) Plaquette. . . . . . . . . . FB 608
1941 Frohman (Daniel) Plaquette . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Gershwin (George) Portrait Relief (from a self-
portrait by Gershwin in 1921). . . . . . . . . . FB 662
1941 Gompers (Samuel) Medallion . . . . . . . . . . . FB 242
1941 Hillman (Sidney) Medallion . . . . . . . . . . . FB 772
1941 Hillquit (Morris) Plaquette. . . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Hurst (Fannie) Plaquette . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Kalisch (Bertha) Plaquette . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Lipsky (Louis) Plaquette . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Pereta (Isaac Leib) Plaquette. . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Ralsa (Rosa) Plaquette). . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Schildkraut (Rudolph) Medallion. . . . . . . . . FB 427
1941 Schwartz (Maurice) Plaquette . . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Shiplacoff (Abraham) Medallion . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Straus (Nathan) Plaquette. . . . . . . . . . . . FB 422
1941 Straus (Oscar Solomon) Medallion . . . . . . . . FB 449
1941 Thomashefsky (Boris) Medallion . . . . . . . . . . .
1941 Zuckerman (Max) Plaquette. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1942 Belasco (David) Plaquette. . . . . . . . . . . . FB 779
1942 Frankfurter (Felix) Medallion. . . . . . . . . . FB 764
1942 Vladeck (Baruch Charney) Medllion. . . . . . . . FB 763
1943 Goldfaden (Abraham) Plaquette. . . . . . . . . . . .
M E D A L S
1926 Aleichem (Sholom) Medal. . . . . . . . FB 33, MAco 1926-032
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
M18 {1963} Friedenberg FB 33, p 119, 242, p 58, 421 74, 422 90, 427 133, 449 68, 608
109, 613 98, 662 127, 763 70, 764 75, 772 60, 779 124.
E11 {1976} Friedenberg, p 102, 107.
S49 {1987} Flower 2.
M52 {2001} Rezak (Ira) The Samuel Friedenberg Project: A Privately Commissioned
Medallic Jewish Hall of Fame c1940. Médailles (2001).
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
M18 {1963} Friedenberg FB 33, p 119, 242, p 58, 421 74, 422 90, 427 133, 449 68, 608
109, 613 98, 662 127, 763 70, 764 75, 772 60, 779 124.
E11 {1976} Friedenberg, p 102, 107.
S49 {1987} Flower 2.
M52 {2001} Rezak (Ira) The Samuel Friedenberg Project: A Privately Commissioned
Medallic Jewish Hall of Fame c1940. Médailles (2001).