Gallery label
A New York sculptor's preparatory drawing makes process visible: Judith exists not only as finished icon but as a body being worked toward in another medium.
Look closely
The Smithsonian identifies a full-length nude figure and a study for sculpture. The missing reusable image keeps this entry intentionally descriptive and sends close looking back to the source record.
Why this Judith matters
Gross's migration from Galicia to New York and his direct-carving practice place Judith within twentieth-century Jewish-American sculpture and its preparatory archive.
Sources for this record:Smithsonian American Art Museum record ↗
“A New York sculptor's preparatory drawing makes process visible: Judith exists not only as finished icon but as a body being worked toward in another medium.”
Narrative index
Primary catalogue placement: afterlife of the story, Judith 13:6–16. The index organizes comparison; it does not claim that every visual detail comes from those verses or that the work touches only one episode.