Russ and Daughters at The Jewish Museum
“In This Life, There Was Very Much”
Mural for Russ & Daughters new restaurant in the Jewish Museum, Fifth Avenue at 92nd street, New York City
“Artist Maira Kalman has created a large-scale mural for Russ & Daughters at the Jewish Museum to celebrate this new partnership. Maira Kalman has a longstanding relationship with both institutions—her work is in the Jewish Museum's collection, and she and her family have been longtime customers of Russ & Daughters on the lower east side. Her mural spans a 20-foot wall in the restaurant. The mural consists of 120 vignettes and small scenes reflecting the artist's appreciation of good food, shared human pleasure, and her sense that Russ & Daughters represents a New York City infused with a sense of character, yearning, and humor.”
Commissioned by the Jewish Museum in 2015, Kalman's mural is aptly called In This Life, There Was Very Much.